No Bake Strawberry Eclair Cake
This Strawberry Eclair Cake is made using Cheesecake JELL-O in the filling. Plus there’s no oven needed which means it’s perfect for the warmer weather!
Eclair Cake is one of my favorite desserts. It’s so easy to make too, and it feeds a crowd! If you’ve never made it before, it’s just layers of graham crackers with pudding (mixed with Cool Whip), then topped with Chocolate Frosting.
I knew I wanted to make a strawberry version and when I saw the Sugar-Free Cheesecake JELL-O at Kroger it was calling my name. I used skim milk, Fat Free Cool Whip, and Low Fat Honey Grahams. Then I ate half a pan of this dessert and convinced myself it was health food.
Totally not helping with the bikini body.
This dessert is perfect now that the weather is warming up. I love coming in from evening activities and serving my family a cool, refreshing dessert. We grow a huge strawberry patch in our yard every year and I can’t wait for the berries to be ripe so I can make more of this cake!
Oh, and I think chocolate grahams would be delicious. Or chocolate pudding with the strawberries. Seriously so many options!
I made my own chocolate frosting (because I love the rich flavor paired with the light dessert). But if you want to buy canned frosting go for it! If you have the extra minutes though, TRY this homemade version, it’s quite tasty and very easy too. No pressure!
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No Bake Strawberry Eclair Cake
Ingredients
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Instructions
This is a delicious twist on our old favorite. Feel free to make the Original Chocolate Eclair Cake recipe!
These No bake Peanut Butter Cookies are another great dessert option if you want to leave your oven off!
Apple Pie Cheesecakes in cute jars are a fun summer treat!
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What a beautiful dessert and I love eclairs. Our social Sunday is Live, come over to the party.
Wanda Ann @ Memories by the Mile
What an amazing and easy dessert! I love nutella and strawberries. We have a crepe place that makes a nutella with fresh strawberries with whipped topping. It’s AMAZING!! Can’t wait to make this recipe!! I have 3 containers of fresh strawberries waiting to be eaten in my fridge. Thanks for the recipe!
Really great cake for the warm weather and for strawberry season!
Thanks Medeja!
Oh my!! This looks awesome 🙂
Yum! What a great idea. I’m so jealous you have a strawberry patch!
If you only saw how big it was too…it just keeps spreading 🙂
Love this recipe! I’m always looking for yummy treats to make in the hot summer months where I don’t have to turn on my oven! This one is now on my list!
This looks fabulous, Aimee! Love that it’s no bake!
It is nice having creamy, cool easy desserts to fall back on! We are a family that has to have dessert every single day, whether no matter the weather and no matter our schedule! Love this Aimee!
Yeah, we like to have daily dessert too!
This looks so creamy, delicious, and easy! I love eclairs, and the no bake thing is very appealing!
Delish! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful and easy dessert. You are so lucky to grow your own strawberries.
As an FYI ~ I tried to save the recipe and it would not work.
Pat
Hmmm, I just checked Pat and the save button seems to be working okay. Maybe there was a glitch. Sorry bout that! Thanks for stopping by.
I love no bake recipes and your strawberry eclair cheese cake looks amazing!!
thank you Jennifer!
Hooray for no-bake desserts! This one looks amazingly easy and something that everyone will love.
Oh my gosh – so… this used to be my signature dish before I learned to cook (but with French Vanilla pudding). I used to feed dinner guests Hamburger Helper and this for dessert… and maybe canned corn or green beans. I would say I’ve come a long way (and haven’t had this yummy dessert since… may have to give it a whirl again!)
Haha, love your honesty (and your menu)! I used to serve this too as MY signature dessert (with the French vanilla pudding). I’ve come a long way, but I still enjoy this dish! I may always enjoy it, LOL.
This looks awesome. I haven’t really seen a cake like this but I am totally on board.
I’ve never had an eclair cake Aimee, but I just had a trillion ideas from this post. So…I may have to make one soon! 🙂
Yep, I think you need to try it. Can’t wait to see what you make!
I love how versatile this recipe is! I might just have to try every single way! (=
haha, I’m tempted to make more varieties too!
I’ve got a box of the Cheesecake pudding in the pantry and was wondering what to do with it…now I know. Yummo!!
…and knowing is half the battle! Enjoy.
Yum, this looks so good! It is a perfect dessert for a summer day, and so easy to make! Definitely bookmarking this one. Thanks!
