Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Salad

This rich and creamy cheesecake fruit salad is filled with luscious strawberries and bananas. The simple ingredients makes this a huge hit at any family gathering or potluck. Adding the cream cheese and cheesecake pudding mix gives it so much cheesecake flavor.

If you like to make fruit salad for your summer BBQ’s, this is the perfect salad to make. Try these other fruit salad favorites, Potluck Salads and 32 Easy Summer Salads.

Why This Recipe Works

If you are a cheesecake lover, then you are going to want to make this recipe. Simple ingredients make this the perfect summertime creamy fruit salad. We love easy recipes and this is the perfect one to make.

The addition of the cheesecake flavoring with the delicious sweet fruit, makes the perfect combination of sweetness and tangy flavors. The best part is it only takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients

• Cream Cheese – Make sure cream cheese is softened for the best creamy texture
• Instant Cheesecake Pudding Mix – Feel free to use other flavors of pudding mix
• Vanilla Yogurt – You can use other flavors of yogurt
• Whipped Topping – We like using Cool Whip
• Fresh Strawberries and Bananas – Slice the strawberries in bite size pieces
• Fresh Lemon Juice – We recommend fresh squeezed lemon juice

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Substitutions and Additions

• Yogurt – We used vanilla yogurt in this recipe, but you strawberry yogurt or any flavor.
• Add-Ins – Feel free to add in other fresh fruits with this mixture. Blueberries, raspberries, grapes, or blackberries. There are many options when making this salad.
• Nuts – This strawberry cheesecake salad would be delicious with some added chopped nuts.
• Miniature marshmallows – Mini marshmallows are an easy and fun addition to this fruit salad.

How to Make Strawberry Banana Cheesecake Salad 

Step 1 – Beat Cream Cheese – In a large mixing bowl, whip cream cheese until soft and creamy with an electric mixer. 

Step 2 – Mix in Pudding Mix and Yogurt – Add in the pudding mix and yogurt.  Mix until well combined creamy cheesecake filling.  

Step 3 – Fold in whipped topping – Fold in the whipped cream until combined with cream cheese mixture. Cover and chill these cheesecake mixture in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. 

Step 4 – Mix together fruit & lemon juice – In a large bowl, combine the slice strawberries and sliced bananas and lemon juice.  

• Step 5 – Gently mix in fruit – Right before you are ready to serve, gently fold in the strawberries and sweet bananas.  Be careful not to smash the fruit and do not over mix.
• Step 6 – Serve – Serve cold and enjoy.

Recipe Tips

• Cream Cheese – Make sure that the cream cheese is soft before making so that it’s easy to mix with the other ingredients.  
• Combine Ingredients – Before adding in the fruit, make sure the ingredients are combined until creamy. We recommend combining the cream ingredients with a stand mixer or a hand held mixer.
• Fruit – Make sure to mix the fruit with the lemon juice. This helps to prevent the bananas from turning brown.
• Ripe Bananas – For best results we recommend using ripe bananas for this recipe.
• Make in advance. This fruit salad can be made in advance.  However, I recommend waiting to stir the fruit in until you are ready to serve. 
• Double the recipe – You might want to double this recipe if preparing it for a gathering. Everyone will love it and the recipe is very easy to double.

How to Serve

This dessert salad is perfect for a side dish at your summer BBQ’s or for an afternoon snack. It is loaded with flavor and always the first to go when we serve it.

Serve with your grilled chicken, grilled burgers or fried pork chops. This creamy and delicious fruit salad can also be used as a pie filling mix.

We also like to serve it with graham cracker or eve cookies making this salad taste like a delicious dessert.

How to Store

Store your leftover fruit salad in the fridge in a air tight container. It is best to be enjoyed within about 3 days. Keep in mind, the longer it sits in the fridge the fruit could get mushy and turn brown.