No Bake Cherry Pie is an easy no bake dessert made with cream cheese, Cool Whip, canned cherry pie filling and premade graham cracker crust. Made without sweetened condensed milk, this is a simple make ahead dessert for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
In a large mixing bowl, using a hand mixer or stand mixer on low to medium, cream together cream cheese and white sugar until smooth.
Next add in the entire Cool Whip container and combine into the cream cheese mixture until smooth.
Mix in vanilla. Next, pour ¾ of the cream cheese mixture into the graham cracker crust and spread evenly to the edges.
Top the cream cheese mixture with the entire can of cherry pie filling. Spread the cherry pie filling almost to the edges of the cream cheese mixture, but allow the cream cheese mixture to peek through at the edges.
Finally, top the cherry pie filling with the rest of the cream cheese mixture and spread gently, but do not completely cover the cherry.
Add the cover and allow to set in the fridge for at least 4 hours but preferably overnight.
Cut and serve once set.
Notes
Use softened cream cheese to avoid lumps in the final cream cheese mixture.
This recipe tastes best with full fat cream cheese and canned cherry pie filling, it’s nostalgic and delicious.
Allow the pie to set at least for 4 hours in the fridge, but overnight is preferred, it’s better the next day.
Store leftover pie in the fridge, covered for up to 4 days.