A strawberry patch in your yard?! Lucky you! That would be awesome – this dessert looks amazing and perfect for company 😉
Thanks Becca! I just pinned your grilled chicken, will be definitely trying that when our strawberries are ripe!!
Love. I also use sugar free puddings and low fat whipped toppings and try to convince myself I can have dessert every night. 😉
haha! I love that you make stuff skinny and then eat a bunch…yup, that’s me too! How fun to have a strawberry patch in your garden…we tried to plant some last year. I’m thinking our yard doesn’t like fruits and veggies because nothing grows very well. I love this fun twist on the classic pudding dessert!
that looks so fluffy!
Oooo I do love the no-bake idea as its getting warmer out. Plus anything with the word “Strawberry” in it has me sold. 😀
Goodness gracious, give me some of this! It looks awesome, Aimee! I love that you added that strawberry twist .. perfect for spring and for my strawberry-loving mom for Mother’s Day!
Ok so I am lovin this dessert and the fact you don’t have to use the oven!
I have made and loved the chocolate eclair cake for years! Why didn’t I ever think to play with the flavors! 🙂 I can’t wait to try this- this will be pinned, made, reviewed and blogged VERY soon!!! Thanks! (found you via Google+ which I never thought I’d use) 🙂
Well I’m so glad you found me!
OK strawberry patch in the yard makes me jealous! lol. But not as much as I am jealous over not having a piece of that cake. Great post again!
Oh goodness, this is calling my name 🙂 this looks wonderful!
Looks delicious!
Sounds like my kind of treat- YUM. Thanks for sharing it.
HOW in the world did I miss this!? Just saw you post about it on FB and I died! I have been wanting to make an eclair cake for about 18 months now. I am pretty sure a friends mother made one for her daughters 7th birthday and 18 months ago this cake
(17 years old) came into my head LOL.. but your version sounds freaking to die for!!! UGH need this in my life ASAP!
Oh you need to make one. They are seriously so easy, and with the strawberries? Such a fresh summer treat!! ENJOY 🙂
This eclair cake is just gorgeous Aimee! And, no-bake is obviously awesome as we approach summer – love it!
Thanks Trish!! I love having an arsenal of no bake recipes for the summer!
You have a strawberry patch? I am so jealous! Living in an apartment I have no green space to speak of. This cake is ideal for the hot weather Seattle has been getting lately. Turning on my oven is torture.
I know. I’m so lucky! I love my fruits and veggies in my backyard!
Sometime try chocolate grahams layered with white chocolate instant pudding and chocolate ganache over the top. Super yummy variation on this great dessert. Now that I see you’ve tried adding strawberries, I am wondering how the chocolate variation would be with strawberries in it, and maybe some chopped pistachios sprinkled on top!!!
I love this dessert. I have made a similar one like this, but instead of chocolate icing, I used a can of blueberry pie filling and use French vanilla pudding. To die for dessert and so easy to make. Can make it ahead of time.
Thank you for sharing this awesome dessert. Making it for our next family function.
Oooh what a fun idea to use pie filling. I may be giving that a try too!!
So I have made the regular eclair dessert in a pan, absolutely amazing, I like the addition of strawberries but I am using it for a baby shower so I wanted to make them in those individual plastic cups. Do you think if I crushed the grahams in smaller pieces, not like a crumb, and did a layer on the bottom of the cup, then pudding, etc. do think I would still get the same effect?
I think it would be delicious!
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I have a pint of strawberries sitting on the counter and wanted a new recipe and this is it! Now I have to get to the store and get everything else!
Thanks so much for sharing!
Linda
You’re welcome! ENJOY!!
can I just melt a tub of choco. frosting and use this as the topping?
You sure can!
Hi Aimee – I haven’t been able to find 1 oz boxes of pudding mix anywhere. Is it supposed to be the small size box which is 3.4 oz? Thanks! Can’t wait to make this for my oldest’s Bible class tomorrow 🙂
Yes, the 3.4 oz box will work. The sugar-free version is 1oz. WHichever you can find will work perfectly 🙂
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I know this post is years old, but, I’m just discovering it and bought the ingredients today to make it. It sounds wonderfully delicious. I have a question though. Did your plates accidentally match the dessert, or was that on purpose? Either way, it’s awesome!
haha!! It truly was an accident 🙂
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