Description

What would happen if you crossed a fresh fruit salad and a yummy cheesecake? You would get this Hawaiian inspired cheesecake salad with fresh tropical fruit, pudding and cream cheese.

Ingredients

• 8 oz. package cream cheese
• 3.4 oz. package instant cheesecake pudding, unprepared
• 1 c. International Delight French Vanilla Creamer
• 1 lb. strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 4 mandarin oranges, peeled and sectioned
• 20 oz. can pineapple tidbits, drained
• 3 kiwi, peeled and cut into half moons
• 2 mangoes, cut into bite size chunks
• 1 banana, cut into coins
• freshly squeezed juice of 1/2 lemon

Steps

1. In a medium tall bowl, like an 8 cup measuring cup, use an electric mixer to whip cream cheese until it becomes smooth. It may bind up in the beaters, but continue as is and it will loosen up. Add the dry pudding mix; beat until well combined.
2. With the mixer on low, slowly add the creamer a tablespoon at a time to the cream cheese mix so that it doesn't clump. Mix until it becomes a smooth mixture and all of the creamer has combined into the cream cheese. Repeat until all of the creamer has been added to the mixture. Whip until smooth.
3. In a large bowl, combine strawberries, oranges, pineapple, kiwi and mango. Add the cheesecake mixture to the fruit. Gently fold cheesecake mixture into fruit.