A simple to make Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish recipe. This Cranberry Fluff Salad is sweet and light plus and bursting with flavors. A perfect addition to your Holiday dinner!
We like fluff salads at our house! Whether for a Holiday dinner, a family dinner or just to snack on, there usually isn't any left for leftovers! Cranberry Fluff Salad will be a favorite at your Thanksgiving table.
So do you enjoy a Midwest salad? I know some areas of the country don't consider this a salad. We Midwesterners? Oh yes, it is a salad. So is Grape Jello Salad, Strawberry Fluff Salad and Snickers Apple Salad.
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Ingredients
- cranberries
- sugar
- Cool Whip - only name brand for fluff salads
- mandarin oranges - any brand
- marshmallows - mini
- pineapple - optional
Cranberries
Any whole cranberries you can find will work for this recipe. The cranberries will need to be chopped up and have sugar added to them as that will help soften them. The sugar will also help not make the cranberries so tart.
Tip
Be sure to plan a little ahead of time as the cranberries need to sit in the sugar mixture for at least 6 hours to break them down as necessary.
I just left the cranberries in the food processer with the sugar while in the fridge. No need to dirty another bowl! If you don't have a food processer, a blender will work well too. They just need to be chopped in small pieces.
After the time the cranberries sit, the juice and all goes into the salad. It all goes in! It also adds a nice color to the salad.
Is pineapple optional?
Why yes it is! I didn't add it to the cranberry fluff I made, because I knew my family wouldn't eat it if I did. That said, many people enjoy it. Tidbits would work the best if you would like to add pineapple. Be sure to drain the juice first!
What about the marshmallows?
That is the million dollar question. Over on my TikTok page, Baking With Mom, when I share a fluff salad recipe, the marshmallow decision is split, 50/50. Some like them, some doesn't. Personally, we believe no fluff salad is complete without mini marshmallows. It adds to the "fluff", you know?
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This salad is best served within 48 hours of making. Otherwise it breaks down too much. Be sure to keep it chilled when not serving to help it keep its structure. Enjoy this delightful Cranberry Fluff Salad recipe. It is perfect for your family dinner!
📖 Recipe
Cranberry Fluff Salad
Print PinEquipment
- 1 food processor or blender
Ingredients
- 12 oz cranberries washed
- 16 oz Cool Whip
- 15 oz mandarin oranges drained
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- ½ cup sugar
Instructions
- In a food processor or blender, chop the cranberries until they are chopped in small pieces. Mix in the sugar. Set in the fridge for at least 6 hours.
- After it has been at least 6 hours, place Cool Whip in a medium bowl.
- Fold in cranberries and the cranberry "juice" (the result of the cranberries and sugar).
- Fold in the drained mandarins and marshmallows.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Serve.
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