Cherry Pineapple JELL-O Salad Recipe
If you live in the Midwest like me, you probably grew up on JELL-O salad. JELL-O salads with fruit and veggies as a side dish. Nothing is off-limits with jello salad recipes, including cream cheese, cottage cheese, fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges, and jello molds, with it comes to a good Midwest JELL-O salad at a potluck, family gathering, or party. Around here, jello salads are family favorites.
One of my all-time favorite salads is one that my grandma made that she calls “Cheery Cherry JELL-O Salad.” It was my favorite dessert salad she made as a kid. And cheery it is!
This tropical fruit salad recipe includes Raspberry Jello and Cherry Jello, cherry pie filling, crushed pineapples, and Cool Whip or whipped topping before serving. THE BEST.
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Cherry Pineapple JELL-O Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 small box raspberry Jell-O mix
- 1 small box cherry Jell-O mix
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1 can crushed pineapple drained
- for topping: whipped topping (Cool Whip)
Instructions
- COOK both boxes of Jell-O according to instructions.
- Let cool until mixture is thick, then pour Jell-O into a 9x13 inch dish.
- ADD cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple. (make sure pineapple is drained)
- Let Jell-O salad cool in the refrigerator overnight.
- Add whipped topping when serving!
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Easy Ambrosia Salad – Ambrosia salad is a delicious mix of Cool Whip, vanilla pudding, sour cream, mini marshmallows, pineapples, fruit cocktail, mandarin oranges, and maraschino cherries.
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