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Cream Cheese and Fresh Strawberry Squares

published by Jo Oliver on May 27, 2009

Want to give your palate the fresh taste of a summer strawberry pie, but don’t want to do all the work?

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of crushed gram crackers
  • ¼ cup of sugar
  • ¼ cup of sugar
  • 2/3 cup of melted butter
  • 12 oz of softened cream cheese
  • 2 tbsp of milk
  • 1 cup whipped topping
  • 2 cups of boiling water
  • 6 oz package of strawberry flavor gelatin
  • 1 ½ cups cold water
  • 1 qt fresh strawberries; quartered 

Method

  1. In a large bowl, add boiling water to gelatin mix and stir until completely dissolved.
  2. Stir in cold water and strawberries.
  3. Refrigerate 1 ½ hours.
  4. While gelatin is setting up in the fridge, heat oven to 350 degrees.
  5. Mix gram crackers, ¼ cup sugar, and butter together.
  6. Press gram cracker mixture into the bottom of a 13×9 inch pan. Bake 10 minutes and allow to cool.
  7. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, ¼ cup sugar, and milk until smooth.
  8. Fold cool whip into the mixture.
  9. Spread cream cheese mixture over the cooled gram cracker crust.
  10. Give gelatin a stir and spoon over the cream cheese mixture; spreading evenly.
  11. Refrigerate 3 hours.
  12. Cut in squares and serve with a dollop of cool whip.

Note: Not a fan of gram crackers? No problem, substitute with Oreo cookies, amaretto cookies, vanilla wafers pretzels, etc..

28 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. # 1 by Debra.
    May 27th, 2009 at 4:29 am #

    Jo, you do come up with some yummy recipe’s. Thank-you for this one.

  2. # 2 by moteintheeye
    May 27th, 2009 at 4:42 am #

    sounds great. i hope to make this soon. or actually have someone make it for me. lol

    motie

  3. # 3 by Phill Senters
    May 27th, 2009 at 4:47 am #

    Looks delicious Jo, makes me wish I knew my way around the kitchen better !

  4. # 4 by M J katz
    May 27th, 2009 at 6:33 am #

    I think that cream cheese and strawberries is a combination handed down to Man from the Gods! :)
    Now I’m hungry….. ^-^

  5. # 5 by Joe Dorish
    May 27th, 2009 at 7:42 am #

    Like graham crackers but would also like to try this with the vanilla wafers and maybe even the oreos.

  6. # 6 by Melody Arcamo Lagrimas
    May 27th, 2009 at 7:43 am #

    Hmmm…am getting hungry.

  7. # 7 by berrynice
    May 27th, 2009 at 8:49 am #

    I have loved all your recipes I have tried so far, so will definitely give this one a go!

  8. # 8 by CHAN LEE PENG
    May 27th, 2009 at 10:09 am #

    Yummy recipe. I’m hungry now.

  9. # 9 by Goodselfme
    May 27th, 2009 at 11:14 am #

    Love this recipe. TX.

  10. # 10 by kate smedley
    May 27th, 2009 at 12:57 pm #

    That sounds delicious, a new one on me, thanks for sharing.

  11. # 11 by Lauren Axelrod
    May 27th, 2009 at 2:33 pm #

    There is no other dessert on earth that I love more than cream cheese and strawberry like cheesecake bites. Yummmmmm

  12. # 12 by Ruby Hawk
    May 27th, 2009 at 4:55 pm #

    mmm now that looks good and I just bought two cartons of strawberries this morning.

  13. # 13 by NA Staffieri
    May 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pm #

    I will try this. My wife loves strawberry, so I think I’ll have to make this one for her.

  14. # 14 by Poetic Enigma
    May 27th, 2009 at 10:07 pm #

    Sounds like a great recipe,
    Perhaps I’ll have to give this a try

  15. # 15 by nobert soloria bermosa
    May 28th, 2009 at 5:35 am #

    pretty nice combination,thanks

  16. # 16 by skylite
    May 28th, 2009 at 7:37 am #

    Sounds yummy .. Going to have to try these :)

  17. # 17 by Bullwinkle Muse
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:07 am #

    Well that just clinches it…I’ll never again look good in a bikini. :-/

  18. # 18 by Juhls
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:16 am #

    Oh, how delicious! Do you think it could also work with heart-shaped waffles? I love strawberries on those, especially during the summertime. But I’m definitely giving going to make your recipe a few times, too : ). Thanks, Jo.

  19. # 19 by Sharazad
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:31 am #

    Oooo, sounds delicious.

  20. # 20 by DA Cournean
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:38 am #

    Sounds very delicious!

  21. # 21 by Dee Gold
    May 28th, 2009 at 11:12 am #

    I think I need to try this recipe,thanks

  22. # 22 by Uma Shankari
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:03 pm #

    Ingenious!!

  23. # 23 by Chris Stonecipher
    May 28th, 2009 at 11:19 pm #

    Jo,
    I am hungry!
    Bless you,
    Chris

  24. # 24 by papaleng
    May 29th, 2009 at 11:57 am #

    I do love those Ref cakes with Graham crackers. guess I have to try this too.

  25. # 25 by Mnofdichotomy
    May 30th, 2009 at 8:27 pm #

    presented my wife with this recipe, cleaned out the gutters to bribe her into making them. it worked… and was worth the work.

  26. # 26 by swatilohani
    June 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 am #

    yummy

  27. # 27 by Gon pincha
    June 3rd, 2009 at 10:04 pm #

    Wooow.
    It looks yummy ;p
    Love, Gon

  28. # 28 by B Nelson
    June 17th, 2009 at 12:33 pm #

    I really like graham crackers and have even been known to snack on them from time to time. This totally sounds yummy!

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