No Bake Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie

There's something about a cold, creamy blueberry pie on a hot summer day that makes life feel a little less complicated. Sweet blueberries, cool cream cheese filling, and that buttery graham cracker crust taste like the kind of dessert you'd eat barefoot on the back porch while the cicadas carry on like they're being paid by the decibel.

Table of Contents

• 🥰 Is this no bake blueberry cream cheese pie recipe for you?
• 🎥 Video
• 🧾 Ingredients
• 📖 Recipe
• 🔪 How to make no bake blueberry cream cheese pie
• 😱 What can go wrong (and how to fix it)
• 👩‍🍳 FAQs
• 📚 More no bake pie recipes
• 💬 Comments

🥰 Is this no bake blueberry cream cheese pie recipe for you?

This no-bake blueberry cream cheese pie is calling your name if...

• You love creamy, old-fashioned desserts that taste like summer.
• Turning on the oven when it's hotter than Satan's patio in August sounds unreasonable.
• You need a make-ahead dessert you can toss in the refrigerator and forget about until tomorrow.
• You appreciate a recipe that happily uses a store-bought crust and canned blueberry pie filling without requiring a written apology.
• You want cheesecake flavor without water baths, springform pans, or negotiations with the cheesecake gods.

There's no water bath to fuss with, no tricky layering, and no baking-absolutely nothing difficult, and no one will be able to resist it!

🎥 Video

Note: I used cherry pie filling in the video, but the recipe is exactly the same. Just swap in blueberry pie filling for the blueberry version shown here or use your favorite!

🧾 Ingredients

Just a handful of simple grocery store ingredients turn into one super-easy, creamy blueberry pie. Here are a few things to keep in mind when you're gathering everything together.

• Crumb crust - Graham cracker is classic, but any prepared or homemade cookie crumb crust works.
• Cream cheese - Use full-fat, block-style cream cheese and let it soften to room temperature.
• Sour cream - Full-fat gives the filling its rich, creamy texture and a little tang.
• Powdered sugar - Sweetens the filling and blends in without any graininess.
• Vanilla extract - Adds that warm, homemade flavor that keeps the filling from tasting flat.
• Cool Whip - Thaw it overnight in the refrigerator. It keeps the filling light, fluffy, and stable.
• Blueberry pie filling - Canned keeps this gloriously easy, but you can swap in cherry, strawberry, or your favorite fruit pie filling. 🫐

📖 Recipe

🔪 How to make no bake blueberry cream cheese pie

This creamy blueberry pie comes together in just a few simple steps, with no baking, fussy techniques, or cheesecake-related drama required.

1. Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl or stand mixer until it's smooth and creamy. Lumps have not been invited to this particular party.
2. Add the sour cream and powdered sugar and mix until everything is silky smooth and completely combined.
3. Fold in the vanilla and Cool Whip until the filling is light, creamy, and dangerously easy to sample with a spoon.
4. Spoon the filling into the crumb crust and chill overnight. Top with blueberry pie filling before serving. Try not to eat the topping straight from the can while you wait.

😱 What can go wrong (and how to fix it)

This pie is wonderfully easy, but dairy occasionally wakes up and chooses drama. Here's how to keep everybody behaving.

🫐 The filling is lumpy. Your cream cheese was probably too cold. Let it soften at room temperature for about an hour, then beat it smooth before adding the other ingredients.

🫐 The filling is too soft. Give it time. This pie needs at least 8 hours in the refrigerator, and overnight is even better. Four hours will work in a dessert emergency, but expect softer slices.

🫐 The filling isn't light and creamy. Once the Cool Whip goes in, mix gently. Beating the daylights out of it can knock out the air that gives the filling its fluffy texture.

🫐 The crust gets soggy. Keep the blueberry pie filling off the pie until it's thoroughly chilled. For the neatest results, I like to add the topping shortly before serving.

🫐 The slices are messy. Make sure the pie is very cold, then use a sharp knife and wipe it clean between cuts. Nobody needs to know about the first slice. The first slice has diplomatic immunity.

👩‍🍳 FAQs

📚 More no bake pie recipes

🏡 This no-bake blueberry cream cheese pie is one of those wonderfully uncomplicated desserts that proves you don't need twelve steps and a culinary degree to make people happy. It's cool, creamy, packed with blueberry flavor, and just right for summer potlucks, Sunday dinner, or any day when turning on the oven feels like an act of aggression.

And if blueberry isn't your thing? Swap the topping for cherry, strawberry, or whatever fruit filling makes you happy. The pie is remarkably easygoing about these things.