This blueberry cream cheese pie combines a crunchy buttery graham cracker crust, mousse-like cheesecake filling, and homemade blueberry topping. The filling isn’t as heavy as pudding-based cream pies like coconut cream pie. Rather, it’s light and whipped like no-bake cheesecake. The blueberry topping is jammy and sweet and you can make it with frozen blueberries, so this is a wonderful year-round dessert.
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Tell Me About This Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie
- Texture: There are 3 layers and each has a different texture. Enjoy the crunchy graham cracker crust, ultra creamy and light mousse-like filling, and jammy blueberry topping in every single bite. A homemade whipped cream garnish is optional, but certainly convenient because it uses ingredients you already need for the pie.
- Flavor: If you enjoy fruity and creamy pies, today’s blueberries & cream pie is right up your alley. The filling is similar to no-bake cheesecake and has a delicious tang from the cream cheese and lemon juice. Blueberries are a natural choice with cheesecake-like desserts and taste wonderful with these layers.
- Baking: The crust sets up in the oven and the filling and topping set up in the refrigerator. Bake the crust for about 15 minutes, cool slightly, and then spread in the filling and add the cooled blueberry topping. This is the same process we use to make strawberry cream cheese pie.
- Time: The hands on work takes much less time than making a traditional blueberry pie. Between the topping, crust, and filling, prep time is about 45 minutes. The filling takes at least 8 hours to set up in the refrigerator, so plan ahead. This pie is a great choice if you don’t have time to make dessert the day of your gathering/meal because it’s best made a day ahead!
10 Ingredients + 3 Separate Layers
You need 10 ingredients total for this cold and refreshing pie and it’s important to make the layers in the following order:
- Blueberry Topping: Cook the blueberry topping on the stove first so it has time to cool down before layering onto the pie. It takes awhile to cool, so you can absolutely make the topping 1-2 days ahead. It’s thicker than my blueberry sauce recipe, and pretty similar to the blueberry swirls used in this blueberry cheesecake and this lemon blueberry tart, so if you’ve tried either recipe before you know it’s easy. Ingredients required include blueberries, cornstarch, lemon juice, and sugar. Use frozen blueberries when it’s not berry season.
- Graham Cracker Crust: I always love a traditional graham cracker crust with creamy pie fillings. You need graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Bake the crust as you work on the filling. It’s ideal that the crust is still slightly warm when you spread in the filling so the filling can adhere.
- Whipped No-Bake Cheesecake: You need heavy cream, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice. Prepare this layer right before spreading it into the slightly warm crust.
Not pictured: the butter and graham crackers needed for the crust.
Overview & Photos: How to Make the No-Bake Cheesecake Filling
Have you ever made cookies & cream pie, peanut butter pie, or no bake pumpkin cheesecake? We’re doing something similar here. Whip heavy cream into peaks, then set aside. (Pictured below, left.) This unsweetened whipped cream adds a stable, yet creamy foundation. There’s no need for gelatin or other thickening ingredients in the cheesecake filling.
After that comes the cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice. (Pictured below, right.)
Then fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture:
Spread into the baked graham cracker crust. I like using a large or small offset spatula to make the job easier. Spoon the cooled blueberry layer on top, and then let the entire pie set up in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours.
Blueberry cream cheese pie prefers to be made ahead so it sets and slices neatly. 🙂
Homemade whipped cream adds a beautiful finishing touch and I piped it on in a zigzag design using a Wilton 1M piping tip. The whipped cream uses some of the same ingredients you need for the filling, so pick up a pint of heavy cream and use half for the filling and half for the whipped cream garnish.
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Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie
- Prep Time: 45 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 9 hours (includes refrigeration)
- Yield: one 9-inch pie
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Whipping
- Cuisine: American
Description
This blueberry cream cheese pie is best made ahead so the filling and topping can set and the pie slices neatly. The blueberry topping is jammy and sweet and you can make it with frozen blueberries, so this is a wonderful year-round dessert.
Ingredients
Blueberry Topping
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 and 1/4 cups (around 315g) fresh or frozen blueberries (do not thaw)
- 2 Tablespoons (25g) granulated sugar
Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 and 1/2 cups (180g) graham cracker crumbs (about 12 full sheet graham crackers)
- 1/4 cup (50g) granulated sugar
- 6 Tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter, melted
Filling
- 1 cup (240ml) cold heavy cream
- 12 ounces (339g) full-fat brick cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 3/4 cup (90g) confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- optional for topping: homemade whipped cream
Instructions
- Make the blueberry topping first so it can cool: Using a fork, mix the cornstarch and lemon juice together in a small bowl until the cornstarch has dissolved. Set aside. Warm the blueberries and sugar together in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook for 3 minutes stirring occasionally to help them thaw or break down some juices. Stir in the cornstarch mixture. Cook for 2 more minutes as the topping thickens and simmers, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and set aside at room temperature until step 5. (Must completely cool, so transferring to a bowl out of the saucepan helps speed that up. Feel free to refrigerate.)
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C).
- Make the crust: If you’re starting out with full graham crackers, use a food processor or blender to grind them into fine crumbs. Stir the graham cracker crumbs and granulated sugar together in a medium bowl, and then stir in the melted butter. The mixture will be thick, coarse, and sandy. Try to smash/break up any large chunks. Pour the mixture into an ungreased 9-inch pie dish. With medium pressure using your hand, pat the crumbs down into the bottom and up the sides to make a compact crust. Do not pack down with heavy force because that makes the crust too hard. Simply pat down until the mixture is no longer crumby/crumbly. For more shaping technique tips, see the graham cracker crust recipe page. Bake the crust for 15 minutes, remove from the oven, and cool for just 15 minutes as you prepare the filling in the next step.
