NILLA No Bake Cranberry Orange Tart

Name: NILLA No Bake Cranberry Orange Tart
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 220 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 53 NILLA Wafers, divided; ½ cup butter, melted; ½ cup sugar, divided; 2 pkg. Neufchatel cheese, softened; orange; 1½ cups frozen whipped topping, divided; ⅓ cup whole berry cranberry sauce

Orange and cranberry are a classic holiday flavor combination, and this creamy tart with a homemade NILLA Wafer crust is so easy to prep in just 20 minutes.

Prep time:

0 min

Total time:

0 h 0 min

Makes 12 servings

Ingredient list

53 NILLA Wafers, divided
½ cup butter, melted
½ cup sugar, divided
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Neufchatel cheese, softened
Zest of 1 orange
1½ cups thawed frozen whipped topping, divided
⅓ cup whole berry cranberry sauce

Directions

Reserve 3 wafers for later use. Finely crush remaining wafers; mix with butter and 1 Tbsp. of the sugar. Press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate.

Refrigerate 20 min.

Beat cream cheese, orange zest and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping. Add cranberry sauce; mix lightly. Spoon into crust.

Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm.

Top tart with remaining whipped topping and reserved wafers just before serving.

Recipe Tips

Add a Holiday Garnish
Grate zest from half of an additional orange, then cut 1 slice from remaining orange half. Cut orange slice into 6 wedges. Use to garnish tart along with fresh cranberries, fresh mint leaves and the remaining whipped topping, reserved wafers and orange zest just before serving.
Substitute
Substitute a 9-1/2-inch tart pan with removable bottom for the pie plate.
Special Extra
Spoon the remaining whipped topping into a piping bag fitted with a decorating tip. Use to pipe the whipped topping onto top of tart before serving.