"Key Lime" Cloud Squares
Summertime calls for light and refreshing dessert ideas like these cool and creamy lime squares. Quick to make, too - they're ready to chill in just 20 minutes.
Prep time20 min
Total time6hr 20min
ServingsMakes 16 servings.
Ingredients
- 8 HONEY MAID Honey Grahams, finely crushed (about 1 cup crumbs), divided
- ¼ cup butter, melted
- ¾ cup boiling water
- 1 pkg. (3 oz.) lime gelatin
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, softened
- 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk
- ¾ cup lime juice
- 2 cups thawed frozen lite whipped topping
Preparation
- Reserve 1 Tbsp. graham crumbs for later use. Combine remaining graham crumbs with butter; press onto bottom of plastic wrap-lined 9-inch square pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Add boiling water to gelatin mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add ice; stir 2 min. or until thickened. Remove and discard any unmelted ice.
- Beat cream cheese in medium bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in milk, then lime juice. Add gelatin; mix well. Whisk in 1 cup whipped topping. Pour over crust.
- Refrigerate 6 hours or until firm.
- Cover dessert with remaining whipped topping just before serving; sprinkle with reserved graham crumbs. Use plastic wrap handles to remove dessert from pan before cutting into squares to serve.
Recipe Tips
- Variation
Prepare using lime sugar free gelatin, Neufchatel cheese and low-fat sweetened condensed milk. - Make Ahead
This easy-to-make dessert can be refrigerated up to 24 hours before covering with the whipped topping and sprinkling with the reserved graham crumbs. - Variation
Prepare using lemon gelatin and lemon juice.
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Nutrition InformationNutrition Per Serving | |
|---|---|
| Calories | 230 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total fat 12g | |
| Saturated fat 7g | |
| Trans fat 0g | |
| Cholesterol 30mg | |
| Sodium 160mg | |
| Carbohydrate 29g | |
| Dietary fiber 0g | |
| Total sugars 22g | |
| Added sugars 19g | |
| Protein 4g | |
| Vitamin D | 0 %DV |
| Calcium | 8 %DV |
| Iron | 0 %DV |
| Potassium | 2 %DV |
| Vitamin A | 10 %DV |
| Vitamin C | 4 %DV |
