This Key Lime Pie Lush is tart and sweet and incredibly easy to make! Perfect for summer entertaining, this 5 layer dessert is refreshingly delicious and can be served chilled or frozen.
 Love lemon and lime desserts? Check out my Lemon Drop Bars and Lemon Cookies!
Key Lime Desserts
Summer isn’t over yet! As you all know, I am a HUGE fan of all things key lime. I love the tart refreshing flavor that it adds to desserts and it’s one of my all time favorite summer flavors.
This Key Lime Pie Lush is everything a summer dessert should be – light, fresh, and perfect for parties. Each layer is perfectly scrumptious and filled with flavor!
What You’ll Need
This easy no bake dessert is made with just 8 ingredients and takes about 20 minutes to make. You will need to allow for chilling time of at least 6 hours and up to overnight.
For the crust:
- family sized package of Golden Oreos, double stuffed
- unsalted butter
Alternatively, you could make a Nilla wafer crust or the graham cracker crust I use for my key lime pie recipe. You will need to double the crust recipe.
For the filling:
- cream cheese – I use the full fat version but you could use the light cream cheese but definitely not the fat free cream cheese.
- instant vanilla pudding mix – French vanilla will also work for this recipe.
- heavy whipping cream – this recipe calls for quite a bit of heavy whipping cream because it gets used in 3 of the layers. The fresh whipped cream adds a lovely decadence to this dessert.
- key lime juice – fresh is great but if you can’t find any, I love this bottled key lime juice and always keep a bottle on hand for key lime cravings.
- powdered sugar – to sweeten the whipped cream
- zest of 1 lime – a really nice microplane is just what you need to get all the amazing flavor from the lime. If you want to garnish the top of the lush with additional zest, you’ll need 2 limes.
How To Make Key Lime Lush
There are 5 layers in this lush.
- Oreo Crust
- Cream Cheese – Pudding Layer
- Oreo Layer
- Cream Cheese – Whipped Cream
- Whipped Cream
It’s really easy to make and I’m going to walk you through it step by step.
- Prepare the Crust Layer: Place the Oreos in a food processor and pulse to form crumbs. Reserve 1 and ½ cups of the cookie crumbs, set aside. Next, mix the remaining crumbs with the melted butter. Press this mixture into the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish, set aside.
- Cream Cheese – Pudding Layer: Place the cream cheese in the body of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Mix until smooth with no lumps. Add in the pudding mix and mix to combine. Next, mix in 1 cup of the heavy cream on slow speed until combined. Add 1 more cup of heavy cream, mix on slow to combine. Finally, add in the key lime juice, mix on slow speed until combined and smooth, scrape down the sides as needed. Reserve â…” cup of this mixture.
- Pour the remaining cream cheese mixture on top of the cookie crust and smooth it out with a spatula.
- Oreo Layer: Evenly spread the remaining cookie crumbs on top.
- Cream Cheese – Whipped Cream Layer: In the body of a stand mixer add the remaining 3 & ½ cups of the heavy cream and the powdered sugar. Using the whisk attachment, whip the cream and sugar starting on low speed and gradually increasing in speed to medium to form medium peaks. Take out about â…“ of the whipped cream and set aside.
- Fold the remaining whipped cream into the remaining â…” cup of the cream cheese mixture along with the lime zest. Pour this on top of the cookie crumbs in the baking dish, smooth out the top.
- Whipped Cream Layer: Top the whole thing with the remaining whipped cream. You can smooth it over the top or pipe a decoration on top. Chill in the fridge for at least 6 hours, or up to overnight.
What You Need To Make this Dessert
- Baking Dish – You’ll need a 13 x 9 baking dish for this recipe. Any dish with a 3 quart capacity will work.
- Key Lime Juice or Key Limes – I used key lime juice. I actually order mine on Amazon. I’m a big fan of reading reviews to make sure I get the very best product. This is the one I’m currently crushing on. This recipe can be made with regular limes if you can’t find key lime or key lime juice. Just sayin’.
- You’re going to need a zester for this recipe. The key lime zest adds SO much flavor to this lush dessert and if you want to garnish the finished dessert with it – looks so pretty on top!
- A stand mixer is an awesome tool to have for this recipe but a hand mixer will also work.
This Key Lime Pie Lush can also be frozen, cut and served for an even more refreshing treat!
More Summer Favorites
- Chocolate Cherry Lush
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake
- Peanut Butter Icebox Cake
- No Bake Cookies
- Ambrosia Salad
- Chocolate Chip No Bake Cheesecake
How To Make Key Lime Pie Lush
Key Lime Pie Lush
Key Lime Pie Lush is tart and sweet and incredibly easy to make! Perfect for summer entertaining, this 5 layer dessert is refreshingly delicious and can be served chilled or frozen.
Servings 16
Calories 648kcal
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 20 ounces double stuffed Golden Oreos family sized package
- â…“ cup unsalted butter melted
For the filling:
- 16 ounces cream cheese softened
- 6.8 ounces instant vanilla pudding mix (2) 3.4 ounce packages
- 5 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream divided
- 1 cup key lime juice fresh or bottled
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- zest of 1 lime
Instructions
Oreo Crust
- Place the oreos in a food processor and pulse to form crumbs. Reserve 1 and ½ cups of the cookie crumbs, set aside.
- Mix the remaining crumbs with the melted butter. Press this mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish, set aside.
Filling
- Place the cream cheese in the body of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Mix until smooth with no lumps. Add in the pudding mix and mix to combine.
- Add 1 cup of the cream and mix on slow speed until combined. Add 1 more cup of heavy cream, mix on slow to combine. Add in the key lime juice, mix on slow speed until combined and smooth, scrape down the sides as needed. Reserve â…” cup of this mixture.
- Pour the remaining cream cheese mixture on top of the cookie crust and smooth it out with a spatula. Evenly spread the remaining cookie crumbs on top.
- In the body of a stand mixer add the remaining 3 & ½ cups of the heavy cream and the powdered sugar. Using the whisk attachment, whip the cream and sugar starting on low speed and gradually increasing in speed to medium to form medium peaks. Take out about ⅓ of the whipped cream and set aside.
- Fold the remaining whipped cream into the remaining â…” cup of the cream cheese mixture along with the lime zest. Pour this on top of the cookie crumbs in the baking dish, smooth out the top.
- Top the whole thing with the remaining whipped cream. You can smooth it over the top or pipe a decoration on top like seen in the photos. Let it set in the fridge for at least 6 hours, or up to overnight.
Notes
This Key Lime Pie Lush can also be frozen, cut and served for an even more refreshing treat!
Alternatively, you could make a Nilla wafer crust or the graham cracker crust I use for my key lime pie recipe. You will need to double the crust recipes.
Tools Needed
Nutrition
Calories: 648kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 51g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Cholesterol: 153mg | Sodium: 323mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 1709IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 1mg
Suzan Dereli says
I made this for my husband’s birthday and he raved about it to everyone. It is easy and delicious. Now that I live in Florida, it will definitely be a go-to recipe for dinner parties and potlucks.
I don’t like to have too much dessert in the house because I will eat too much. So, I cut the recipe in half and made it in an 8x6x2 glass pan. It yields 4-6 servings depending on how you slice it. I also made it with the recommended Golden Oreos. I never tried this before but will use this from now on when a recipe calls for graham crackers. They taste better and the crust holds together.