Fresh berries with mascarpone cream

I've always been intrigued by mascarpone cheese. Is it cheese? Is it cream? Is it cream cheese?

Here's what I know it is:

on sale at Whole Foods.

I can almost never resist WF sale items. This stems from my inability to resist any and all things that are sold at Whole Foods. 

I digress. After a little google-search sesh, I found a recipe for mascarpone cream:

1/2 cup mascarpone 

1/3 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Beat until light and fluffy, and cream holds soft peaks.

I put the cream on fresh blueberries and strawberries. And yeah, okay, there's a little chocolate ganache in there too. Simple and pretty!

Old school dessert cups

Remember THESE?!

Cups of dirt.

-or-

Dirt and worms.

-or-

Worms in dirt.

While making these with my roomies I discovered we all call this nostalgic dessert something different, AND we all eat it in different ways. Literally, between 5 people, each had their own specialty. I like to get a little bite of everything in each spoonful, while Mike eats one worm first and one worm last. Liz mixes hers all together. Talk about childhood memories!

And then..

Banana cream pie. In a cup!

What is it about bananas, pudding, and Nilla wafers that is sooo good?

Both were totally delicious and brought me back to being seven years old. Ahh, the good life.