Strawberry Raspberry Trifle With Cream Cheese And Brittle

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This Strawberry Raspberry Trifle With Cream Cheese And Brittle is a luscious cheesecake dessert that anyone can make. Sweet, salty, and tart are the perfect combination!

A Strawberry Raspberry Trifle with Cream Cheese And Brittle in a clear trifle bowl on a white table with a plant and a white window frame in the background

Strawberry Trifle With Cream Cheese

If you’re looking for an amazing dessert, this Strawberry Raspberry Trifle With Cream Cheese And Brittle recipe is beautiful and delicious! It has the freshness of ripe berries, plus the salty and sweetness of the pretzels, pecans, and sugar brittle.

A lot like a mixed berry cheesecake in a trifle dish, the difference is that it layers the luscious cream cheese filling with the sweet strawberries and tart raspberries. And while this isn’t completely a no-bake trifle recipe, it is super easy and really does taste as good as it looks!

With ingredients that you can pick up at your local grocery store at almost any time of year, this are the perfect dessert to make when you want to brighten up the room. Whether it’s strawberry season or the middle of winter, this simple strawberry trifle is going to be a family favorite. 

This Raspberry Strawberry Cream Cheese Trifle recipe is a lovely fruit dessert that is full of your favorite flavors and texture. You’re going to love it! 

Strawberry trifle with cream cheese in a trifle dish on a white table

Easy Raspberry Trifle Recipe

How To Make:

Ingredients:
2 cups pretzels, crushed
1 cup pecans, chopped
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
1 1/2 cups melted butter
4 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
1 cup fresh raspberries
16 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
16 oz Cool Whip

Fresh strawberries in a light blue colander on a wooden table

Directions:

Wash your fresh raspberries and strawberries with cold water. Take out a cutting board and slice your whole strawberries into halves or quarters. Set all of the fresh berries aside together in a separate bowl. 

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Place your two cups of whole pretzels in a Ziploc bag and crush them with your hands or a potato masher. 

Crushed pretzels, brown sugar and pecans on a baking sheet lined with parchment paperIn a large mixing bowl, combine your melted butter, crushed pretzels, brown sugar, and chopped pecans and mix thoroughly.

Salty and sweet brittle on a pan next to a white bowl of whipped cheesecake spreadPour the mixture onto your baking sheet and bake for about 8 minutes. Once it is finished, let it cool and then break the brittle apart into pieces.

Cream cheese spread being mixed in a white bowl with a spoon next to a blue colander with fresh strawberries on a wooden tableIn another large bowl (or wash out the one you just used), beat together your whipped topping, softened cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract with a handheld mixer.

Crushed pretzels, brown sugar and pecans in a bowl with cream cheeseMix in your sugared pretzels and stir the combination thoroughly.

Chopped strawberries in the bottom of a trifle dish next to a bowl with cheesecake spreadIn a large trifle dish, place a single layer of about 1 1/2 cups of your raspberry and strawberry mixture to the bottom of a large trifle dish.

Next, spread half your cream cheese mixture on top of that bottom layer. It will be easiest to do this with a rubber spatula. 

Cheesecake spread in a glass trifle dish on a wooden tableAdd another even layer of strawberries and raspberries on top of your cheesecake layer.

Add another cream cheese layer on top of the fresh fruit layer. Use up the rest of your cream mixture here. 

Strawberries and raspberries on top of cream cheese spread in a trifle dishFinish up by adding your last layer of strawberry slices and raspberries on the top of the trifle.

Serve with a little whipped cream on the top of each portion or all by itself. Enjoy!

Store any leftovers in the refrigerator in the trifle bowl under plastic wrap for up to 3 days. 

A Strawberry Trifle with Cream Cheese on a white table

Can I Make This Strawberry Trifle Recipe Without A Trifle Dessert Bowl?

Yes! If you don’t have a glass trifle bowl, you can replace it with a large glass bowl. When you make a dish like this, you want to see all the beautiful layers of a trifle through the sides, so stick with glass or Pyrex.

If you only have a medium bowl, add a few extra layers to use up all the ingredients of this fun dessert. The size of the bowl doesn’t really matter as long as you can see the layers. 

Can I Turn This Strawberry Cheesecake Trifle Into Edible Gifts Or Individual Portions?

Yes! This delicious dessert shouldn’t just be reserved for a large party. Pick up some mason jars in the size of your choice. Add some lemon juice to the fresh strawberries and raspberries to help them stay fresh a little longer and then follow the easy dessert recipe per the instructions.

Each cheesecake layer and fruit layer will need to be much smaller, but this are the perfect layered dessert to give as a gift. Keep it refrigerated until you see your loved one and it will be fine at room temperature for a while until they can refrigerate it again. 

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Yield: About 15 servings

Strawberry Raspberry Trifle With Cream Cheese

Strawberry trifle with cream cheese in a trifle dish on a white table

This Strawberry Raspberry Trifle With Cream Cheese And Brittle is a luscious cheesecake dessert that anyone can make. Sweet, salty, and tart are the perfect combination!

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Additional Time 15 minutes
Total Time 43 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 cups pretzels, crushed
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
  • 1 1/2 cups melted butter
  • 4 cups fresh strawberries, sliced
  • 1 cup fresh raspberries
  • 16 oz cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 16 oz whipped topping

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Wash the fresh fruit and slice your strawberries. Combine strawberries with raspberries in a separate bowl and set aside.
  3. Place two cups of whole pretzels in a Ziploc bag and crush them with your hands or a potato masher. 
  4. In a large mixing bowl, combine your melted butter, crushed pretzels, brown sugar, and chopped pecans and mix thoroughly.
  5. Pour the mixture onto your baking sheet and bake for about 8 minutes. Once it is finished, let it cool and then break the brittle apart into pieces.
  6. In another large mixing bowl (or wash out the one you just used), beat together your whipped topping, cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract with a handheld mixer.
  7. Mix in your sugared pretzels and stir the combination thoroughly.
  8. In a large trifle dish, place a layer of about 1 1/2 cups of your strawberry/raspberry mix in the bottom of a trifle dish. Next, spread half your cream cheese mixture on top.
  9. Add another layer of your strawberries and raspberries as well as the other half of your cream cheese mixture on top.
  10. Finish up by adding the rest of your strawberries and raspberries on top. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

15

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 568Total Fat: 42gSaturated Fat: 25gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 14gCholesterol: 79mgSodium: 337mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 2gSugar: 39gProtein: 4g

This calculation is intended for informational purposes only. I am not a doctor or dietician. This calculator is a guide, but makes no guarantee of being exact or fully accurate.


Strawberry Trifle with Cream Cheese on a white table with a white window frame in the background

A closeup from the top down of this sweet and salty berry dessert with cut strawberries and raspberries on top of a white creamy crunchy layer

Two pictures of this strawberry layered dessert, one showing the layers from the side and the other from the top down

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