Blueberry Cheesecake Popsicle Recipe – an Easy Shavuot Dessert

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This blueberry cheesecake popsicle recipe is the ultimate summer dessert that can be made in Strawberry flavor too! If you’re looking for other ideas for Shavuot desserts, try these eggless cheesecake recipes. This post contains affiliate links.

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Shavuot can feature some pretty hot weather – especially if you’re in a warmer climate.

So why not feature a fun, frozen variation on traditional cheesecake? These cheesecake popsicles are heavenly cold treats on a sweltering late Spring day.

While these cheesecake popsicles were made with blueberries, you can try it in other flavors too! The blueberries, of course, have an incredible, rich color, but others will look – and taste- fabulous too!

The obvious choice would be to try making a strawberry cheesecake popsicle. You can try other berries, and even switch out the fruit completely!

And if you mix blueberries and strawberries, and make the swirl variety (more on that soon) you’ll have a patriotic Fourth of July dessert too!

The best part about making these: they come together literally in minutes (minus the cleanup)! Yes, you don’t need more than ten minutes to make this, so if you remember half an hour before Shavuot that you flaked on tomorrow’s dessert, you’re covered! Yes, this has actually happened to me. I plan a complex menu and forget the desserts… Our Shavuot menu planner can actually help with that.

Note: You’ll still need eight hours for it to freeze.

Tips for making cheesecake popsicles

You can play around with the amount of sugar in these, if you want to reduce your intake. However, a lot will depend on the sweetness of your berries.

One way to allow for less sugar is to avoid tart berries. You can even use slightly overripe ones. You can also add in overripe bananas, but don’t put too much or the flavor will come through strongly.

The gorgeous marbled effect on this cheesecake popsicle recipe is totally optional, and yes, it does make the process into much more of an operation. But it’s optional! This is one of those recipes that you can literally just dump, blend, and freeze.

Skip the lemon zest if that’s beyond your scope of easy recipes! It definitely adds a lot, but it’s not necessary. You can replace it with two additional tablespoons of lemon juice, half a teaspoon of lemon extract, or another citrus fruit’s zest.

If you’re making cheesecake popsicles for young children, you can make them as freeze pops instead! Just use these disposable ice pop bags, or these reusable silicone ones. We’ve been using the disposable ones for years to make juice pops for the summer and my kids love them! They won’t look as pretty and classy, but they’ll be a hit among the littles!

What you need to make the cheesecake popsicle recipe

• Yield: 10 pops
• Prep: 8 min
• Freeze time: 8 hours

Equipment needed

• Popsicle molds
• Popsicle sticks – food grade (you can get reusable ones too)
• Blender
• Measuring Cups
• Optional: lemon zester
• Optional: Saucepan if making the pretty marbled version
• Recommended: hand or stand mixer if making the pretty marbled version
• Optional: piping bags if making the pretty marbled version

Ingredients to make blueberry cheesecake popsicles

Note: While I do my best to link appropriately, I can’t take responsibility for the Kosher status of any of these ingredients. Please double check according to your standards!

• 1 cup frozen blueberries 
• 1/3+1/3 cup of granulated sugar (separated if you’re making the marbled version)
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1 tsp lemon zest (or an additional 2 tsp lemon juice)
• Optional: Milk (if you feel you need additional liquid to enhance the texture)

There are two ways to make blueberry cheesecake popsicles

As you can see here, these cheesecake popsicles feature a gorgeous swirl. But that’s optional. I’m going to show you how to make it both ways – the easy way and the pretty way!

If you’re hosting a classy Shavuot meal and making this for dessert, you may prefer to put in the extra effort and go all-in with the pretty way.

If you’re simply making these as a summer treat, are short on time, or don’t care about how it looks, definitely go with the “dump, blend, and freeze” version!

How to make them the pretty way

First, combine the frozen blueberries, 1/3 cup of sugar, and lemon zest in a small saucepan.

Heat it until the sugar dissolves, stirring frequently. Keep an eye on it – you don’t want to leave it at this point.

Pour the blueberry and sugar mixture into a blender and blend it until you get a smooth consistency.

Mix your cream cheese, the second 1/3 cup sugar and lemon juice together. Mix until smooth

You may need to add a little milk to your cream cheese mixture if it’s chunky. That’ll loosen things up and help you get a smooth consistency.

Add roughly 1/3 cup of the blueberry mixture to the cream cheese and fold it in gently.

Optional: if you want you can work with piping bags, if you have good control with them and want to be more specific with where you place your two shades of mixture.

Start by adding some cream cheese mixture to the popsicle mold. Then add some blueberry mixture. Keep rotating. This is what gives it a two-toned, gorgeous marbled effect.

You can use a skewer, knife, or toothpick to swirl it gently if you want, but don’t overdo this as you’ll be mixing the colors together if you do. This will also help to pop air bubbles, if there are any.

The cool thing about marbling your blueberry cheesecake popsicles is that each one will be totally unique!

Cover if your mold comes with it, and then add add a popsicle stick to each mold.

Freeze for 8 hours or overnight and then enjoy!

How to make these the easy way

Short on time, don’t care how it looks, and want to save time? Simply dump all your ingredients into a blender, blend it, and pour it into a mold. Freeze it for at least eight hours and enjoy! These will be a solid color and won’t have the gorgeous marbled effect featured here.

Which occasion will you be making this cheesecake popsicle recipe for? Comment below!

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