If you’re looking for a simple dessert, then this Lemon Fluff Dessert it for you. It’s a semi no bake dessert made with Lucky Leaf®Premium Pie Filling. It’s sure to be a crowd pleaser.
I call this a semi no bake dessert because you just bake the crust for 10ish minutes and then add the lemon fluff part and refrigerate. It’s a super quick dessert and ohmygosh delicious. It’s kinda dangerous because of how light and fluffy it is. You could easily eat way more than you should without even thinking about it.
I love making desserts with Lucky Leaf® pie filling. It’s such a great ingredient for convenience and flavor. The lemon filling is the perfect consistency. When mixed with the cheesecake pudding mix, buttermilk and whipped topping, you just can’t beat the taste. And can we talk about the crust for a minute?
It’s so perfectly flaky and is the best base for this dessert. Sure you could use graham cracker crumbs or cookie crumbs, but the flaky pie crust is just perfection. You can make it with or without the walnuts. Or use your favorite nut instead.
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup butter, cold and sliced
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1 cup walnuts, optional
- 1 (3.4 oz) package cheesecake instant pudding mix
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 22 oz can Lucky Leaf Lemon Pie Filling
- 8 oz container whipped topping
- Place the flour, butter, powdered sugar and walnuts into a blender or food processor. Blend until mixture becomes coarse crumbs. Alternatively, place ingredients into a bowl and mix with a pastry cutter.
- Press mixture into a greased 9x13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-13 minutes. Do not brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- Place the pudding mix, buttermilk and pie filling into a large bowl. Beat with mixer until well incorporated. Fold in whipped topping. If you have a hard time getting the whipped topping to incorporate, use a hand mixer. It will turn out just fine.
- Spread onto crust and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Garnish with more whipped topping, if desired.
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Close enough to a no-bake for me! This looks absolutely splendid, Mandy. I love it. Pinning. xo, Catherine
I would like to swap in my pillow for this!! 😉
I love fluff desserts of all flavors and this lemon one makes me pucker in delight. YUM
No bake, fluffy dessert are always hard to turn down and this with lemon is no different! I would definitely go for the graham cracker bottom….those are always a good idea 🙂
this is my idea of the perfect dessert! LOVE it Mandy
This looks so delicious, I’ll be making this for my sister! This sounds so easy to make!
This looks amazing. Combining my two favorite desserts – cheesecake, and lemon cake – well, that’s just awesome.
The directions don’t say what to do with the whipped cream. Do you use as a topping or mix in with the pudding mix?
Sorry, I missed that when typing! It goes in the dessert and then I added more for garnish. I fixed the directions.
does whipped topping go in the fluff or is it just for topping finished dessert? Directions don’t mention it at all. Thanks
So sorry! It goes in the dessert and then I added some on top for garnish. Fixing directions now!
This looks wonderful…I plan to make it on Sunday for a Memorial Day cookout. But, our market did not have Cheesecake Pudding mix…can I use vanilla instead without changing the taste too much? Thanks!
Yes, you can use vanilla.
I also bought a Jello instant cheesecake mix and was wondering if I could use that instead of the Cheesecake pudding. It seems to be a similar product. The package wt. is 11.1 oz so figured I would have to alter the amount to come close to the 3.4 in reg box of pudding mix. I know I’m making a simple dessert into a project!!
No, the cheesecake pudding is a pudding flavor whereas your cheesecake mix would be an actual cheesecake instead of a fluff dessert. You can try it and see how it goes, but I can’t tell you how it would turn out.
Thanks for your response…I had to make a decision before getting your post but I decided the right way…I went with the vanilla pudding and it tasted great! I did have some trouble with the crust…it didn’t seem to set up and was very crumbly so I tossed it and used the graham cracker crust mix that came with the Jello cheesecake mix. It all worked out. I am not sure what I did wrong with the original crust recipe. But, I will try again.
I can’t get Lucky Leaf brand at my local stores. Would another brand lemon pie filling work as a substitute? Regular lemon pie filling, or lemon creme filling?
Yes, that would work.
I have the same China pattern…looks delicious on it!