No Bake Twinkie Cake

close up shot of Twinkie Cake topped with cut up strawberries in a baking dish

5 from 1 vote

Our Twinkie cake is a unique, delicious dessert that can be enjoyed by everyone with its creamy pudding layer, fresh strawberries, and Twinkie snack cakes.

Prep Time10

Chill Time2

Total Time2 10

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: No Bake Twinkie Cake Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 280kcal

Ingredients

9 Twinkies, unwrapped
3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding
1½ cups whole milk
16 ounces fresh strawberries, divided into ½ cup and the remainder
8 ounces whipped topping, thawed

Instructions

Place the unwrapped Twinkies into the bottom of an 8x8 baking dish.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the instant pudding mix and whole milk for 3 minutes or until thickened.
Spread the vanilla pudding evenly over the Twinkies in the baking dish.
Dice 3 to 4 of the strawberries into small pieces. You should have about ⅓-½ cup of diced berries. Set aside.
Slice the remaining berries into ¼-inch thick slices. Arrange the sliced strawberries in a single layer covering the entire surface of the Twinkie cake.
Top the layer of strawberry slices with the thawed whipped topping. You can use an offset spatula to smooth the whipped topping into an even layer.
Sprinkle the reserved small diced strawberries evenly over the surface of the no-bake Twinkie cake.
Refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours to allow the pudding layer to firm up before slicing and serving.

Notes

You can easily double this recipe and make it in a 9x13 baking dish if you are serving a crowd.
This can also be made, as written, using a 9x9 baking dish; you just need to note that you may need to add the extra Twinkie from the 10-count box of Twinkie snack cakes to fill the entire surface of the slightly larger dish.
Depending on the size of the berries, you may not need to use all the berries from your container. You can save the extras for snacking on later.

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