No Bake Raspberry Cream Dream Bars (2024)

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Raspberry Cream Dream Bars – Cool off in the heat of summer with this easy no bake dessert recipe. A Nilla Wafer Cookie crust, sweet vanilla cheesecake layer topped with a creamy raspberry jello layer, it will remind you of eating your favorite treat off the ice cream truck. Or if orange creamsicles are your preference, make their sister Orange Creamsicle Dream Bars. They’re desserts you’ll probably want to eat all year long.
Planning a gender reveal party, then pair these pink dream bars with the Blue Raspberry ones!

Another sweet, but not overly so, creamy, cool, and refreshing no bake dessert to fall in love with.

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And I really think you might.
My family certainly did.
One bite and my son, Cameron’s eyes lit up.

SAVE THIS EASY RASPBERRIES AND CREAM DESSERT RECIPE TO YOUR FAVORITE PINTEREST BOARD!

It’s easy.
It’s no bake.
It’s super delicious.
But the hardest part, is waiting for it to chill!
Don’t worry though, I promise you it will be worth the wait.

I so wish I could hand you a fork right now and you could dig into your phone or computer screen!
Just go make them. STAT!

Easy Gender Reveal Party Dessert – Raspberry Creamsicle Bars

How FUN would this dessert be to serve at a gender reveal party??
You can make two – one in pink with the red raspberry jello, and one with blue raspberry for a boy!!
Have the guests choose whether they think the baby will be a boy or girl based on which color dessert disappears the fastest!

What you need to make this Raspberry Cream dessert

• 8 X 8-inch baking pan
• parchment paper – out of all the different ones I’ve used, I like this kind the best!
• food processor, blender or plastic bag for crumbling the cookies.
• 2-cup liquid measuring cup
• stand mixer or hand mixer
• red food coloring – with this set, orange coloring is included, so you can make the Orange Creamsicle Dream Bars, too!
• offset spatulas – these are perfect for spreading the layers evenly and into the corners of the pan.

How to make these Raspberry Creamsicle Dream Bars

• Line your 8 X 8-inch baking pan with with parchment. This way you can easily remove the entire tray of bars, peel down the slides, slice and neatly serve them. Also, it makes for little clean up.
• I really like using Nilla Wafers for the crust.
  Use 1 ½ cups of finally crushed Nilla Wafers (about 45 cookies) and combine with 5 tbsp of melted butter.
  You can also use graham cracker crumbs or shortbread cookies, like Lorna Doone.
  Just make sure the cookie crumbs measure 1 ½ cups.
  I have used Golden Oreos for the crust, but found the dessert was just a bit too sweet for my liking.
• Making the crust and putting it into the freezer to set is the first thing I do. That way it can really have a chance to harden during the hour the cream mixture is in the fridge chilling as well.
• When mixing the raspberry gelatin,ONLYuse the amount of water stated inTHISrecipe,NOTas is called for on the box. We want the mixture to be a bit more stable than usual. Chill the gelatin until it is cold, about 10 minutes. You do not want it to set.
  If you’d prefer to make these blue, use the blue raspberry gelatin and a few drops of blue food coloring instead of the red.
• Place the raspberry cream mixture into the fridge to semi-set for at least an hour. You want it to become thick enough that it blends easily with the Cool Whip. If it hardens too much there will be large chunks of gelatin and it won’t mix as smoothly.
• If you’re one who would prefer not to use Cool Whip, make myStabilized Whipped Cream. It makes the perfect amount ofwhipped cream you’ll need for each of myDream Barrecipes and tastes much better, too!
• Once finished, refrigerate the Dream Bar recipe for a minimum of 6 hours or overnight. I like the overnight option because it’s a dessert you can make the day before you’re going to serve it.

If you love no bake desserts, you’ll love the rest of my Dream Bar recipes.
There’s a flavor for everyone!

Peanut Butter and chocolate are always a delicious combination, so I decided to make my Chocolate Peanut Butter Dream Bars.
Like chocolate, caramel and pecans?
Then these Easy No Bake Turtle Dream Bars are for you and will remind you of those candies everyone loves so much.

You can also chose to go with a fruit flavored one.
I’ve got one made with strawberries, and this one made with chocolate AND strawberries.
You might go bananas for this one (haha).
And this no bake pumpkin recipe is what I prefer over a regular pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving.

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