If you’re looking for the Holy Grail of summer desserts, look no further than this no-bake pineapple cheesecake whip. It’s fluffy, creamy, and decadent tasting. It only has FOUR ingredients. It takes 10 minutes to throw together. And best of all: it’s made with 100% real ingredients, fresh pineapple, and NO refined sugar!
All you need to make this recipe is a pineapple, heavy cream, cream cheese, and honey. THAT’S IT.
Zach and I celebrated our fourth anniversary on July 12. His parents are always sweet enough to get us a gift to celebrate each anniversary. In keeping with the traditional wedding anniversary gifts (fruit and flowers for year four), we got a pineapple as part of our gift. I knew I had to make something special with it, so this no-bake pineapple cheesecake whip was born.
I loveeeee the flavor of pineapple. But it can also be a bit too acidic to eat regularly for me. The creaminess of the other ingredients, plus the sweetness of the honey, helps temper the acidity of the fruit.
This recipe is prepped almost entirely in a food processor. It helps chop up the pineapple finely and release some of the sweet juice. It also whips the heavy cream in record time, perfectly mixing it with honey and cream cheese.
If you don’t have a food processor, you can chop the pineapple very finely and beat the cream/honey/cream cheese with a hand mixer.
For an extra touch, you can add graham cracker crumbles on top. Like Leslie Knope, I keep emergency s’mores rations on hand at all times, so I had graham crackers ready to go.
I served this in tiny mason jars, cold, right out of the fridge (which is why it’s perfect for summer). For a party, you can easily assemble these in jars ahead of time and take them out of the fridge when you are ready to serve.
Here’s the recipe for no-bake pineapple cheesecake whip!
No-Bake Pineapple Cheesecake Whip
Equipment
- Food Processor
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh pineapple roughly chopped or cut into rings (about 1/2 large pineapple- see notes for canned)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup honey or more, if you want it extra sweet
- 8 oz. cream cheese softened
- graham cracker crumbs and extra pineapple for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- In a food processor, pulse pineapple (2 cups) to chop finely. Remove and place in large bowl.
- Add heavy cream (1 cup) and honey (1/4 cup) to food processor. Press on until the cream is whipped, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Add the softened cream cheese (8 oz.) to the whipped cream, turn on until fully mixed in.
- Stir the whipped cream/cream cheese mixture into the pineapple in the large bowl.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours, preferably overnight.
- Serve cold garnished with graham cracker crumbs and fresh pineapple, if desired.
Notes
- Use canned pineapple: You can also use canned crushed pineapple and the juices- skip the first step and just do the whipped cream and cream cheese in the food processor, then mix into the crushed pineapple.
- If you don’t have a food processor, you can chop the pineapple very finely and beat the cream/honey/cream cheese with a hand mixer.
- The provided nutrition information does not include any added sodium from seasoning to taste, any optional ingredients, and it does not take brands into account. Feel free to calculate it yourself using this calculator or by adding the recipe to Yummly.
Nutrition
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The provided nutrition information is my best estimate and reflects one serving of the recipe (total servings indicated at top of recipe card). It does not include any added sodium from seasoning to taste, any optional ingredients, and it does not take brands into account. I use an automatic API to calculate this information. Feel free to calculate it yourself using one of these tools:
Maxine
Very good, I added some sweetened flaked coconut, chopped macadamia nuts. Turned out very tropical.
Elizabeth Lindemann
So glad you liked it! Love those additions, thanks for sharing.
Nicole
This turned out great, thanks so much! I plan on trying it with other fruits. Are there any you’d definitely stay away from for this recipe?
Elizabeth
So glad you liked it! I think this would be great with any citrus fruits, since they are similar to pineapple in that they are so juicy, and the juice penetrates into the whole thing. Plus, the acidity is balanced out by the coolness. I’d think any other juicy, slightly acidic fruit would work! Kiwi, maybe? A really ripe mango? Maybe even meyer lemons? If you try any other fruits with this, I’d love to know how it comes out!