Here’s a Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Salad — a creamy, fruity dessert salad that tastes just like cheesecake in a spoon 🥗🍓🍌
Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Salad
Serves: 6–8
Time: ~15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 2 bananas, sliced
- 1 (8 oz / 225 g) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar (adjust to taste)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup whipped topping (cool whip or homemade whipped cream)
- Optional mix-ins: mini chocolate chips, crushed graham crackers, chopped nuts
Instructions
- Prepare the fruit
- Slice strawberries and bananas and place them in a large mixing bowl.
- Make the cheesecake cream
- In a medium bowl, beat softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
- Gently fold in whipped topping until well combined.
- Combine
- Add the fruit to the cream mixture and fold gently to coat all pieces without mashing the fruit.
- Chill & serve
- Refrigerate at least 30 minutes to allow flavors to meld.
- Optional: top with extra graham cracker crumbs, nuts, or chocolate chips before serving.
Tips & Variations
- Extra fruity: Add blueberries, raspberries, or mandarin oranges.
- Crunchy texture: Stir in crushed graham crackers or granola.
- Healthier version: Use light cream cheese and yogurt instead of whipped topping.
- Make ahead: Can be made a few hours in advance; best if fruit is added just before serving to prevent browning.
I can also give a layered parfait version that looks fancy and tastes like a strawberry-banana cheesecake in individual servings.
Do you want me to do that?
