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This Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad is a fruit salad recipe with pudding. It might be the ultimate kid-friendly side dish or dessert. With only four ingredients, this fruit salad is perfect for a cookout, pitch-in, barbecue or whatever you call a gathering with lots and lots of food!
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Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad - A Fruit Salad Recipe with Pudding

This Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad might be the ultimate kid-friendly side dish or dessert. With only four ingredients, this fruit salad is perfect for a cookout, pitch-in, barbecue or whatever you call a gathering with lots and lots of food!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes
Refrigeration Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: fruit salad with marshmallows, fruit salad with pudding, fruit salad with pudding mix, old-fashioned fruit salad, vanilla pudding fruit salad, vanilla pudding marshmallow fruit salad
Servings: 8
Calories: 209kcal
Author: Barbara

Ingredients

  • 15 oz. can undrained fruit cocktail
  • 15 oz. can undrained mandarin oranges
  • 10 oz. bag miniature marshmallows
  • 3.4 oz. pkg instant vanilla pudding

Instructions

  • Combine both cans fruit and marshmallows.
  • Sprinkle dry pudding mix over fruit; mix well.
    This Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad is a fruit salad recipe with pudding. It might be the ultimate kid-friendly side dish or dessert. With only four ingredients, this fruit salad is perfect for a cookout, pitch-in, barbecue or whatever you call a gathering with lots and lots of food!
  • Refrigerate overnight or for 6-8 hours.
    This Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad is a fruit salad recipe with pudding. It might be the ultimate kid-friendly side dish or dessert. With only four ingredients, this fruit salad is perfect for a cookout, pitch-in, barbecue or whatever you call a gathering with lots and lots of food!

Notes

  • Do not drain the mixed fruit or mandarin oranges.
  • Feel free to change it up with different cans of fruit, whatever your family prefers. Canned pineapple, peaches, pears, or even tropical mixed fruit would be fun.
  • Try swapping in different flavors of instant pudding including lemon or banana cream. 
  • Barbara's oldest daughter put this fruit salad together for her, and she is only 7. It is that easy!
  • You basically open two cans of fruit and a bag of mini marshmallows and dump them into a bowl. Once they are mixed together, sprinkle a box of vanilla pudding over it and stir.
  • This Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad needs to be refrigerated for at least 6 hours before serving. You can make it the day before you want to serve it and refrigerate overnight.
  • Love these old recipes? Try Classic Ambrosia or Grandma's Cherry Fluff
  • Please note the carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information vary greatly depending on products you use. The nutritional information below are auto-calculated and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.

Nutrition

Calories: 209kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 111mg | Potassium: 124mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 808IU | Vitamin C: 19mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.4mg