Grandma’s Easy Cherry Pie Filling Salad Recipe
Grandma’s Cherry Pie Filling Salad is made with cherry pie filling, sweetened condensed milk, Cool Whip, pineapple chunks, and pecans.
Oh, how delicious Grandma’s Cherry Pie Filling Salad Recipe (also known as cherry fluff salad, pink stuff, or pink fluff) is!
If you are from the Midwest or South, fruit salads like this one are always an available side dish at potlucks, family gatherings, and the holidays. Always. Some kind of marshmallow salad fruit salad is a MUST-HAVE! And these salads can include ingredients from fruit cocktail, mini marshmallows, cottage cheese (yes, it’s true), jello fruit salads (lime jello, strawberry jello, etc.), cream cheese, orange juice, lime juice, pineapple juice, lime zest, and, of course, whipped topping. Gelatin molds for jello salads, too!
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I have been recently reading through my Grandma’s old cookbook and this one piqued my sweet tooth. I immediately had a craving and knew I had to make it PRONTO. I couldn’t believe has easy it was to make, too. Definitely a dump and chill type of cherry jello recipe, which are just the easy recipes that this busy mom needs in her life.
This classic recipe is a perfect recipe for a family reunion, family dinners, a hot summer night, or a special occasion that you’re sure to get rave reviews. It will be a new family favorite!
A no bake dessert jello salad for cherry pie recipe lovers that can be made in a matter of minutes. This is a great dessert with a beautiful pink color, which is due to being a delicious cherry salad.
Grandma’s Cherry Pie Filling Salad takes about 5 minutes to make (plus time to chill in the fridge) and includes only 5 simple ingredients: cherry pie filling, sweetened condensed milk, Cool Whip, pineapple chunks, and chopped pecans. A very easy dump salad, a cherry dump salad to be exact. I haven’t stopped eating it since I made it last night, ha!
Equipment needed for Grandma’s Easy Cherry Pie Filling Salad (cherry fluff recipe):
- large bowl with a lid
- spatula
Ingredients for Grandma’s Easy Cherry Pie Filling Salad (cherry fluff dessert salad) Recipe:
- cherry pie filling
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Cool Whip
- pineapple chunks (crushed pineapple would work as well)
- optional: chopped pecans (walnuts would work as well), whipped cream as a topping
Instructions for Grandma’s Easy Cherry Pie Filling Salad Recipe:
- Mix all ingredients together and chill for 2-3 hours or until desired consistency.
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Grandma's Cherry Pie Filling Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 20 z can cherry pie filling
- 1 14 oz can of Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1 9 oz container Cool Whip
- 1 cup pineapple chunks
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans walnuts would work as well - you can also leave nuts out of the recipe
equipment needed:
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and chill for 2-3 hours or until desired consistency.
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If you loved this recipe, check out these other fruit salad recipes:
- Cherry Pineapple JELL-O Salad Recipe
- Simple and Sweet Cherry Pie Bars Recipe
- Easy Marshmallow Fruit Salad Recipe
- Mandarin Orange Marshmallow Fruit Salad Recipe
- Cherry Fluff Marshmallow Salad Recipe
- Easy Ambrosia Fruit Salad
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