Pumpkin Pie Parfaits

By devogirl

Real organic whipped cream is always worth the extra few minutes it takes to prepare it. You can see here just how simple and totally worth it is!

These adorable parfaits are like a pumpkin cheese cake made with layers of cream cheese, crushed graham crackers, and of course, heavenly whipped cream.

If you want a special fall or Thanksgiving dessert that will put a smile on everyone's face, this is almost certainly the one.

Ingredients

• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1 cup whipped cream cheese, or non-whipped at room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 sleeves graham crackers, crushed (about 2 1/2 cups)
• 10 8-ounce mason jars

Preparation

Step 1

1. In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, cream cheese, pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar with an electric mixer until thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes.

2. In a separate bowl, or in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the heavy cream and powdered sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

3. Layer the parfait ingredients into mason jars in this order: graham crackers, pumpkin cream cheese mixture, whipped cream. Continue to layer to fill the jar, at least 2 layers of each ingredient.

4. Serve Chilled