Description
Creamy classic cheesecake fruit delight salad brings refreshing Mediterranean summer flavors to dessert tables. Sweet cream cheese mingles with ripe seasonal fruits, creating a light and elegant finish for special gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 5 apples (Fuji and Granny Smith), diced
- 8 oz (226g) Challenge Cream Cheese, room temperature
- 8 oz whipped topping
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans)
Instructions
- Prep Base: Allow cream cheese to reach room temperature, ensuring a silky, spreadable consistency that will blend effortlessly into a luxurious foundation.
- Whip Mixture: Utilize an electric mixer to transform cream cheese into a smooth, lump-free texture, gradually incorporating granulated sugar until the mixture becomes glossy and uniform.
- Fold Cream: Gently introduce whipped topping, using a delicate folding technique to maintain airy volume while creating a velvety cream base that serves as the salad’s canvas.
- Prepare Add-ins: Dice apples into precise, bite-sized cubes and chop nuts into small fragments, ensuring each element provides textural intrigue and balanced distribution throughout the dessert.
- Combine Components: Fold diced apples, chopped nuts, and miniature marshmallows into the cream mixture, coating each ingredient thoroughly and creating a harmonious blend of flavors and textures.
- Chill and Set: Refrigerate the prepared salad for at least 1 hour, allowing the ingredients to meld and transform into a refreshing, chilled delicacy that tantalizes the palate.
Notes
- Soften Cream Cheese Perfectly: Allow cream cheese to reach room temperature for 30-45 minutes to achieve a smooth, lump-free consistency that blends effortlessly.
- Whip with Precision: Use an electric mixer at medium speed to create a silky cream cheese base, avoiding over-mixing that can deflate the texture.
- Cut Fruit Uniformly: Dice apples into consistent 1/4-inch cubes to ensure even distribution and balanced texture throughout the salad.
- Chill for Flavor Fusion: Refrigerate the salad for minimum 1 hour, allowing ingredients to meld and develop a rich, harmonious taste profile.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 213
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 107mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg