Easy Berry parfaits
10 whole chocolate graham crackers crushed to small pieces but not all crumbs
☼ 1 pint berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or a combination of any berries you like)
1/3 cup sugar
1 8-ounce package cream cheese softened
1 12 ounce can sweetened condensed milk, (not evaporated)
Juice from one lime
☼ Fresh mint leaves for garnish
Wash and prepare berries, place in small bowl and add sugar. Allow berries to macerate for 30 minutes. Save12 plump and juicy berries for a garish
In small mixing bowl mix cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk on medium speed of an electric mixer until no longer lumpy. Add lime juice to cream cheese milk mixture and set aside.
In 6 dessert dishes place some of the crushed graham crackers in the bottom. Add a layer of cream cheese mixture on top the graham crackers in the glass. Add a layer of the macerated berries and another layer of the cream cheese mixture then another layer of the berries. Continue to layer until the glass gets full, but be sure that the top layer is the cream cheese mixture to seal the desert. Garnish with reserved berries and mint leaves.
Note: Parfaits can be made up to a day in advance and stored in the refrigerator if covered with plastic wrap. Parfaits can be served cold or at room temperature, but I think the flavors are best at room temperature. If storing in the refrigerator pull out before serving main course and they will warm up enough to be at peak flavor. | 
