No Bake Pina Colada Bars

By srumbel

I love an easy icebox dessert that I can throw in the fridge for later. This is loaded with cream cheese, pineapple, and coconut, which basically makes it perfect.

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Ingredients

• 60 Vanilla Wafers, crushed
• 4 TBS butter, melted
• 16 oz (2 (8 oz) blocks) cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup cream of coconut
• 8 oz Cool Whip, thawed
• 8 oz can crushed pineapple in juice, with the juice drained
• 10 oz jar maraschino cherries, drained and diced
• 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs and melted butter. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.
In the bowl of your mixer, beat cream cheese and cream of coconut until smooth and blended. Fold in Cool Whip until combined. Carefully fold in pineapple and cherries and spread evenly over prepared crust. Top with coconut and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.