In the 1970s and 1980s, everything was a salad, including the dish my mother dubbed “Cherry Cloud Salad.” Because it’s so sweet and rich, most people today refer to it as a dessert.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 6 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 (20 ounce) can cherry pie filling
- ½ cup pecans
Instructions
- Beat sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, and whipped topping together in a bowl. Stir pineapple, cherry pie filling, and pecans into the milk mixture.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and freeze for at least 1 hour.
- Use almonds in place of pecans, if you prefer.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 397 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 51 g |
| Cholesterol | 38 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 131 mg |
| Sugars | 34 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I have made this twice, once with pecans and once without. We loved it both ways. I love how simple it is to make and it’s a great dessert for when it’s too hot to light the oven. Thanks for sharing!
Quick, easy, delicious. I might ad strawberries next time
This recipe is perfect as is! I have made it for more than 20 years at Christmas.
Loved by everyone! Great for Potlucks. Be careful if alone, very tempting in the fridge! You can feel the pull to the fridge!
Wonderful dish for Christmas, or anytime really! Very sweet!
Made no changes. It was awesome made it for Father’s day and my husband loved it.
Easy to make and tastes fantastic. Work at a senior home so lots left over. I squished the cherries for them. The ladies loved it.
This dish is heavenly! I made it for Thanksgiving and a small amount was eaten– one daughter-in-law doesn’t like cherries, there was too much of everything else, etc. OK. So I ate it myself…every last morsel (over a number of days). It probably added 10 pounds, but it was worth it! I did use low fat Eagle Brand, lite cherry pie filling and lite Cool Whip, but I doubt that made a difference having EATEN THE WHOLE THING! and I initially froze it overnight, then refrigerated it.
Quick and easy. Made exactly as written.