July 4th Dessert Bowl

Name: July 4th Dessert Bowl
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1 pkg. brick cream cheese, softened; 3 cups milk; 2 pkg. vanilla instant pudding mix; 1 tub frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided; 48 NILLA Wafers; ¼ cup colored sugars; ¼ cup granulated sugar; 1 cup strawberries; 1 cup blueberries; 2 bananas, sliced

Celebrate our country's birthday with this festive red, white, and blue trifle. Colorful NILLA Wafers are layered with pudding and fruit in this dessert idea.

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Servings:

16 servings, about 2/3 cup each.

Ingredient list

1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
3 cups cold milk
2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) vanilla instant pudding mix
1 tub (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed, divided
48 NILLA Wafers
¼ cup each red and blue colored sugars
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
1 cup blueberries
2 bananas, sliced

Directions

Beat cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in milk. Add pudding mixes; beat until well blended. Gently stir in 2 cups whipped topping.

Brush tops of wafers with water. Sprinkle 16 wafers with red sugar, 16 wafers with blue sugar and remaining wafers with granulated sugar.

Arrange 24 wafers on bottom and up side of 2-1/2-qt. bowl, alternating colors of wafers. Spoon half the pudding mixture into bowl; top with layers of half each of the fruits. Cover with layers of remaining wafers, pudding mixture and fruits.

Top with remaining whipped topping. Refrigerate 2 hours.

Recipe Tips

Size-WiseYou'll know it's a special occasion when you get to enjoy a serving of this patriotic dessert!
Family FunGarnish dessert with small paper American flags just before serving.