Easy Ambrosia Salad is a delicious light dessert recipe made with different fruits in a fresh whipped cream and yogurt mixture.
This is a classic fruit salad that is often served at holiday dinners or family gatherings that everyone loves.
It is the perfect side dish to serve with those heavy dinners since it is a light marshmallow fruit salad and a great way to cleanse your pallet and enjoy dessert and fruit all in one.
This classic dessert salad is truly the best fruit salad especially if you love citrus fruit. It is also easy to add what you like to this recipe to make it your own family-favorite recipe.
Ingredient Notes
- Fruit: when making this classic recipe use a can of fruit cocktail that has been drained as well as a drained can of pineapple tidbits
- Yogurt: for the best results, get your favorite brand of vanilla yogurt
- Coconut: to add an extra chewy texture, use sweetened shredded coconut that you can find in the baking aisle in the grocery store
- Marshmallow: adding in miniature marshmallows accentuates the creaminess of this fruit and marshmallow salad
How To Make Ambrosia Salad:
- Toss your fruit together in a large mixing bowl. Make sure to drain the juice out of any canned fruit you are using to avoid your salad from getting too runny.
- Gently fold in your vanilla yogurt. You can use Greek yogurt if you want to add some additional protein, but vanilla yogurt is the creamiest option.
- Store your salad in an airtight container until you’re ready to eat it.
Frequently Asked Questions about Making Easy Dessert Salad:
For the best texture of the abrosia recipe, you will want to use canned fruit for this creamy fruit salad. Some of the fresh fruit might be a little to hard compared to the more tender texture of the most basic and traditional easy ambrosia salad. But, if fresh fruit is all you have, feel free to use it.
Green grapes
Red grapes
Apple
Bananas
Mandarin oranges
Fresh pineapple
When making this recipe you will never get good results when you try and use whipped cream from the can. To keep things simple, you can use cool whip in the creamy dressing for the easy ambrosia salad recipe.
Or you could use heavy whipping cream and sugar to create your own whipped cream mixture.
Variations:
- Maraschino cherries
- Mini marshmallows
- Sweetened coconut flakes
- Cottage cheese
Expert Tips:
- Make this about 30 minutes before you eat. The marshmallows tend to get really mushy if I do it much more before then (however- some people like the marshmallows that way).
- Be sure to drain the fruit well to avoid having a soupy salad.
Make Ahead & Storage Instructions:
Fridge: This will be stored in the fridge for 2-3 days in an airtight container after you’ve made it. The juices from the salad will settle on the bottom, so just make sure to give it a good stir before you serve it again.
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Easy Ambrosia Salad
Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) can fruit cocktail, drained
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained
- 12 ounces vanilla yogurt
- ½ cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup miniature marshmallows
Optional Fruit You Can Add:
- 1 cup green grapes
- 1 cup red grapes
- 1 apple, diced
- 1 banana, sliced
- 1 (10.5 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
Equipment
Instructions
- Toss your fruit together in a large mixing bowl. Make sure to drain the juice out of any canned fruit you are using to avoid your salad from getting too runny.
- Gently fold in your vanilla yogurt. You can use Greek yogurt if you want to add some additional protein, but vanilla yogurt is the creamiest option.
- Store your salad in an airtight container until you’re ready to eat it.
Notes
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xo
Jane