This Cherry Cheesecake Fluff is the perfect easy dessert for a crowd! This marshmallow fluff recipe comes together in about five minutes in a huge bowl. A fluff recipe easy enough that one of the kiddos can be in charge of making it!
This fluff salad is so perfect to take to picnics and BBQs. With just a few simple ingredients, and about 10 minutes of hands on time, you have a great dessert to pass. This fluff salad gets its inspiration from my delicious no bake Cherry Cheesecake!
Oh my I just made this.. AMAZING!! My whole family is enjoying it right now . . . thanks for the wonderful recipe!!
WHAT GOES INTO CHERRY CHEESECAKE FRUIT FLUFF?
- Cream Cheese
- Cheesecake Pudding Mix, though if you can’t find that just use vanilla.
- Vanilla extract
- Milk
- Cool Whip, if you prefer not to use cool whip, you can use homemade cool whip, which is stabilized with gelatine.
- Cherry Pie Filling
- Mini Marshmallows
It’s so simple and so easy to throw together.
TIPS FOR THIS CHERRY CHEESECAKE FLUFF
Does it seem super ridiculous to give you tips for a simple recipe? Guys. We are all at different abilities. Don’t judge. Some of us can’t even ball a melon.
- Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature. I like to a fill a small bowl with water, microwave it for 5 minutes, empty it, and then put that over the cream cheese that is still in the foil wrap but out of the cardboard box. Even right out of the refrigerator that brings it to room temperature in about 10 minutes.
- As mentioned above, I used cool whip, but you could certainly make homemade whipped cream and then stabilize it following this great recipe from Something Swanky.
- If you watch the video for this, you will see that I didn’t mix the cool whip in with the beater before adding the cherries and marshmallows. That was so I could get that pretty picture of all the ingredients in the bowl you see above. Don’t be like me, guys. Whip the cool whip in with the cream cheese and other liquid ingredients before adding the cherries and marshmallows.
OTHER GREAT DESSERTS FOR A PICNIC
I have so many desserts on this blog that would be perfect to bring along to a picnic or get together!
- These Very Vanilla Cookie Bars are a super old recipe that I just love. They are soft, delicious, a total cheating baking recipe, and another perfect one for kiddos to make.
- These Caramel Brownies are always always always a hit wherever I take them.
- Of course, if you are hooked on fluff, you must make this Pina Colada Fluff and my Strawberry Banana Fluff Salad.
- And finally, this Zucchini Sheet Cake is perfect for a summer party!
Cherry Cheesecake Fluff
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 3.4 ounces cheesecake instant pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
- 8 ounces cool whip (or my recipe for stabilized whipped cream)
- 21 ounces cherry pie filling
- 10 ounces mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Beat together the cream cheese, instant pudding mix, vanilla extract, milk, and cool whip.
- Stir in the cherry pie filling and mini marshmallows.
- Refrigerate up to 24 hours and enjoy!
Denise Enriquez says
Do I have to put in Cream Cheese🤔
I haven’t tested this recipe without the cream cheese. I think you are going to find that it isn’t thick enough without it.
Ginny says
Can ‘sugar free’ instant pudding be substituted???
And no other changes haved to be made?
I haven’t tested that, but I can’t think of a reason why that wouldn’t work.
Christy says
I just made it this is delicious I’m adding some crushed graham crackers to the top
I’m so glad that you liked it!
Marcia A Petitt says
Lisa is it possible to get a Nutritional count on the Cherry Cheesecake Fluff?
Thank you so much
This is an older recipe that we don’t have nutritional information for, but I love using MyFitnessPal to calculate the nutrition of recipes that aren’t my own. It’s a free app and works great.
Tina says
I just made this and it’s a sticky blob. I followed the recipe to a t. I haven’t added the cherries or marshmallows yet because I can’t stir it. HELP
Without being there it’s hard to know what is off. I would add the cherries, as the liquid from the filling will help thin things out.
Ellen says
Can I use strawberries and the strawberry gel instead if canned cherries
Yup!
Dawn Musbach Murphy says
I made this recipe for Easter and everyone loved it!! I think next time I will add extra pie filling and decrease marshmallows…After all the cherry is the best part🍒🍒
I’m so glad you liked it!
M.Day says
I’m really sorry but mine was …not good. It wasn’t “inedible”…but it was simply not good. I went back and checked the recipe – everything was correct. The dessert was a bit “gluey” and was rather bland. I used whipped cream (not cool whip) and Comstock brand cherry pie filling. We each ate a small helping – but disposed of the rest. Sigh. I enjoy your recipes, so sorry to have a bad review on this!
The whipped cream instead of the cool whip is probably what is to blame here. It has additional sweetness that whipped cream alone does not have as well as a different consistency.
Janet says
I had dental surgery and have to follow a strict soft diet. Also can’t have small seeds. Can I substitute strawberry pie filling? If it has seeds can I run it thru cheese cloth to remove the seeds if there are seeds? I have never bought. Strawberry pie filling.
Hi Janet! The cherry filling won’t need to be strained and doesn’t have seeds. I probably wouldn’t go with strawberry because I think the seeds would be really hard to eliminate.
Beth says
The only thing I would change about this next time is I would add two cans of cherry pie filling. My husband and I both wanted more cherries. It still was delicious!
I’m glad you liked it Beth!