No Bake Butterscotch Apple Dessert

This luscious dessert tastes like a candied apple, an apple pie, and an apple cheesecake all in one. No Bake Butterscotch Apple Dessert has layers of graham cracker crust, cream cheese, butterscotch pudding, and apple pie filling. So many delicious flavors in one place.

Simple ingredients create a dessert with complex flavors, but the best part is you won’t need your oven. That makes this treat a perfect make-ahead dessert for holiday parties.

You’ll need to carve out a spot in your fridge, however, for a 13 x 9″ baking dish, but that’s part of the fun.

Making a No Bake Butterscotch Apple Dessert

Starting with the crust, mix the graham cracker crumbs with the melted butter, then press it into the 13 x 9″ baking dish. Place the baking dish in the refrigerator so the crust can set up.

Meanwhile, make the first layer. Beat the cream cheese until smooth and creamy, then add the powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla. Beat until combined.

The crust hasn’t had time to fully set, so it will be fragile. Dollop the cream cheese mixture over the crust and gently spread it into an even layer.

Next layer: beat the pudding into the milk until smooth and creamy. No lumps here!

The apple pie filling goes in next, but first, chop the apple chunks into smaller pieces. This gives you cleaner cuts when you go to serve it, plus it’s easier to eat. In two batches, place 1/2 the apple pie filling in a deep bowl. Chop using two steak knives crossing each other. Quick and painless.

Then, stir the apple pie filling into the pudding mixture.

The cream cheese layer hasn’t had time to set up, either, so carefully dollop the pudding mixture over the top, then gently spread into an even layer.

The last layer is the whipped topping. Then decide if you want to top your dessert with some roasted or candied pecans, which I recommend. So yummy!

Cover and refrigerate the dessert for 4 hours minimum, or overnight.

No Bake Recipes:

Enjoy not having to turn on the oven? No Bake desserts are great to not only make ahead of time, but they’re your best friend when the oven is already in full use.

• No Bake Pumpkin Delight
• Orange Marbled Fudge
• No Bake Lemon Lush
• No Bake Oreo Cookie Balls
• Chocolate Cherry Dessert
• No Bake Lemon Blueberry Dessert

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No Bake Butterscotch Apple Dessert

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