Strawberry Cream Pie

Serve up a slice of summer with this luscious and airy Strawberry Cream Pie! Made without Cool Whip, this no bake strawberry pie is served with an Oreo cookie crust and a fudgy ganache layer to taste like a chocolate covered strawberry.

It’s my favorite time of the summer – fresh strawberry picking at the local berry farm!

Roughly every early June, Dad and I pick our own strawberries which ends up being roughly 5-6 pounds.

And every year I ask – what should we make first?!

I have my favorite strawberry recipes such as strawberry popsicles, chocolate strawberry shortcake, and strawberry cream cheese frosting.

This time I was in the mood for chocolate covered strawberries, but they can be a bit time consuming (not to mention quite messy with melted chocolate in the summer).

I also didn’t want to bake anything like my chocolate covered strawberry brownies because my oven is an inferno even in the winter.

That’s when I got the idea to make this Strawberry Cream Pie!

It’s a luscious and airy no bake strawberry pie with cream cheese and fresh berries inside an Oreo cookie crust with a layer of chocolate ganache on top to make it taste like a chocolate strawberry pie.

I can have my chocolate covered strawberries without being time consuming and didn’t have to turn on my oven. Total win in my book.

And thanks to the strawberry cream cheese filling, it also tastes like you’re eating a slice of strawberry cheesecake pie (very similar to my blueberry cheesecake pie).

For an additional boost in strawberry flavor, I folded in fresh chopped berries into the strawberry pie filling.

The most challenging part about making your strawberry cream cheese pie is waiting for it to chill before diving in!

Ingredients For Strawberry Cream Pie

Here are the ingredients needed for making your cream cheese strawberry pie:

• Oreo cookie crumbs: I went with Oreo because chocolate and strawberries go well together, but you can also use graham cracker crumbs.
• Butter: Needed to bind the crust
• Salt: Helps the crust taste better if using unsalted butter.
• Heavy cream: Homemade whipped cream is used to thicken the filling instead of Cool Whip
• Cream cheese: Use a block of full-fat cream cheese because the low fat and fat free versions have more water in them.
• Powdered sugar: Balances out the tanginess of the cream cheese plus helps stabilize filling.
• Vanilla: Adds flavor

How To Make Strawberry Cream Pie

Here’s how to make your strawberry cream cheese pie:

1. Mix together Oreo crumbs, butter, and salt then pat into the bottom of your 9 inch pie plate
2. Whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form.
3. Beat together cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
4. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture until full incorporated.
5. Transfer filling to the crust then top with ganache.
6. Chill for 4 hours or until firm enough to cut.

Refrigerate leftovers for up to 5 days.

Why is my strawberry cheesecake pie lumpy?

If your no bake strawberry pie is lumpy, chances are your cream cheese was too cold. Make sure it sits out at room temperature until no longer cold to the touch.

More No Bake Dessert Recipes

Loved this strawberry cream cheese pie? Check out these other no bake desserts:

• No Bake Biscoff Cheesecake
• No Bake Chocolate Pie
• No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
• No Bake Mini Cheesecakes
• No Bake Cheesecake Bars
• Strawberry Cheesecake Dip

First published June 16, 2015