Glorified Rice Salad

Glorified Rice is an old fashioned dessert salad consisting of white rice, mini marshmallows, pineapple, maraschino cherries and Cool Whip. Served cold, this vintage recipe is perfect for summer.

Prep Time10

Cook Time0

Total Time10

Course: Dessert, Salad, Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: glorified rice, glorified rice salad, glorified rice with cool whip, glorified rice with marshmallows

Servings: servings

Calories: 85kcal

Author: Barbara

Ingredients

1 cup white rice, cooked and cooled
1/3 cup sugar
20 ounces crushed pineapple, drained
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup mini marshmallows
2 Tablespoons maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
1 cup Cool Whip or Whipped Heavy Whipping Cream

Instructions

Mix together rice, sugar, pineapple, and vanilla.
Stir in marshmallows and chopped cherries.
Fold in Cool Whip.
Cover and chill until ready to serve.

Notes

Use cooked white rice; either long grain or minute rice is fine.
This is a great way to use leftover cooked white rice!
To make this pretty and colorful, use colored mini marshmallows.
Be sure to drain the crushed pineapple before adding to the rice salad. Save the pineapple juice for a fun cocktail such as Amaretto Pina Coladas.
Drain the juices from the maraschino cherries before adding to the salad.
Either Cool Whip (whipped topping) or homemade whipped topping from heavy whipping cream can be used in this rice salad dessert.
Love retro Cool Whip Salads? Try this delicious Watergate Salad with pistachio pudding mix.
The carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information are auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used.

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