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No Bake Berry Cheesecake Parfaits

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No Bake Berry Cheesecake Parfaits are a lightened up no bake cheesecake filling layered with strawberry and blueberry sauce.  Add some graham crumbs, and you get your favorite cheesecake flavors without the fuss!

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I can hardly believe it, but Major League Baseball is back on Monday!  If you’ve followed me for a while, you know what that means…I’m going to do something geeky with food regarding my favorite team, the L.A. Dodgers.  Why would you think that?  Because two years ago I posted these Dodger Blue Velvet Cupcakes, and last year I posted blue and white Blueberry Coconut Baked Donuts.

And I made this silly logo out of blueberries that I’m reusing and recycling this year:

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I’m really excited about a new season starting, because if you follow baseball, you know what happened.  The Dodgers had a great season, and were in first place in N.L. West for most of it.  Our arch-rivals, the dreaded Giants were on the skids, but made it into the playoffs.  I dreaded the possibility of what could happen, and it did.  The Dodgers were out in the first round of the playoffs, and the wild card Giants somehow got on a huge roll and barreled through everybody and won the World Series.  UGH.  Any Dodger fan was devastated — it was the worst possible outcome.  It couldn’t have ended any worse. 🙁

That means this season can only be better right? 🙂  GO BLUE!

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Alright, enough of that.  Let’s talk cheesecake!  I was all over the place trying to figure out something to do for opening day, and I realized that baseball is the national pastime, which brought me to red, white, and blue.  And blue of course, is for my boys in blue.  🙂

I love no bake cheesecake, and normally make fruity dips with it.  The filling here was adapted from my StrawberryGreek Yogurt Cheesecake Dip, and was layered with super easy strawberry and blueberry sauces.

To make this lighter, I combined 1/3 less fat neufchâtel cream cheese with 2% plain Greek yogurt, and some sugar — that’s it.  So easy and soooo tasty.

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As for the fruit, the berries I’ve been getting aren’t totally sweet yet, so I sliced the strawberries, tossed them with a little sugar, and left them to macerate at room temperature for about 1 hour.  They were nice and sweet and syrupy.  You could also make a compote out of them like the blueberries, but macerating them is just way to easy to pass up!

The blueberry compote takes all of 5 minutes, and I used frozen blueberries here.  They thicken up as they cool, and they’re just amazing.  When berries are at their peak, you can bypass the macerating and the compote, and just layer with fresh berries instead.

It’s not cheesecake without graham cracker crumbs, so those went in first.  I didn’t toss them in melted butter or anything else because we are going a little lighter here, and it’s just not necessary.  Dip your spoon all the way down into the bottom, pull up the graham crumbs with the luscious cheesecake filling and fruit, and it’s all good. 🙂

These No Bake Berry Cheesecake Parfaits are my welcome back to our national pastime, and my hopes for a better season for my Dodgers.  Of course you don’t need to be a baseball fan to enjoy these…not in the least.  They’re the perfect treat for spring and summer gatherings, picnics, or just because.  We never really need a reason for cheesecake, do we?

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No Bake Berry Cheesecake Parfaits
 
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No Bake Berry Cheesecake Parfaits are lightened up cheesecake filling layered with strawberry and blueberry sauces with a graham cracker crumb base. It's your favorite cheesecake flavors without the fuss!
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Serves: 4-6 servings, depending on size of serving dishes
Ingredients
For the blueberry sauce:
  • 8 ounces fresh or frozen blueberries (thawed if frozen)
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • ½ tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
For the strawberries:
  • 8 ounces fresh strawberries, hulls removed and sliced
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
For the cheesecake filling:
  • 8 ounces ⅓ less fat neufchâtel cream cheese, softened
  • ½ cup low fat plain Greek yogurt (I used 2%)
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
  • ½ cup graham cracker crumbs
  • fresh berries, more graham cracker crumbs, or whipped cream for topping, optional
Instructions
Prepare the blueberries:
  1. Place the blueberries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch in small saucepan. Cook over medium low heat until the berries have softened, and the liquid begins to thicken, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool. The mixture will thicken as it cools.
Prepare the strawberries:
  1. Place the sliced strawberries and sugar in a small bowl and toss to combine. Let stand at room temperature for about 30 minutes to one hour, or until the berries are softened and syrupy.
Prepare the cheesecake filling:
  1. Beat the cream cheese in a medium bowl with a mixer on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Add the Greek yogurt, sugar, and lemon zest, and beat until combined.
Assemble the parfaits:
  1. Divide the graham cracker crumbs evenly between 4-6 serving dishes, jars, or wine glasses (how many parfaits you get depends on the size of the dish you're using). Layer with cheesecake filling, alternating with the fruit fillings. Top with a dollop of cheesecake filling if there's any left, or some whipped cream, additional fresh berries, and graham crumbs. Cover and chill for about 30 minutes or until serving time. Enjoy!
Notes
I used small Weck jars for these, which yielded 4 servings.
If the berries are in peak season, using fresh blueberries and strawberries would be delicious as well!
Instead of macerating the strawberries, you can cook them the same as the blueberries.
Store any leftover compote in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week.
Recipe by Flavor the Moments.

 

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  9. I still love that logo 🙂 You’re one pretty cool food blogger Marcie! Mmm YUM I’m all over these parfaits. The littles love to layer food and it’s even better when it’s healthy because the fun factor wins! I’m in full on berry mode now that they are coming back into season – I’m definitely on team blue too! 😉 Pinning these!
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  11. These parfaits are gorgeous, Marcie! The strawberry and blueberry layers sound delicious and I love that you lightened up the cheesecake layers too! That blueberry logo is still the cutest and these are the perfect no-bake desserts!

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    • Chicago is busy, and so is your husband! Haha. We’re flipping games a lot too, and Now it will be NBA and MLB, not to mention college finals! Hope you had a great Easter!

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  13. Uh Oh……I’m an SF Giants girl… eek! I’m even wearing my Giants sweatshirt right now, ha! Can we still be friends, *wink*. I’m not hard core into baseball, but I love watching all the exciting games, especially when we play the Dodgers. And it’s been really fun the last couple years since we keep going to the World Series.

    I love these parfaits! You have got to share these again around 4th of July, the red white and blue is perfect!
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    • You know we can still be friends — I’m used to being surrounded by black and orange, esp after all the World Series wins the past few years! The LA-SF games are always the best.

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    • When it’s less guilt, there’s really no reason not to indulge! haha And I should send the Dodgers my blueberry logo — maybe I’ll score some box seats! 🙂 Thanks for the pin, Kristi! 🙂

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  23. Oh Marcie, this a so cute…I like the idea of mixing cream cheese with yogurt…and yes, I love the different layers of fruit…beautiful!
    Have a great week 🙂

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