Red White and Blue No Bake Cheesecakes

By Beth Jackson Klosterboer

Prep Time:

20m

Yield:

8 servings

Whip up these quick and easy Red, White and Blue No Bake Cheesecakes for your 4th of July or Memorial Day picnics. Each blue colored vanilla wafer cookie crust is topped with a bright white cheesecake filling and red cherry pie filling. Festive and fun!

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Products Used

Extra Fine Granulated Pure Cane Sugar Bag

Ingredients

Blue Cookie Crust

28 vanilla wafer cookies
3 tablespoons Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Blue food coloring

White No-Bake Cheesecake Layer

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup Dixie Crystals Extra Fine Granulated Sugar
1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups freshly whipped cream or frozen and thawed, whipped topping

Red Topping

2 1/2 cups homemade or store-bought cherry pie filling

Directions

For the Blue Cookie Crust, pour vanilla wafers and sugar into a food processor. Pulse until you get fine crumbs.
Add melted butter and a few drops of blue food coloring. Pulse until well blended. Add more coloring until your crumbs become deep blue in color.
Equally divide crumbs between 8 short 4 ounce jars.
Press crumbs down into an even layer and set jars in the refrigerator until needed.
For White No-Bake Cheesecake layer, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add sugar and beat until smooth. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla extract.
Add whipped cream or whipped topping and beat just until combined.
Pour filling into a large pastry bag or zip top bag.
Pipe filling on top of crust, equally dividing among the 8 jars.
For Red Topping, spoon cherry pie filling over top of cheesecakes.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.