Fruit Salad Recipe - Celebrating Sweets (2024)

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Layers of fresh fruit topped with homemade vanilla pudding and whipped cream. A beautiful and crowd-pleasing side dish or dessert. Video below!

Fruit Salad Recipe - Celebrating Sweets (1)With Easter, Mother’s Day, and summer BBQs and parties on the horizon, I thought it would be the perfect time to share this Fruit Salad. Layers of fruit, vanilla pudding and whipped cream make this the tastiest fruit salad EVER. If you’re looking for a way to switch things up from a traditional fruit salad or fruit platter, THIS. IS. IT.

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How To Make Fruit Salad

  • Vanilla Pudding: Start by making the pudding (so it has time to chill). This super easy homemade vanilla pudding cooks on the stovetop for a few minutes and then goes in the fridge to chill completely. I used my popular vanilla pudding recipe with a few small tweaks to make the pudding less thick, so it’s a pourable consistency for topping the fruit.
  • Whipped Cream: Cream, vanilla and powdered sugar combine to make this fluffy, sweet and flavorful whipped cream topping. Adding whipped cream to the fruit makes it extra decadent – and it makes it similar in taste to an ambrosia salad.
  • Fruit: Choose your favorite combination of fruits for this salad. You can use a wide variety or as little as two or three different fruits. Make sure that all the fruit is cut into bite-sized pieces before layering it.
  • Assembling Fruit Salad:I like to assemble this salad in a glass trifle dish so you can see the layers of fruit, pudding and whipped cream. If you don’t have a trifle dish, you can assemble it in a deep bowl. Start by layering the fruit, alternating colors if possible. After all the fruit is layered add the pudding, then the whipped cream. You can finish by garnishing with additional fruit, if desired.

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What Fruit Goes Together?

This salad can be made with any combination of fruit that you enjoy. Here are some suggestions, but feel free to play around with it. Note: If you’re displaying your fruit salad in a trifle dish, try to pick fruit in a variety of colors.

  • Berries: Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. This is my favorite combo.
  • Mixed fruit: Grapes (green and red), pineapple, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries.
  • Tropical: Mango, pineapple, mandarin oranges, banana, shredded coconut.

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How Long is Fruit Salad Good?

Once fully assembled, this salad is best within 1-2 hours.If you’re using fruit that can turn brown (apples, pears, bananas, peaches, etc.), I highly recommend waiting to add them until right before serving. I don’t suggest treating them with lemon juice, as that might interfere with the flavors in the pudding and whipped cream.

Make ahead tips:

  • The pudding and whipped cream can be made up to 1 day in advance and stored in the fridge. If the whipped cream thins out, whip it with a whisk or mixer right before assembling.
  • The fruit can be layered in the dish up to 1 day in advance (without the toppings). Keep it tightly covered and refrigerated, and do not include any fruits that turn brown.
  • Right before serving, add the pudding and whipped cream.

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Fruit Salad Recipe

Layers of fresh fruit topped with homemade vanilla pudding and whipped cream.

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 16

Calories: 195kcal

Author: Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

Pudding:

  • cup granulated sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • teaspoon salt
  • 2 ¼ cups milk
  • 2 large egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Whipped cream:

  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream chilled
  • 2-3 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions

Pudding:

  • In a medium saucepan whisk together sugar, cornstarch, salt, milk, and egg yolks. Cook over medium-low heat, whisking frequently, until the mixture is bubbling and thickened, about 8-10 minutes. Note: It will thicken a little more as it cools, but we want it on the thinner side so that it can be poured over the fruit.

  • Remove from heat and whisk in butter and vanilla extract. Optional: Place a fine mesh strainer over a large heatproof bowl. Pour the mixture through the strainer and into the bowl (Optional step to remove lumps. If you have no lumps, you can skip this step and just pour the pudding directly into a bowl).

    Place the bowl of pudding in the fridge (I like to place plastic wrap directly on it to prevent a skin from forming). Chill completely.

