Berry Cheesecake Fruit Salad
Berry cheesecake fruit salad will likely always be a favorite of mine. It tastes just like eating a slice of cheesecake with fruit topping. It’s rich, creamy, fluffy and it’s jam packed with sweet fresh fruit. It’s just absolutely heavenly. And the great thing here is that it’s mostly fruit covered with a cheesecake topping versus a super calorie heavy slice of cheesecake with a little fruit. So I’d say this is a smarter choice than a slice of cheesecake and it fills that craving so why not? Cheesecake and fruit are two of my favorite foods so it only makes sense to combine them. And don’t you just love the way a homemade berry sauce pairs with a slice of rich cheesecake, so again why not combine those flavors into a fruit salad? It’s just meant to be.
Tips for this Fruit Salad: Use sweet fruit! As in fruit that’s in season, it will make a big difference in the overall taste of the fruit salad, sour berries just won’t go over well here. Add more graham crackers crumbs to taste. As in feel free to triple the amount. You can either sprinkle the entire top of the fruit salad with crumbs or sprinkle over individual servings. We like the crumbs so of course we added more. Use chilled fruit. This is a summer salad so cold fruit is best. If you’d like you can use light cream cheese here in place of full fat. If you don’t like a lot of topping you can add a bit more fruit, I love the topping so this fruit salad has a lot of it. Try swapping in other fruits such as bananas or mangos.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup (235ml) heavy cream
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
- 6 Tbsp (75g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 16 oz. fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 12 oz. fresh blueberries
- 6 oz. fresh blackberries (or more raspberries)
- 6 oz. fresh raspberries
- 2 sheets graham crackers, crushed (or more to taste)
- Mint for garnish (optional)