Recipe: Delicious 5-minute Ambrosia salad
5-minute Ambrosia salad. This delicious Ambrosia Salad is so easy to make and always a big hit with kids and adults alike! Made in just one bowl, this classic dessert salad is the perfection addition to your next gathering! One of my favorite, Ambrosia Salad is a fruit salad that can be served as side or as dessert.
Ambrosia salad is better when it's made ahead — just wait to add the marshmallows and pecans until a few hours before serving. This ambrosia salad with cool whip is just the tip of the iceberg with our upcoming fruit salad features. (update: Watergate salad is now live, do not miss this Ambrosia Fruit Salad with Cool Whip. What I love about this recipe is that it's minutes, I mean minutes, until its done! You can have 5-minute Ambrosia salad using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of 5-minute Ambrosia salad
- Prepare 8 ounces of thawed cool whip.
- You need 1/2 cup of Greek or regular yogurt (I used honey flavored Greek).
- You need 1 cup of maraschino cherries halved.
- It's 1-11 ounce of can of mandarin oranges.
- It's 1-8 ounce of can crushed or tidbit pineapple.
- It's 1.5 cups of mini marshmallows regular or fruit flavored.
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5-minute Ambrosia salad step by step
- Mix yogurt and cool whip..
- Fold in pineapple, cherry halves, and marshmallows.
- Last add in the mandarin oranges as they tend to break easier. Chill for an hour before serving. Holds up to 3 days in the fridge. I serve mine with a side of graham crackers..
Who says you're not ready for a last minute invitation? The Ambrosia Salad is a fun retro salad to serve to family and friends. Categorized as a jello salad, the ambrosia salad is named after the food of Greek Gods, which is said to give longevity or immortality to those who eat it. Ambrosia Salad is filled with mandarin oranges, pineapple, maraschino cherries, coconut, and marshmallows and mixed in a fluffy cool whip! This ambrosia salad is a family recipe that's very dear to me.