Frozen Strawberry Dessert

4.58 from 19 votes

An easy strawberry dessert with top and bottom layers of graham cracker crumbs. If you love strawberries and cream, you will love this frozen dessert!

Prep Time10

Freeze5

Total Time5 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: frozen dessert, frozen strawberry dessert, strawberry dessert

Servings: servings

Calories: 269kcal

Author: Nikki Gladd

Ingredients

1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
¼ cup unsalted butter melted
2 tablespoons sugar
1 heaping cup whole strawberries , hulled
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract*
¾ cup sweetened condensed milk
4 oz. cream cheese , room temperature
4 oz. Cool Whip
1 cup diced strawberries
Extra sliced strawberries for garnish ,optional

Instructions

Lightly grease an 8x8 baking dish; set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter. Press half of mixture evenly into the bottom of prepared pan.
Puree whole strawberries in a blender (scrape sides of bowl and process a couple of times until almost smooth...it's ok if a few chunks of strawberries are left). Add vanilla, condensed milk and cream cheese to the blender and pulse until just combined. Fold in the Cool Whip, then diced strawberries.
Spread strawberry mixture evenly over the graham cracker crust in the pan. Sprinkle remaining graham cracker crumbs evenly over top.
Cover with foil and freeze at least 5 hours before serving. To serve, slice into squares. Optional: Top with fresh sliced strawberries for garnish just before serving.

Notes

It is important to use pure vanilla extract with alcohol in the ingredients list for aiding the frozen mixture to stay somewhat soft.
If your teeth are sensitive to frozen diced strawberries, you can leave them out or keep dessert in the fridge and serve like a pudding pie instead.
Try using other berries for flavor variation.
Nutrition information is an estimate only.

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