Whipped cream:

  • Place all ingredients in a large bowl. Using a hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat on medium-high speed for several minutes until soft peaks form. Cover and chill until assembly.

Assembly:

  • Layer fruit in a trifle dish or large bowl. Remove the pudding from fridge and whisk it vigorously until smooth. Pour the pudding evenly over the fruit, then spread the whipped cream on top. If desired, top with additional fruit. Best if served immediately, or within an hour or two.

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Notes

If you're using fruit that can turn brown (apples, pears, bananas, peaches, etc.), I highly recommend waiting to add them until right before serving. I don't suggest treating them with lemon juice, as that might interfere with the flavors in the pudding and whipped cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 171mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 810IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 0.6mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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  1. Jennifer Banz

    Fruit Salad Recipe - Celebrating Sweets (7)
    This is a lovely fruit salad! Thank you for sharing!

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  2. wilhelmina

    Fruit Salad Recipe - Celebrating Sweets (8)
    This is gorgeous, refreshing, and easy to make. A total home run!

    Reply

  3. Kate Berkey

    Fruit Salad Recipe - Celebrating Sweets (9)
    I was looking for a salad recipe for the whole family and I stumbled on this article. I read and followed the instructions carefully and I made it deliciously! Every member of my family is so happy! Thanks for this

    Reply

    • Celebrating Sweets

      Great! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

      Reply

  4. Angie Vera

    Can you use instant pudfing?

    Reply

    • Allison

      Sure, that should be fine. Enjoy!

      Reply

    • Nancy

      Can you use cool whip vs. whipped cream?

      Reply

      • Allison

        Sure. You can use as much or as little as you’d like. At least 1-2 cups.

  5. Gina

    A friend told me about this website, I told her that I was looking for a really good made from scratch gooey butter cake, Now, I can’t seem to ” put my device down “!!!! Thank you to everyone Plus all those seemingly delicious recipes. 🙂

    Reply

  6. Jay

    This looks delicious! Can the pudding/whipped cream be used as a dip versus pouring ontop of fruit? If so please advise how to combine the two. Thank you

    Reply

    • Allison

      The pudding will be on thin side for dipping. You can add an additional tablespoon of cornstarch to the pudding and after chilling it should be better dipping consistency. You can make the whipped cream as written. Enjoy!

      Reply

  7. Teresa

    Fruit Salad Recipe - Celebrating Sweets (10)
    I love this fruit salad! I have made
    It several times and taken it to a couple of homes for dinner and everyone loved it also. They asked for the recipe! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

    • Allison

      You’re welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

      Reply

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What ingredients are in fruit salad sweets? ›

Ingredients Glucose syrup, sugar, corn flour, water, modified potato starch, beef gelatine, acid (lactic acid, acetic acid), flavourings, colours (anthocyanins, paprika extract, curcumin, chlorophylls), vegetable oil (palm, coconut), glazing agent (beeswax).

Who made the original fruit salad sweets? ›

It was said to have been the most talked-about line of confectionery Mr Barratt ever invented. In the 1880s came Yankee Panky (a low-boiled sweet wrapped in wax paper – an industry first), Rose Pastilles and Refresher Sticks. Black Jack and Fruit Salad appeared in 1920, followed by the famous Sherbet Fountain in 1925.

What is the fruit salad icebreaker game? ›

In the simplest form of the game, each person is assigned a fruit name: apple, orange, pear, banana, etc. 3. The player in the middle calls out the name of one of the chosen fruits, and each person assigned to that fruit jumps up and rushes around like a headless chicken trying to find an empty seat to sit in.

What is a friendship fruit salad? ›

Try making a friendship fruit salad! This can be made by having each child bring in their favorite seasonal fruit; or you can use leftover fruit from other snacks made throughout the week. If working with 3-5 year olds, allow them to help with cutting the fruit into small pieces to share with their friends.

What is the main ingredients in fruit salad? ›

The best fruit for fruit salad:

For our fruit salad, we chose a combo of strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, raspberries, oranges, grapes, mangos, and apples. But, you can customize this completely based on your preferences: blackberries, cherries, pineapple, and banana would all be delicious.

