Vintage Recipe: Cherry Yum Yum // A Refreshing Summer Dessert!

Today’s vintage recipe is cherry yum yum! A perfect dessert for cookouts because: -It can be made ahead -It’s a no-bake dessert that is refrigerated so its nice and cool on a hot day -Its easy, inexpensive, and feeds a crowd Traditionally cherry yum yum is made with cherry pie filling, but any pie filling will work. You can even get creative with your fillings, for example, doing cherries and blueberries for 4th of July. The recipe I found also used Dream Whip, a product I have never used before. Although the cream cheese mixture got a little lumpy during mixing, I found that the final result was smooth and you couldn’t notice any lumps at all. If you make this recipe please let me know how it turned out for you! Original 1968 Recipe: 3 c. graham cracker crumbs 1 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese (room temp) 1 1/2 sticks butter 1/2 c. sugar 1 c. milk 2 cans cherry pie filling 2 envelopes Dream Whip Melt butter, then mix graham cracker crumbs and butter. Press half of the mixture in the bottom of a 13x9 inch pan. Place cream cheese, milk, Dream Whip, and sugar in mixing bowl and whip. When mixed well, place one-half of mixture over crumbs. Then spread the two cans of cherry pie filling over the two layers, then add the remaining cream cheese mixture and the remaining crumbs. Refrigerate before serving. Serves 8.