Editors' Pick
Fruit Salad With Pudding!
"I get compliments on this fruit salad wherever I take it. It is super easy to make and a great dish to bring to a potluck or family party. Kids love it too. Everyone asks "what's in the sauce"? The secret ingredient is the vanilla pudding mix."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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15
ingredients
- 1 (29 ounce) can peach slices, undrained
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, undrained
- 1 (3 1/8 ounce) box dry vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 lb strawberry, stemmed and quartered
- 1 banana, sliced
- 1⁄2 pint blueberries
- 1 bunch grapes (I use the red ones)
- 1 -2 tablespoon sugar (optional)
directions
- In a large bowl, combine peaches, pineapples, and vanilla pudding mix.
- This includes the juices from the cans.
- Mix well until pudding is dissolved.
- Stir in strawberries, banana, blueberries, grapes, and sugar if desired.
- Chill.
Questions & Replies
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Can you use cook and serve pudding instead of instant pudding
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The photos all appear to be just the fresh fruit .. the recipe name says "with pudding" .. I would expect it to appear much creamier.. I am not much of a cook .. can someone please describe a little more how this works? Thanks very much -
doesn't the pudding get solid when cold. I just want the fruit in liquid. -
Could you make this in a 13x9 rectangle pan if doubling the ingredients? -
So if I want to double this recipe ,do I just add 2 boxes same size of the pudding?
Reviews
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this is really good! i just made it today and its delicious. However, I recommend that you make the pudding with the canned juice in a separate bowl. Then in another bowl add all the fruit. I added only a couple of scoops of the pudding to the fruit and stirred it to give it just a little coat of pudding around the fruit and it was perfect. Next time I'll buy a smaller pudding box because I hardly used any, I think it's too much if I were to add the whole thing. Oh and I used green grapes because it looks so much prettier with a pop of green instead of red because you already have strawberries! -
DELICIOUS.... however, do NOT add the sugar -
Delicious. I used canned peaches in water to cut back on the sugar.
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Home run! I followed the concept...fruit and read the reviews to determine how to best make the pudding. The result....a home run! I bought a slew of fresh fruit (nectarine, plum, pear, pineapple, apple, raspberry, blueberry, blackberry, tangerine, peach, strawberry)...theme was color. Used instant fat free vanilla pudding....w fat free milk. Lightly coated fruit. note: squeeze 1 tangerine over the cut apples & pears so they don't turn brown. Also, dont apply pudding until the day you eat it. -
This fruit salad was soooo yummy; and because of the fruit in this salad it was so quick to prepare too... will definitely be made again!<br/>I was a bit wary of getting "soup" so I used the juice from the peaches and only half the juice from the pineapples and it was just right. I did omit the bananas (allergy) and didnt add the sugar and it was superb.
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Tweaks
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I used a Coconut Pudding and it was even nicer than the Vanilla.
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Instead of instant pudding I've always used the kind you cook. Drain the canned fruit juices into a measuring cup for 2 cups of liquid. Follow the directions on the pudding box. Instead of becoming creamy, it will become clear and thick. Let cool; then pour over fruit. Gently combine.
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It's even better using British or Australian custard powder to make a real pudding for it. Bird's custard powder and an Aussie brand are both available at Amazon. Add a dash of vanilla to give it more flavor, and you can make the texture thin or thick as you prefer by altering the amount--thick like a heavy pudding, or slightly thinner and pourable to drizzled over fruit. It only takes a few minutes heating it in a pan on the stove to make it really special. -
I omitted the extra sugar in the recipe because I felt like the canned fruit and the pudding had enough sweetness without needing to add more. I also added the banana right before serving so that it wouldn't brown! -
I used fresh pineapple and canned mandarins
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