How To Make Strawberry Delight – A No Bake Recipe That’s Easy To Make
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Strawberry Delight is a simply delicious dessert with only five ingredients. This no bake strawberry dessert recipe is easy to make yet always a crowd-pleaser. This vintage Cool Whip dessert is also often called strawberry fluff.
Easy Strawberry Dessert
I love family recipes, and this easy strawberry dessert is no exception. Aunt Terri included this no bake Cool Whip dessert in my sister’s bridal shower cook book. (I often flip through the personal cook books of friends and family when I’m at their houses. Yes, I know that I’m kind of a dork. I just can’t help it.)
Aunt Terri is kind of a big deal. She’s the woman behind our Old Fashioned Pea Salad and our Texas Caviar, two of my hand’s down favorite recipes. Just based on that factor alone, I knew I needed this Strawberry Cool Whip dessert in my belly.
As it turns out, this strawberry delight recipe only has five simple ingredients, so I put it on my Valentine’s Day menu for my sweet little Valentines. Good thing I did, because my kids loved it. It’s so light and fluffy and full of strawberry flavor, how could you not?
What is Strawberry Delight?
Strawberry delight is a cold, no bake dessert salad. It typically contains some type of dairy product such as cream cheese or whipped cream. The strawberry flavor comes from either Jello or strawberry pie filling. The combination creates a crowd-pleasing recipe that is easy to make.
Cool Whip Strawberry Delight Dessert Ingredient List
- Sweetened Condensed Milk, chilled
- Crushed Pineapple, drained well
- Strawberry Pie Filling, canned
- Cool Whip (or homemade whipped cream)
- Chopped Pecans
How to Make Strawberry Delight
Step By Step Instructions
- With a hand mixer, beat chilled sweetened condensed milk until fluffy and white in color.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine drained crushed pineapple and strawberry pie filling to the sweetened condensed milk, and fold until combined.
- Stir in Cool Whip and chopped pecans by hand.
- Spoon into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish, and chill until set.
Storage Instructions
Store in an airtight container or in a pan with a tight fitting lit in the refrigerator for up to a week.
For the full ingredient amounts and instructions for easy strawberry fluff, scroll to the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Recipe FAQs
- This strawberry delight is a no bake dessert recipe. No oven or microwave needed.
- Chill the sweetened condensed milk before whipping with the mixer. Chilling it helps make it fluffy. If I forget, I just put the can in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
- Whip the chilled sweetened condensed milk until it turns from cream colored to white and the texture becomes fluffier.
- Use heavy whipping cream to make homemade whipped cream as an alternative to whipped topping.
- Drain the crushed pineapple very well to prevent a runny strawberry fluff.
- A large serving bowl or individual bowls could be used instead of a 13 x 9 inch baking dish, if desired.
- To spread prettily into your dish, try using a flat edged spatula.
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Strawberry Delight Variations
What can I do to modify strawberry cool whip dessert?
The sky is the limit to your creativity when making a Cool Whip dessert using canned pie filling. Here are some of my favorite variations:
- Substitute strawberry pie filling for cherry, blueberry, lemon, etc.
- Instead of using pie filling, use a box of strawberry Jello or strawberry gelatin.
- Add mini marshmallows for a new texture.
- Try some flavored Cool Whip such as strawberry instead of regular Cool Whip.
- Want it to be healthier? Cottage cheese is an easy addition that doesn’t change the flavor.
- Add a layer of crushed vanilla wafers or pecan sandies.
- Any type of chopped nut could be used instead of pecans.
- Decorate the top with fresh strawberry slices and additional chopped nuts.
- Put the entire strawberry delight in a high powered food processor to make a smooth fluff.
- For a cheesecake layer, add softened cream cheese.
- Add a layer of Cool Whip on top of the Strawberry delight to make it even prettier.
- Fresh strawberries make a pretty display.
- Make a pie by adding it to a graham cracker crust.
Cool Whip Salad Recipes
Strawberry Recipes
We love strawberries and have a few other recipes featuring this versatile fruit:
Strawberry Delight
Ingredients
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk, chilled
- 21 ounces canned strawberry pie filling
- 20 ounces crushed pineapple, drained well
- 16 ounces Cool Whip
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Beat chilled sweetened condensed milk until fluffy.
- Add strawberry pie filling and drained crushed pineapple and mix until combined.
- Stir in Cool Whip and chopped nuts by hand.
- Spread into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish. Chill until set.
Notes
- This strawberry delight is a no bake recipe. No oven or microwave needed.
- Chill the sweetened condensed milk before whipping with the mixer. Chilling it helps make it fluffy. If I forget, I just put the can in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
- Whip the chilled sweetened condensed milk until it turns from cream colored to white and the texture becomes fluffier.
- Drain the crushed pineapple very well to prevent a runny strawberry fluff.
- A large serving bowl or individual bowls could be used instead of a 13 x 9 inch baking dish, if desired.
- Love cherries better than strawberries? Try Grandma’s Cherry Fluff instead.
- The carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used. They should not be used for specific dietary needs.
Nutrition
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I used 1 quart of fresh hulled strawberries that I pureed in a food processor with 1/4 cup white sugar instead of the canned ones which has all of those preservatives. The fluff came ot fantastic. Love the additional of the pineapple. Thanks for posting.
That’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Can you use your own whipped cream instead of Cool Whip?
Yes, you can use your own whipped cream in this!
How far in advance can you make this?
We wouldn’t make it more than a day in advance.
Can you freeze it?
We haven’t tried to freeze it. You may be able to, but we aren’t sure how the texture will be once defrosted. Might be good served frozen…