This No-Bake Cranberry Cream Pie couldn’t be any easier to make!
Strapped for time – but you’ve been given the assignment of bringing a dessert to your family’s Thanksgiving celebration? Make our easy, creamy and delicious No-Bake Cranberry Cream Pie!
This pie is about as quick and simple as it gets! Three ingredients: softened cream cheese, whole berry cranberry sauce and whipped topping are mixed together – then piled into a graham cracker crust.
Freeze your No-Bake Cranberry Cream Pie overnight – then soften for about thirty minutes before serving.
This No-Bake Cranberry Cream Pie has a sweet-tart flavor that is light and refreshing, and very delicious after a heavy, filling Thanksgiving dinner! The texture of the pie gets softer and creamier the longer it is out of the freezer, or you can enjoy it with more of a frozen consistency.
For a super timesaver, you can prepare this No-Bake Cranberry Cream Pie using all store-bought ingredients as written below. But, if you prefer, you can make the cranberry sauce, whipped cream and graham cracker crust (see below in the recipe notes) from scratch.
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You may enjoy these other cranberry desserts:
- Cranberry Raisin Pie
- Cranberry Almond Coconut Macaroons
- Cranberry Apple Clafoutis
- Cranberry Orange Sorbet
- Cranberry Ginger Upside Down Cake with Rum Whipped Cream
No-Bake Cranberry Cream Pie
This No-Bake Cranberry Cream Pie couldn’t be any easier to make!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: dessert
- Method: no-bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 14.5-ounce can whole berry cranberry sauce
1 12-ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed (Or 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, whipped)
One pre-made graham cracker 9” crust (or homemade, see Notes below)
Instructions
- Place softened cream cheese in a stand mixer with paddle attachment and beat until smooth and fluffy, about a minute.
- Remove cranberry sauce to a bowl, chop up slightly with a fork, and microwave on a low setting for 30 seconds to a minute. You want it to soften up and start to break down but not melt.
- Add to cream cheese and beat until smooth, scraping sides a few times.
- Remove bowl and fold in the whipped topping then pour into the pre-made graham cracker pie shell. Smooth the top into a mound and freeze for 6-8 hours or overnight.
- Remove from freezer 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
To make your own graham cracker crust. Follow this recipe:
Ingredients
¾ cup graham cracker crumbs
4 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 tablespoons brown sugar
4 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
- Combine graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sugar and brown sugar in a bowl. Mix until completely combined.
- Pour the mixture into a 9-inch pie plate and spread, pressing down firmly, so that you have an even layer in the bottom of the plate and about ½ an inch up the sides.
- Freeze the crust while you are preparing the filling.
114 ounce of cranberry sauce that math is not matching
Its 1 (one) 14 ounce can.
This is delicious. Do you think using canned pie filling (cherry, blueberry) would work in place of cranberry?
I don’t think so Carol…I think the thickeners in the canned pie fillings are much more dense than the natural pectins that thicken a cranberry sauce. I think the pie fillings would change the texture – you’d have to make some other adjustments to the recipe but without some kitchen testing, I’d just be guessing.
The BEST!!!
Thank you!
Delicious and light my family loved it!!
Thank you Carol!
This recipe is really easy to make. It always stands out when I bring it to a potluck dinner.
Thank you Dean!
Thanks for the recipe. My mom used to make this during the holidays when we were kids. I haven’t thought about it in forever.
I think I’ll make it in mom’s memory.
I hope our pie is just as good as your mom’s Pam!
It was easy to make and taste delicious thank you for the recipe
Thanks Remonia!