Old School 'Heavenly Hash' was one of our family favorite desserts growing up. Crushed pineapple, whipped cream, walnuts or pecans, mini marshmallows, green grapes and cooked white rice all mixed up, refrigerated and it was creamy, refreshing and delicious when served!
This Heavenly Hash Pineapple Fluff Dessert is along those lines, except it's a condensed version made with a little cream cheese, whipped cream and crushed pineapple atop a graham cracker crust and it's served like a cake or pie.
It's absolutely delightful!
I found this recipe at Amanda's Cookin and I loved the spin she put on by making it more like a no-bake fluffy pineapple cheesecake dessert. It's super easy to make too!
Speaking of sharing...Whenever I think of "pineapple", I can't help but think of Spongebob Squarepants! 🙂
History lesson for those of you who don't know who this is! SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet Gary the Snail live in a pineapple house under the sea and it's located at 124 Conch Street.
The house is three stories high and it's fully furnished. The pineapple itself originates from land, when it fell off of a ship navigating above the sea.
With kids, it's kind of hard not to have missed this cute little show.
You gotta try this! The graham cracker crust really kicks this pineapple dessert up a notch. I even added some chopped walnuts (for a little saltiness) and graham cracker crumbs to the top and some extra whipped cream.
I debated putting mini marshmallows in mine, however I think next time I will for sure, just for an added layer of fluffiness, besides, me being a huge marshmallow junkie.
I <3 'Fluffy'! 🙂 For more fluffy desserts, Pinterest 'Fluffy' lovers go here!
This is one dessert that everyone will want the recipe for. It's so handy for potlucks, family gatherings, or after Sunday lunch, dinner or that late evening snack.
Other Pineapple Desserts I'm spongin' on!
- No Fail Banana Pineapple Dessert Recipe via Saving Dollars & Sense
- Pineapple Mansion Cake via Jordan Sward, RecipeLion
- Pineapple Pudding Cake via Made To Be A Momma
And if you happen to live in a pineapple under the sea, this Heavenly Hash Pineapple Fluff Dessert might be a great dessert for you too!
Love No Bake Desserts?
- Banana Peanut Butter Cream Pie
- Easy Berry Trifle
- S’mores Graham Cereal Bars
- Peanutty Candy Bars
- No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
- Easy No Bake Cheesecake
- Pineapple Express Margarita
Heavenly Hash Pineapple Fluff Dessert
Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
- 2 ½ cups graham crumbs
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
Pineapple Fluff Layers
- 20 oz can crushed pineapple drained well
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 4 oz cream cheese softened
- 8 oz tub Cool Whip or 1 cup of whipping cream whipped
Top layer
- ½ cup walnuts or pecans chopped
- ¼ cup graham cracker mixture from above for sprinkling remaining
- Optional: Extra Cool Whip or whipped cream for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 F.
Graham Cracker Crust
- Prepare your graham cracker crust by combining the graham cracker crumbs and cooled, melted butter in a medium sized bowl and mix well.
- Firmly press 2 ¼ cups of the graham cracker crumb mixture into an 9×9 square pan and bake for 8-10 minutes. Place in refrigerator to cool while you prepare the Pineapple Fluff Layers.
1st Layer
- Using a mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl until smooth and creamy.
- On low speed, add the powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully combined.
- Once it's all combined, mix on medium-high for another minute.
- Add in ¼ cup of the drained pineapple and mix in well.
- Take the graham cracker crust out of the fridge (cooled crust) and spoon and spread the pineapple/cream cheese mixture over the graham cracker crust evenly.
2nd Layer
- Fold in the remaining pineapple into the whipped cream and spoon and spread on top of the 1st layer evenly.
Top Layer
- Sprinkle the nuts and remaining graham cracker crumb mixture on top of the 2nd layer.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight.
ChocolaTess says
Hi Kathy, no, you could just add more graham crackers to replace the nuts if you want? Enjoy!!
Kathy says
Would it change it too much if I didn't use the nuts?
ChocolaTess says
Thanks so much for the pin and tweet! I'll be there! Thanks so much for stopping by.
Anonymous says
Okay, I’m drooling right now! Looks so good. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you on Monday at 7, we can’t wait to party with you! Lou Lou Girls
ChocolaTess says
Thanks Theresa, I hope you enjoy it, it's really good! Thanks for stopping by!
Theresa @DearCreatives says
This sounds delicious & looks amazing. Pinned hoping to try this soon! Thanks for the recipe.
ChocolaTess says
Thanks so much Carlee! 🙂
Carlee says
That looks so good! I love pineapple desserts and this one looks refreshing and perfect for warm weather!
ChocolaTess says
Thank you so much Carrie. You will love it! 🙂
Carrie @ Curly crafty mom says
Oh my goodness, this dessert looks so fluffy, delicious and it is so pretty! Thanks for sharing, going to pin this and make it!!
ChocolaTess says
Thank you so much Andrea! 🙂 Hope you enjoy it! Enjoying your blog very much BTW! I can tell you are having a blast with it, like I am.
ANdrea Nine says
Oh my word, this DOES look delightful Kim!!! 🙂 Putting the ingredients on my list now. Just love anything fluffy!!!
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