Hawaiian cheesecake salad made with fruit is a delightful way to enjoy fresh fruits like pineapples and mango’s all rolled into a creamy cheesecake filling. Nothing says summer salad quite like a tropical fruit side dish so get out your fork and let’s dig in to today’s recipe.
Unlike traditional fruit salad recipes, this Hawaiian fruit salad has some extra sweet goodies! Deliciously creamy cream cheese and cheesecake pudding make this more of a dessert salad than a side dish. Stuffed tropical fruit between layers of sugary goodness, you cannot go wrong adding this to your next party.
Hawaiian Fruit Salad Ingredients
This is one of my favorite Hawaiian Side Dishes and you will love this cheesecake fruit salad! Make sure you serve with an amazing main dish like Pineapple Chicken, a great complimentary meal.
TIP: Make Hawaiian Cheesecake Salad all your own: Feel free to add guava, dragon fruit, starfruit or papaya to this lovely salad!
- 1-8oz package cream cheese, softened
- 1 package cheesecake pudding
(substitute vanilla if unavailable) - 1 cup vanilla creamer
- 2 cups mango (approximately 2)
- 2 cups mandarin slices
- 1-15oz can pineapple tidbits, drained
- 2 cups kiwi slices (approximately 5)
- 2 cups strawberries (1lb package)
- 2 bananas, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
(substitute vanilla
if unavailable)
Hawaiian Cheesecake Fruit Salad Recipe
- Place the softened cream cheese in a bowl and mix until smooth with a hand or stand mixer.
- Add the pudding mix and combine fully.
- Add the creamer to the cream cheese mixture approximately 1-2 tablespoons at a time to ensure a smooth consistency. (Adding it all at once will cause the mixture to be lumpy.)
- Clean and cut all fruit (except the bananas) into small, bite-sized pieces.
- Combine the fruit with the cream cheese mixture and fold gently to ensure coverage.
- Finally, cut up the bananas and toss with the lemon juice in a bowl to prevent browning.
- Gently add your bananas to the fruit salad.
- Chill until ready to serve.
and mix until smooth with a hand or stand mixer.
and combine fully.
With fruits that include the uncommon flavors of mango and kiwi, you can be sure that you will be experiencing a fresh, fruity, and fabulous taste that go perfect for delicious summer flavors and all the ways to use summer fruits. Bold, exciting, and just a spoonful of perfection.
This recipe for the Hawaiian Fruit salad was made by a guest chef for Salty Side Dish and originally adapted from the great food blog The Slow Roasted Italian. Visit her amazing recipes for more delicious ways to eat salads, chicken, pasta and more! You can also see how she made this fruit salad and her tips here.
Move over Watergate pistachio pudding salad!
To make an entire Hawaiian themed meal, pair this Hawaiian Cheesecake salad with Hawaiian Rice, Crockpot Hawaiian Pineapple Chicken, and this sweet Hawaiian Coleslaw!
Hawaiian Cheesecake Salad
Ingredients
- 1-8 oz package cream cheese - softened
- 1 package cheesecake pudding - substitute vanilla if unavailable
- 1 cup vanilla creamer
- 2 cups mango - approximately 2
- 2 cups mandarin slices
- 1-15 oz can pineapple tidbits - drained
- 2 cups kiwi slices - approximately 5
- 2 cups strawberries - 1lb package
- 2 bananas - chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Place the softened cream cheese in a bowl and mix until smooth with a hand or stand mixer.
- Add the pudding mix and combine fully.
- Add the creamer to the cream cheese mixture approximately 1-2 Tablespoons at a time to ensure a smooth consistency. (Adding it all at once will cause the mixture to be lumpy.)
- Clean and cut all fruit except the bananas into small, bite-sized pieces.
- Combine the fruit with the cream cheese mixture.
- Cut up the bananas and toss with the lemon juice to prevent browning. Gently add to the fruit salad.
- Chill until ready to serve.
Fran says
Any way to lighten this up w/o losing flavor?…also,is pudding mix supposed to be instant?
Trisha says
Lighten as in lower calories?
Brooke says
This looks amazing and can’t wait to make it! Is this something that I can make the night before or do you recommend day of? Thanks so much!
Trisha Haas says
Hi Brooke! You can make the cheesecake mixture ahead of time and store in an airtight container overnight, but I would not cut the fruit till day of. Citrus fruits tend to have a lot of moisture and acidity and fruits like bananas brown easily, so add those in the day of serving.
Shalis K. says
Hello
I’m doing a Father’s Day picnic and would love to have this recipe. Could you please send it to me. I think this is a great idea to have, plus it looks good.
Thank You.
Trisha says
Hi Shalis, its in the post above 🙂
Frances says
How long in advance can I make this?
Trisha says
Hi Frances, When it comes to fruit salads, I do not make more than a few hours ahead so the cut fruit doesnt go brown.
Heather Upham says
Instant or cooked pudding
Trisha says
instant
Savannah says
Is there something else I could use besides creamer? Whipping cream maybe?
Trisha says
Yes, whole whipping cream should be fine! Sorry I was off yesterday and didnt see your question till this morning!
Lori Richards says
Dry creamer or liquid creamer?
Trisha says
Liquid
Kassii says
When you say vanilla creamer, do you mean as in vanilla coffee creamer?
Thanks
Trisha says
Yes 🙂
gloria says
Can you use “Jell-O No Bake Real Cheesecake Dessert” or is this not the same as instant pudding?
Trisha Haas says
I am not familiar with this – is it in a little box where you mix with milk? If so, it should be fine. I dont see any reason why it wouldnt work.