What ingredient in fruit makes it sweet? ›

Higher contents of sugar in the fruit increases the sweetness of the fruit. Additionally, different forms of sugar affect the sweetness of the fruit. In fruit such as apples, peaches, and plums, the main sugars present are sorbitol, sucrose, fructose, and glucose.

What culture is fruit salad from? ›

The concept of fruit salad was probably introduced during the US Naval Era, perhaps in the early 1900s. While ancient CHamorus ate mangoes, papayas, young coconuts (månha), bananas and other native fruits, the mixing of a variety of fruits with a sweet sauce is distinctly Western.

What are fruit salad candy? ›

Fruit Salad is a type of "raspberry & pineapple flavour chew" according to its packaging. It is a chewy confectionery. Fruit Salad is manufactured by Barratt in Spain.

Are fruit salad sweets gum? ›

A long established sweet, Kingsway Fruit Salad Gums continues to be a popular choice for all ages but especially those on the look out for retro sweets. A sweet that offers colour to any display, they are soft and chewy.

How to play fruit salad for adults? ›

Divide all players into three types of fruit, i.e. apple, orange, pear. Then to start the game, the person who is 'in' calls one of the chosen fruit types. E.g. apples, oranges or pears. Everyone from the selected fruit must get up quickly and change places, while the remaining players stay seated.

What is fruit salad activity? ›

The aim of this session is to help children understand that there are many different types of fruit and eating fruit can help to keep us healthy. The main activity, Have a go, involves the children tasting different fruit and learning how to make a fruit salad by peeling, cutting with a knife and combining ingredients.

What is the Jennifer Aniston salad? ›

The Jennifer Aniston chickpea salad is a tabbouleh inspired dish. Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern herb salad featuring loads of fresh parsley, mint, lemon, and bulgur wheat. She added some other tasty ingredients like crunchy pistachios, crisp cucumber, and salty feta cheese.

What salad did Jennifer Aniston eat on the set of Friends? ›

The salad Jen ate on the set of Friends was a Cobb Salad, while this salad is a riff on a tabbouleh. She shared it years ago on Instagram with the caption “My perfect salad”, and was nice enough to also list the ingredients that were inside her bowl. Celebrities — they're just like us!

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In South Africa, fruit salad refers to male genitals while elsewhere it can refer to a group of gay men, a set of military medals and badges or a selection of drugs (because of the various colors) or even a mixture of marijuana and hashish called a fruit salad bowl referring to the pipe used to smoke the mixture, the ...

What are the ingredients in fruit salad wafers? ›

Ingredients: Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Palm Oil, Acid (Citric Acid), Hydrolysed Pea Protein, Flavourings, Fruit Juice Concentrates (Pineapple, Apple), Colours (Anthocyanins, Paprika Extract), Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Citrate). Store in a cool dry place.

What are the ingredients in real fruit candies? ›

Ingredients. Sugars (Sugar/Glucose-Fructose, Fruit Puree [Pear, Strawberry And Cherry], Fruit Juice From Concentrate [Elderberry, Raspberry And Blueberry]), Modified Potato Starch, Modified Palm Oil, Modified Coconut Oil, Citric Acid, Sodium Citrate, Natural Flavour, Carnauba Wax, Ascorbic Acid.

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Cane Sugar, Glucose Syrup (from Wheat and Corn), Water, Gelatine, Food Acids (citric, Fumaric), Natural Flavours, Natural Food Colours (Anthocyanins, Grape Skin Extract, Black Carrot, Spirulina, Paprika Oleoresin, Turmeric, Fruit Juice Concentrates.

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  • About the Product. Shadani Fruit Ball's include strawberry, pineapple, orange and many more. ...
  • Ingredients. Sugar, Citric, Glucose, Glazing Agent (903), Permitted Flavours & Colours.
  • Nutritional Facts. Carbohydrate 98.33g, Protein 0.0g, Calcium 114.50mg, Iron 0.086mg, Sugar 96.30g.
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