- Make the filling: Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, whip the cold heavy cream into stiff peaks on medium-high speed, about 4 minutes. Set aside. Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a whisk or paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl with a silicone spatula as needed. Add the confectioners’ sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice and beat on medium-high speed until combined. Make sure there are no large lumps of cream cheese. If there are lumps, keep beating until smooth. Using your mixer on low speed or a rubber spatula, fold the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture until combined. This takes several turns of your silicone spatula. Combine slowly as you don’t want to deflate all the air in the whipped cream.
- Assemble layers: Spread filling into slightly cooled crust. Use an offset spatula to smooth down the top. Spoon cooled blueberry filling evenly on top.
- Cover with plastic wrap or aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 8 hours and up to 2 days. The longer refrigerated, the better the pie will set up. You could also freeze the pie for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator before serving.
- Feel free to garnish the pie with whipped cream right before or a few hours before serving (keep pie refrigerated after adding whipped cream). I used Wilton 1M piping tip for the whipped cream in the pictured pie. Using a clean sharp knife, cut into slices for serving. For neat slices, wipe the knife clean between each slice. Tip: The first slice is never pretty! Much easier to slice after that 1st piece is out.
- Cover and store leftover pie in the refrigerator or freezer for up to 5 days.
Notes
- Make Ahead Instructions: You can prepare the blueberry topping (step 1) 1–2 days in advance. Cover and refrigerate before using. It’s easiest to spread if it’s at room temperature, so bring to room temperature before spreading on top of filling. You can also freeze the topping for up to 3 months. Thaw, bring to room temperature, then use in the recipe. You can prepare the crust (step 3) up to 2 days in advance. Cover and store baked and cooled crust at room temperature. It must be slightly warm when you spread in the filling so the filling can adhere, so warm in a 350°F (177°C) oven for 1–2 minutes before adding the filling. You can prepare the filling (step 4) 1 day in advance before spreading into the crust in step 5. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
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- Cream Cheese: Make sure you are using brick cream cheese and not cream cheese spread. Bricks of cream cheese are typically 8 ounces (226g) each, so you need 1 and 1/2 bricks.
- Other Pie Crust: Feel free to swap the graham cracker crust for traditional pie crust. This is my favorite pie crust and I also have this all butter pie crust too. You will need to fully par-bake the pie crust shell.
- Other Fruit Topping: Feel free to make my strawberry cream cheese pie version instead. Or you can replace the blueberries in this recipe with quartered cherries. If using cherries, I recommend adding another 1/2 teaspoon of cornstarch. Raspberries and blackberries get a little too juicy, so I recommend avoiding those unless you do a mixed berry topping with those, blueberries, and strawberries.
- Non-US Readers: If graham crackers are not available where you live, we have also tested this pie with a crust made from digestive biscuits, and it turned out great. Use 200g ground digestive biscuit crumbs (about 2 cups; 13–14 biscuits), 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar, and 6 Tablespoons (85g) melted butter. Pre-bake the crust for a bit longer, about 16-17 minutes. And from what I understand, spreadable cream cheese sold in a tub in countries outside of the US is a little different from the spreadable cream cheese in the US. It’s thicker, sturdier, and more solid and should be OK to make this pie. I have no experience with it, but this is what I’ve heard from other non-US readers. If you try it, let us know how it turns out!
I made this blueberry topping to put on your no-bake cheesecake. Trust me when I tell you to add a splash of amaretto to the blueberries! It’s also great with cherries.
Well being long time baker I made couple adaptations ,, I only had 8oz brick for filling ,so interested in making this pie with all my blueberries. So I didn’t use all the whip cream. There was plenty of filling. And blueberries. I added chopped roasted almonds to crust. I love nuts. I took pictures if I can post I will. Thank you for your recipe.
Can I use this recipe but use cupcake pan to make individual mini blueberry cream cheese pies? How long would I need to bake the crust?
Hi Chris, We haven’t tried it but you certainly can! We are unsure of the bake time needed but you can use the mini key lime pies as a guide.
I’m not sure what happened but when I spooned the cooled blueberry topping on it literally ran all over the top, over the crust edge, and down the sides of the pie plate. I ended up going into damage control and spooned off as much as I could to avoid further run off. I’ll add it again before serving AFTER I do a barrier of whipped cream to stop it from running over again. Hopefully it’ll be yummy because unfortunately it’s not the pretty dessert I was hoping to serve our guests.
My best guess is that you cooked the blueberries for too long a time before adding the cornstarch mixture, allowing them to create more juice than is desirable. I stuck strictly to the “three minutes, then two minutes” stated in the recipe, and didn’t have that issue.
While I’m here, I’ll rate the recipe. The pie is absolutely delicious. I will definitely make it again.
Thought this was going to be tricky. After I had everything ready, I followed the recipe and realized how simple it is. Another hit with the family and lesson for me. Thank you.
My husband is not a dessert person. I have made this two years in a row for his birthday and he loves it. Even my MIL complimented me. Thanks Sally 🙂
Fantastic dessert! It’s a lighter and less sweet alternative to cheesecake. A new favorite dessert in our house…thanks.
Why does the strawberry and the blueberry amounts differ in the two different recipes?
On the strawberry one it’s about 600 grams, but the blueberry one it’s about 300 grams of the berry.
I ask because I am going to make a berry cream cheese pie, so I would like to know what amount of berries to put in the topping..l
Hi Rebeka, we prefer a thinner layer of blueberry topping – as you can see in the photos for both pies. For mixed berries, we would use the proportions from this blueberry recipe.
Ok, thanks for answering!
I baked the mixed berry cream cheese pie and it looks wonderful!