A refreshing creamy frozen dessert filled
with peaches, oranges and berries. Because it's made ahead, this
is a great treat for unexpected guests.
Cold and Creamy Fruit
Cups
- 1 (8-ounce) package fat-free cream cheese
1 cup fat-free sour cream
1/3 cup Equal® Spoonful*
2 to 3 teaspoons lemon juice
1 cup coarsely chopped fresh or canned drained peaches
1 cup fresh or frozen unsweetened blueberries
1 cup fresh or frozen unsweetened raspberries or
halved or quartered strawberries
1 cup cubed fresh or canned drained pineapple
1 (11-ounce) can Mandarin orange segments, drained
12 pecan halves (optional)
- Beat cream cheese, sour cream, Equal®
and lemon juice in mixing bowl on medium speed of mixer until
smooth and well combined. Fold in fruit by hand.
- Spoon mixture into 12 paper-lined muffin
cups or spread into 11 x 7-inch baking dish. Garnish with pecan
halves, if desired.
- Freeze 6 to 8 hours or until firm. Let
stand at room temperature 10 to 15 minutes or until slightly
softened before serving.
Makes 12 servings.
* May susbstitute 8 packets Equal sweetener
Note: If 11 x 7-inch baking dish is used,
cut dessert into squares and serve on small plates with Raspberry
Sauce or Strawberry Sauce, if desired. The fruit mixture can
also be spooned into hollowed out orange halves and frozen. Cut
thin slice from bottom of orange halves so they will stand. Place
in muffin cups to freeze.
Nutrition Information Per Serving (1 fruit
cup): calories 75, protein 5 g, carbohydrate 14 g, fat 0 g, cholesterol
3 mg, sodium 130 mg.
Food Exchanges: 1 very lean meat, 1 fruit.
Recipe and photograph provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the
NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®
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