Fourth of July Dessert Ideas – Red, White, Blue Recipe Ideas – Cheesecake Pudding with Mixed Berries.

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I’ve come to realize that I haven’t given the red, white & blue holidays much love here on the blog …

especially compared to the pumpkin season. Or the Christmas season. Or the Valentine’s Day season. Or even the Easter (bunny & egg) season.

The realization made me feel bad enough to interupt my regularly scheduled programming this week to bring you some red, white & blue ideas.

Cheesecake pudding and Mixed Berries. Mini Cheesecake Desserts. Ramekin Dessert for One. Fourth of July Dessert Ideas. Red, White, Blue Dessert for 4th of July, Memorial Day, Labor Day.

My priority was to keep it easy. Mostly (selfishly) because I was interupting my regularly scheduled programming. 😉

So I needed something that I could quickly and easily whip up.

And this cheesecake Jell-O pudding was literally whipped up. With a whisk. For two minutes.

How much easier can it get?

I did add an extra step in the form of a graham cracker crust. Which added 10 minutes of baking time.

And while the addition of the graham cracker crust is delicious, these cheesecake pudding with mixed berries cups can work with or without the graham cracker crust.

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Cheesecake Pudding with Mixed Berries

Servings: 4 ramekins

Ingredients

1 package graham crackers
2 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp butter, softened
1 34 oz. Jello-O cheesecake instant pudding
2 cups cold milk
mix of red and blue berries

Instructions

For the Crust

Crumble the graham crackers. Mix with softened butter and sugar, using hands.
Press into the bottom of the ramekins (about a 1/4").
Place on cookie sheet (or in a pan) and bake on 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
Let cool before adding the pudding filling.

For the Filling

Whisk the pudding with 2 cups cold milk for 2 minutes. Pour into the ramekins. Pudding sets up in 5 minutes.

For the Topping

Top with a mix of red and blue berries.

I crumbled the graham crackers in a gallon freezer bag first (using a rolling pin) before adding to a bowl with the softened butter and sugar.

I used my hands to thoroughly mix the butter, sugar and graham crackers.

I then pressed the graham cracker mixture (about 1/4″ or so) into the bottom of the mini ramekins. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. I placed the ramekins on a cookie sheet first. Let fully cool before adding cheesecake pudding filling.