The Italian festival of “Carnevale” or “Carnival” is heavily influenced by crostoli, which are also a popular holiday dessert among Italian-Americans. This recipe was brought to the U.S. by my great-grandmother when she immigrated from the Veneto region of Italy, and it has since been passed down through the family.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 day |
| Total Time: | 1 day 20 mins |
| Servings: | 9 |
| Yield: | 1 9×9-inch pan |
Ingredients
- 1 (12 ounce) package vanilla wafers, crushed
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
Instructions
- Crumble cookies into a 9×9 inch pan and set aside. In a medium bowl, whip cream and set aside.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whip together cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar until smooth and fluffy. Fold whipped cream into cream cheese mixture and spoon over crumbled cookies. Spread pie filling over top and refrigerate overnight.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 457 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 53 g |
| Cholesterol | 64 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 210 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Easy and tasty. Use whatever pie filling you like.
Absolutely delicious! Used pre-made graham cracker crust instead of the waffers. Topped with blueberry filling. Big hit, will definitely make it again! Also followed same steps and used strawberry filling. Big crowd pleaser!
This is great! I was looking for a “Pineapple Delight” recipe and came across this. I didn’t have vanilla wafers so I substituted ladyfingers. I also added some vanilla to the cream cheese and lemon zest to the pie filling. Wonderful!
It’s pretty good and sooooo simple. I did use honey vanilla Greek yogurt instead of the whip and it turned out great! Very creamy. I made my own cherry pie filling so I could control the amount of sugar. Delicious
Quick and easy! It was a big hit.
This is a Great Recipe I have used it for years, I use cool whip preferably over whipped cream, I find it sets better..Today I am making it with an Oreo cookie Crust and Topping with Cherry pie filling and several blueberries for the Holiday..Happy 4th of July!!!
Super easy to make, and everyone loved it!
I make this without a crust and serve as a dip with the Vanilla Wafers around the dip. I also add some vanilla to the mixture. This is such a quick and easy dessert! ENJOY!! 🙂
Love this dessert! Easy to make and yummy to eat!
It tasted good and was very easy. I gave it a 4 because I had to throw some away. When the family loves it, it disappears within 24 hours.
Super fast dessert. Maybe add some butter to the crust so it doesn’t fall apart?
very good i used have sugar and half splenda and it turned out fine next time i will try all splenda.
This was my favorite pie as a child in the 60’s. We made the crust with 1 cup flour, 1 stick butter and 1/2 cup chopped pecans. pre bake the crust until lightly golden. cool and put in filling. The fill is the same. If you love cherry pie you are going to love this recipe.
Very delicious. I definitely recommend cold beaters and a cold bowl for the whipped cream, it goes a lot faster that way. The pie was a hit, I plan to make it again. Thanks for the recipe. 🙂
Delish!
So Good, So Easy. I could have eaten every bit of it myself but I had to share.
This couldn’t be quicker and simpler to put together. I’ll definitely remember this one the next time I need a quick dessert for a potluck. It’s great as-is, but I may play around next time and add a bit of butter and sugar to the crushed wafers to make more of a crust. Thanks for a great, EASY recipe.
We loved this pie!!! I used 4oz of reduced fat cream cheese, and full fat for the other 4oz. I added a splash of vanilla to the cream cheese mixture. Oh and I didn’t use a whole box of vanilla wafers. Maybe half a box? Loved the flavor of the cookies rather than graham crackers. Anyway, it was outstanding! Like cheesecake, only not so dense. Will definitely be making this one again…and again!!
All i can say is this is the best recipe by far. Thank you for sharing and i say FIVE STARS!!!
Easy & Yummy!
this was fantastic! i made this recipe in an 11×7 dish. i had to quadruple the whipped cream, cream cheese, & confectioners sugar. i had to double the cherry pie filling. i still just used one package of vanilla wafers. i immediately had people asking me for the recipe.