Fruit Salad with Cool Whip

This Fruit Salad with Cool Whip is sweet, creamy and oh so delicious! It's the perfect fruit salad for all your holiday meals, Sunday dinners, or brunch parties! It's so easy to make for groups of all sizes making it a great dish for potlucks or feeding a crowd.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword fruit salad recipe with cool whip, fruit salad with cool whip, fruit salad with cool whip and marshmallows

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 1

Servings

Calories 295kcal

Author Jennifer

Ingredients

8 oz. Cool Whip thawed
10 oz. maraschino cherries whole reserve 4 tablespoons of juice, then drain
½ cup seedless green grapes halved
½ cup seedless red grapes halved
2 cups miniature marshmallows
10.5 ounces can mandarin oranges drained
10 ounces can pineapple tidbits drained
⅔ cup sweetened shredded coconut
½ cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Add Cool Whip and reserved Maraschino cherry juice to a large mixing bowl, then fold gently until combined.
Add cherries, grapes, marshmallows, oranges, pineapple, shredded coconut, and pecans to the bowl.
Toss gently until well mixed and coated.
Place in refrigerator until ready to serve.

Notes

More fresh fruit. You can also use fresh mandarin oranges (seedless!) and fresh pineapple if you prefer fresh over canned!
Change up the nuts! Try it with almonds, pistachios, walnuts, or hazelnuts!
Use different fruits. If there is one you don't like or simply have other fruits on hand simply swap them out. I also love bananas, kiwis, apples (for a bit of crunch), and berries.
Serve chilled. This creamy fruit fluff is best enjoyed cold.
Swap the Cool Whip. If you prefer to use real whipped cream you can! The salad will not hold as long when made with fresh whipped cream so keep that in mind! You will need to prepare it closer to when you plan to serve it.
Store. Your creamy fruit salad in the fridge for up to three days. Beyond that, it will still be edible but the fruit salad becomes more watery as the fruit starts to break down. It's best enjoyed within 2-3 days of making it.

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