No Bake Chocolate Cherry Dessert Lush
The combination of chocolate and cherries make this layered dessert divine. With the richness of the chocolate cheesecake layer and the smooth cool whip layer, this recipe will ignite your palate!
Ingredients
Oreo Crust Ingredients:
- 1 - 14.3 oz. package of chocolate sandwich cookies approximately 36 cookies
- ⅓ cup salted butter melted (plus more for greasing the pan)
Chocolate Cheesecake Layer Ingredients:
- 16 ounces of cream cheese softened
- 1 cup of powdered sugar
- ¼ cup of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- ½ cup half ‘n’ half ⅓ cup whole milk can be substituted
Other Ingredients:
- 2- 21 oz. cans cherry pie filling
- 16 oz. tub of frozen whipped topping Cool Whip, thawed
- Chocolate sprinkles optional
- 16 maraschino cherries optional
Instructions
- Grease a 9x13 glass baking dish with butter and set aside.
- In the bowl of a food processor, pulverize the Oreo cookies until small even crumbs form. Add the melted butter to the cookie crumbs and pulse until combined.
- Press the crust mixture into the prepared baking dish and place it in freezer to chill while preparing the next layer.
- With a hand mixer, beat together cream cheese, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and the cream. Continue beating until the mixture is smooth and fluffy.
- Spread the chocolate cheesecake layer over the chilled crust.
- Use a spatula to carefully spread the cherry pie filling evenly over the cheesecake layer (if the cheesecake layer appears too soft, you can chill the dish in the freezer for 15 minutes or so between each layer to help firm up the surface.
- Top with the Cool Whip, reserving about a cup to pipe swirls on top of the lush if you wish.
- Spread the Cool Whip smooth. Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles.
- Use a piping bag and tip #1M to pipe 16 soft swirls of Cool Whip on top of the lush.
- Place the lush in the freezer to firm up for at least 2 hours.
- Gently place a cherry on top of each piped swirl.
- Cut into pieces and serve.
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Notes
- To make the chocolate layer sweeter, add more powdered sugar.
- Be sure to allow enough time for the cream cheese to soften. It's easier to mix and it makes a smoother layer.
- Chill the lush between layers if you have trouble spreading each topping. The pie filling can be spooned all over the cheesecake layer and then spread smooth. If you dump it all in one spot, you will probably displace the chocolate cream cheese layer when you're trying to spread it.
- This chocolate cherry dessert slices easiest and cleanest for serving when it is just slightly frozen.
Nutrition
Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 258mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 662IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 4mg
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