I was going to make the Milnot recipe since my Mother made it so many years ago, but cannot find Milnot, so I tried an evaporated milk, but could not get it to whip. I was wondering if Cool Whip would work. Does anyone know?

I was disappointed that Milnot didn't whip anymore. However, I added 8 oz. of heavy, or whipping cream, and it worked! I think the jello and graham crackers need to be doubled. I used 3 cream cheese instead of two -- I might try 4 next time - but this worked and I had a fluffy cheesecake with that Milnot taste!

I just spent most of my evening trying to make this old family recipe. I threw away the first can of Milnot because it wouldn't whip. My mixer is 33 years old so I thought it was my mixer. I'm glad I found this site. Thank you! :)

We started using evaporated milk when we couldn't find Milnot in the stores for years. My daughter found Milnot today, came home, chilled everything and couldn't get it to whip. Dumped it down the sink and found a can of Carnation evaporated milk in the cabinet. Whipped up fine, even without chilling!

My mother made hers a bit different. Whip milk, add cooled jello, cream cheese mixture and a can of drained crushed pineapple. No extra lemon juice or vanilla. I usually drain my pineapple and use the juice to make the jello. So refreshing!

Awesome!

Also beware of some other brands of evaporated milk. I had a can of a different brand in my pantry. When it wouldn't whip completely I remembered reading about the palm oil. Sure enough the can read soybean or palm kernel oil. Check ingredients before you buy!

Thank you for the explanation and information about why Milnot will not work, my wife tried to make the recipe and her Milnot would not whip for anything. Now she knows why!

I used filled evaporated milk and couldn't get it to whip as it did in the past. Still whipped up into a foamy volume and worked. Next time I am going to add the sugar to the evaporated milk and see if it whips up stiff instead of adding it to cream cheese. Anyone else try this?

I'm 70 years old and grew up eating this wonderful cheesecake. Couldn't find Milnot in the past few years so substituted 16 oz cream - it was delicious. My granddaughter loves this recipe and has wanted to try different flavors. We have tried lemon, lime, raspberry (real yummy), strawberry, cherry and orange. They are all good! Will be making this for her 10th birthday at her request. Went back to Milnot for less cholesterol- would NOT whip - will use whipped cream from now on.