I love to bake, but I don’t have near enough time to serve as many homemade desserts as I’d like. Whether it’s for entertaining or for a regular weekday night, a store-bought dessert can be a time-saver. Just because it’s store-bought doesn’t mean you can’t fancy it up and make it special!
I wanted to show a few different ways to “plus up” your store-bought desserts, so I went out and bought a few of my favorites. These special touches with COOL WHIP can add flair and flavor to any dessert.
Here we have fruit pizza, brownies and Strawberry pie- several kid-friendly and family favorite treats:

To achieve a perfect dollop, spoon your COOL WHIP into a large Ziploc bag and cut a bit of the corner off to make a quick and fuss-free pastry bag! Look how this plain supermarket Strawberry pie has been transformed into something extra-special.

Sometimes a simple dollop of COOL WHIP is all you need, but I often like to add toppings like fresh fruit, nuts, sprinkles and sauces. Here’s a plain brownie with added excitement!

A few dollops of COOL WHIP on a fresh fruit pizza is one of my favorites. The beautiful colors of the variety of fresh fruit with the added dollops of COOL WHIP look suited for a special occasion, but literally only took me two minutes to add the special touches.

I am all for homemade desserts, but when I’m in a time crunch or don’t feel like baking, I know that I can add my own touches to create that extra-special feeling of a homemade dessert.
How do you “plus up” store-bought desserts?
If you haven’t yet, check out the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens, Real Simple or Everyday Food for my COOL WHIP ad! To see behind-the-scenes video of our photo shoot for the ad and for more recipes, visit COOL WHIP’s facebook page.
I am working in partnership with the COOL WHIP brand and I am receiving compensation for my participation in this campaign. All thoughts/opinions are 100% my own.
I’m loving this! Nobody would ever think that these are dessert improvisations! Very well done! Now I know how I can be creative with desserts. :)
My girls will put Cool Whip on ANYTHING!! They love that stuff. I will always love Cool Whip because it reminds me of my grandmother. She ALWAYS had some in her fridge and freezer – and we joked with her about having the “entire set” because she would reuse the containers over and over and over like expensive Tupperware. LOL Such wonderful memories.
What great ideas! I want a brownie now!
I have been doing this lately for our Church small group — it makes it SO much easier to create memorable desserts when you don’t have a lot of time!
Yum! Cool Whip makes everything better! Your desserts look so pretty!
I love the brownie with cool whip and sprinkles! My kids would go crazy over that!
It is amazing what cool whip and fresh fruit can do!!
These certainly dressed up the presentation in a yummy way :)
OOOHHH! These all look great!! I especially like the idea of the fruit pizza. I never would have thought about that one.
I also love Cool Whip and use it pretty much the same way you do – I even spoon it into the ziplock bags for piping. LOL! What I love about Cool Whip is that it really is so easy to make something extra special with it! :)