Easy Fruit Salad with Cool Whip
Fruit salad with Cool Whip is light, creamy, and bursting with fruit flavor. It's a fun, sweet side dish that feels like a dessert!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 272kcal
Ingredients
- 20 ounce can of pineapple tidbits with juices
- 3.4 ounce package of instant vanilla pudding
- 15 ounce can fruit cocktail drained
- 10.5 ounce jar of mandarin oranges drained
- 1 cup fresh strawberries sliced
- 6 ounce jar of stemless maraschino cherries halved
- 2 cups mini white marshmallows
- 8 ounce tub of Cool Whip thawed
Instructions
- Drain the juice from the pineapple bits into a large mixing bowl and set aside the actual pineapple. Add the instant vanilla pudding to the pineapple juice and mix.
- Add the drained fruit cocktail, pineapple, mandarin oranges, strawberries, and halved cherries into the bowl. Stir until everything is evenly coated.
- Mix in the marshmallows until they are evenly distributed.
- Once the fruit, pudding, and marshmallows are combined, fold the Cool Whip into the fruit mixture. Mix until everything is thoroughly coated.
- Chill the Cool Whip fruit salad in the refrigerator for at least one hour before serving.
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Notes
- Choose fresh, ripe strawberries to add that perfect balance of sweet and tang.
- Keep the Cool Whip chilled before mixing for maximum creaminess.
- Gently fold in the Cool Whip to keep the fruit intact using a rubber spatula.
- Chill the dessert salad before serving for at least an hour.
- Drain the fruit well before adding it to the mix.
- To give the fruit salad a little pink tint, add 1 tablespoon of cherry juice in when folding in the Cool Whip.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 3 to 4 days.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 272kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 28mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 44g