Mini Fruit Parfaits.
My Curated Tastes is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Ingredients

  •   2 Graham Cracker sheets, crushed
  •   4 oz. Mascarpone
  •   2 tablespoons of sugar plus more as needed
  •   1 cup heavy cream
  •   1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  •   1 large kiwi, peeled and diced
  •   1/2 cup raspberries, cut in half
  •   1/4 cup blueberries

How to make mini fruit parfaits

  • Crush the graham crackers by putting them in a baggie and pounding them with a rolling pin or bottom of pot until you have fine crumbs.  Put 1 tablespoon of the crushed graham cracker crumbs onto the bottom of each tiny 2 Oz. cup.  (see notes)
crushed graham crackers.
crushed graham crackers in small cups.
whipped cream.
whipped cream in piping bag.
  • Fill the cups about three quarters of the way full with the cream mixture.
cream piped into cups.
  • Prep your fruit.  Cut your berries and peel your kiwi and dice the fruit.
  • Top each cup with the cut fruit or blueberries. Using a star tip on your pastry bag, add a little more topping on top.
cut fruit.
Mini Fruit Parfaits.
Mini Fruit Parfaits.

Ingredient substitutions

.  Feel free to use different berries and diced fruit.  Almost any fruit will work and some of my favorites are diced strawberries, blackberries, mango and pineapple.

.  Use different types of crushed cookies as the first layer.  Crushed sugar wafer cookies, shortbread cookies and sandwich cookies all work.

.  Instead of the Mascarpone cream, you could substitute plain whipped cream or a dairy whipped topping to keep this very simple.

Mini Fruit Parfaits.
Mini Fruit Parfaits.

Mini Fruit Parfaits

Turn a creamy cheese mixture, crumbled cookies and fresh fruit into mini parfaits that are perfect for your dessert buffet or tea party.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 0 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine General
Servings 8 Served

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.

Ingredients
 
 

  • 2 Graham crackers sheets (total of 8 individual crackers), crushed
  • 4 Oz. Mascarpone, room temperature
  • 2 Tbsp. Sugar plus more if needed
  • 1 Cup Heavy cream
  • 1/2 Tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
  • 1 Lg. Kiwi or 2 small kiwis, peeled and chopped into small dice
  • 1/2 Cup Raspberries, cut in half
  • 1/4 Cup Blueberries

Instructions
 

  • Crush the graham crackers by putting them in a baggie and pounding them with a rolling pin or bottom of pot until you have fine crumbs.  Put 1 tablespoon of the crushed graham cracker crumbs onto the bottom of each tiny 2 Oz. cup.  (see notes)
  • Using a hand mixer, beat the heavy cream and sugar until it is a nice thick whipped cream. Add the mascarpone and vanilla and whip the two together until light and fluffy. Taste. If you want it a little sweeter, add another 1 – 2 teaspoons of sugar to taste. Fill a pastry bag with the cream and fill the cups about three quarters of the way full.
  • Top each cup with the cut fruit or blueberries. Using a star tip on your pastry bag, add a little more topping on top.
  • Insert a little spoon into each cup and serve right away or refrigerate the mini desserts for up to four hours and then serve on a platter.
Keyword brunch, dessert
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!