Cranberry Fluff Salad Recipe
If you’re looking for an easy and festive side dish, check out this creamy Cranberry Fluff Salad recipe! Perfect for any holiday gathering, it’s is a great make-ahead dish as it does need to be refrigerated overnight. Recipe adapted from AllRecipes.com. You can add your favorite seed or nut into the recipe and give it a crunchy texture.
Cranberry Fluff Salad
yield: 12 SERVINGS
prep time: 10 MINUTES
cook time: 5 MINUTES
total time: 15 MINUTES
Love cranberries? Try this yummy cranberry fluff salad that can be a treat or party side.
Ingredients
- 2 bags of fresh cranberries, 12 oz. each
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 pint of heavy whipping cream (or equal amount of Cool Whip)
- 1 can of crushed pineapple, 20 oz. drained
- 7 ounces mini marshmallows
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional, I left out)
Directions
1
Coarsely chop cranberries in a food processor.
2
In an extra large bowl, combine cranberries and sugar. Add pineapple and nuts.
3
In a separate smaller bowl, whip the cream into stiff peaks.
4
Fold whipped cream and marshmallows into cranberry mixture.
5
Refrigerate overnight. Stir before serving. Serves 12.
Written by Lina for Hip2Save. Lina is a proud mom of 2 small kids who loves photography, all holidays, cooking, thrift store makeovers, bargain shopping, and DIY makeovers. Her goal is to create a beautiful life and stylish home on a dime! To see all of Lina’s recipes created just for Hip2Save, click here.
i make this every year for thanksgiving! it is so good!
Thank you Collin will use this for Thanksgiving looks yummy 🙂
This looks yummy. Do you eat it alone? Or with something to dip into it?
Ya I’ve just seen it as a side dish or dessert. Maybe graham crackers for dipping would be good?
Any alternates to cutting the fresh cranberries? Can they be chopped with a knife? Don’t have a food processor.
sure! May just take extra time 🙂
Try pulsing 1/2 cup or so in a blender.
Oh Lina, you’ve done it again! I am so making this for Thanksgiving!
Oh yay thanks, Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
I make this with a slight variation…I mix the cranberries with the sugar and let sit overnight (a couple hours would probably work too). Then proceed with recipe as usual. Letting is sit helps cut the sour/bitterness of the cranberries. Either way its delish!!!
Great idea! Thanks Lisa
Lol “salad.” This reminds me of the “salad” on how I met your mother that had layers of gummy bears in it!
This sounds divine. Can’t wait to try it. Thank you, Lina and thanks to Lisa for the tip about presoaking the cranberries.
For sure – and thanks for reading!
So I’m looking for input: to use heavy cream or Cool Whip? Whose made it? What is your preference?
AND… Pecans or walnuts? What’s your preference? Please share you experience w/ me. Thanks!
If you use heavy cream you will need to stabilize it. Just pick up plain unflavored gelatin near the Jello mixes. Personally I avoid Cool Whip like the plague. This recipe reminds me of my mother in law’s watergate salad. I have no idea why the word salad is part of it’s name because in place of the cranberries it uses jello pudding.
My mom has made this for years. It is the family favorite. Whoever she uses Dream Whip. Make sure that you put your bowl and beaters in the freezer and get good and cold. This makes it fluffier. Make sure you follow the instructions on the box. She has always put in Black Walnuts as well. She puts two small bags of the walnuts in it. If we don’t have Cranberry Salad it’s not Thanksgiving or Christmas. Happy Cooking
Oooo…you had me at ‘cranberry’! Looks good, I’ll have to make it for myself! lol
My family makes something like this but fold in the cream in the morning and the freeze. So good
This sounds so amazing. I’m making taking this to thanksgiving 🙂 thanks!
Great! Enjoy 🙂
My mom has made this for years. It is the family favorite. Start with your cranberries ground and sugar. Let set overnight then finish the next morning. Whoever she uses Dream Whip. Make sure that you put your bowl and beaters in the freezer and get good and cold. This makes it fluffier. Make sure you follow the instructions on the box. She has always put in Black Walnuts as well. She puts two small bags of the walnuts in it. If we don’t have Cranberry Salad it’s not Thanksgiving or Christmas. Happy Cooking