Fruit salad that is cool and refreshing. Sour cream gives the dish a creamy taste. Add more coconut and marshmallows if you’d like. If preferred, cherries and confectioner’s sugar can be substituted for the coconut and added for color.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup fruit cocktail, drained
- 1 cup mandarin orange segments, drained
- 1 cup pineapple chunks, drained
- 1 cup sour cream
- ½ cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup rainbow colored miniature marshmallows
Instructions
- Combine the fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges and pineapple chunks in a large bowl. Fold in the sour cream and coconut. Chill. Just before serving, stir in the marshmallows and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 169 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 26 g |
| Cholesterol | 13 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 38 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 7 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
For simplicity’s sake, I did cans instead of cups. I left out the coconut because I hate it and I subbed plain greek yogurt for the sour cream because it’s healthier. Added apples. This was a good recipe that is easy to modify to your own preferences.
I made this for Easter 2011. Mainly because I seen the cutest bunny marshmallows at the store and knew I wanted to use them for some dish. Well, my family couldn’t stop talking about how delicious it was. I had 20 people over and 10 asked for the recipe. I will definitely continue to add this dish to our party menus. Easy to make and inexpensive…a perfect combination!
this is a very refreshing salad, my family loves it with the changes I made. Instead of coconut I use 1 cup chopped walnuts and only use pineapple tidbits and mandarin oranges for the fruit. I have been making this for years and it is always requested at family get together.
This was as close as I could find to my grandmother’s recipe, but I added cottage cheese & walnuts. Love this one and will be using it again.
This is a version of one I make quite often. My version does not include the oranges, pineapple or coconut and I use the regular marshmallows not coloured. Either way though it has to be the easiest and bes tasting fruit salad to make ever !!!
Nice, light and fruity! This is a good item to bring to any big dinner – you’re sure to get compliments!
I really prefer fresh fruit for salads, but if you need to use canned fruit this is a good combination.
This recipe has been in my family for 20 plus years, and we always have it on Thanksgiving and Christmas. I have modified it now with my kids and use toasted coconut and sometimes I will use only mandarin oranges and marachino cherries. My girls love it with just cherries and coconut and marshmellows too.
Very Sour!!! I replaced the sour cream with Cool Whip, made a big difference, with the addition of the cool whip, it gets 5 stars:) Very easy and a big hit
I sampled this at a recent lunch. Since I asked for the recipe, obviously I enjoyed it. The chef substituted 1 cup of frozen blueberries for the fruit cocktail. Very refreshing. I think grapes would be a nice addition too.
Almost a duplicate of my Nanny’s salad, which was one of the high points of any visit to her house in the summer. She must not have liked coconut, so she used a drained can of fruit cocktail instead. I truly loved the sweet/tang/crunch/squish (marshmallows) of this wonderful dish as a child, and look forward to supplying this treat to my future grandchildren.
I make this recipe often and don’t use the fruit cocktail. I think that makes it six cup salad instead of five. It is really good though and keeps great in the fridge.
This was just okay. It had been a while since I’ve had this, so I didn’t remember the exact ingredients. After making it I remembered that my mom always used crushed pineapple and no fruit cocktail. I didn’t care for this near as much as the way I’m used to having it made. Also, I cut back on the sour cream and added a little sugar, because I could taste a strong sour cream flavor.
I’m not sure what went wrong here, but mine turned to a runny soupy mess and had no flavor. I drained all of the fruit really well, so I’m not sure what the problem was.
Wonderful (and wonderfully easy) recipe! I, like DEENIE65, didn’t follow the cup rule, but it still turned out very well. I substituted fresh navel oranges for the mandarins, and marshmallow creme for the marshmallows (same measurements).
OK, so it’s another form of Ambrosia but it’s still yummy isn’t it? If your kids aren’t coconut fans, omit the coconut and add more marshmallows. I did and it was great!
Came out great! Even those who don’t care for sour cream all that much may like this dish. I used some of the fruit juice as others suggested, and the combination of the fruit juice and sour cream makes a great flavor combination. Very easy to adjust the types of fruit and amount of sour cream to your liking.
I have made this several times – it’s easy and delicious! My husband devours it every time. I especially like it in the hot summer months. Yumm!!
This recipe was a big hit. I substituted fresh grapes and whole maraschino cherries for the fruit cocktail. I didn’t stick to the “cup” rule. I just combined the quantities of fruit and coconut I had, and added the sour cream to taste.
This one is a keeper…if you like cherries use fruit cocktail with extra cherries like DelMonte’s “Very Cherry”. This is great for picnics or summer parties.I like to make it for Easter too~
I omitted the fruit cocktail and added 1 c. coconut…turned out delicious.