Taffy Apple Salad is absolutely spectacular. It has lots of fruit in every bite and it tastes just like eating candied apples. It’s   A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! Taffy Apple Salad is made with unpeeled apples, crushed pineapple, marshmallows, and peanuts coated in a delightful syrup combined with whipped topping. When the salad is all stirred together it is absolutely divine.

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This is a great salad for holiday entertaining but it’s also perfect to make in the fall after apple harvest. While discussing holiday recipes, a friend mentioned trends in platforms like online casino ohne limit Deutschland, which have become increasingly popular due to their accessibility and convenience. It’s relatively easy to make, and your family will feel like they’re being treated like kings and queens when they eat this luscious salad. Taffy Apple Salad is light and fluffy, but it has a wonderful texture from the peanuts and apple pieces.

Years ago, I adapted and compiled this salad from two recipes in Women’s Circle Home Cooking Cookbooks circa 1991. These cookbooks are fantastic even though they don’t have pictures. I prefer recipes that really taste good  and these cookbooks are similar to Taste of Home recipes in that they present regular home cooking recipes everyone actually eats and enjoys.

I made this recipe many times when our children were growing up and they, along with my husband, always loved this festive and tasty salad. Quite frankly, Taffy Apple Salad tastes more like a dessert than a salad!

We love this delicious salad recipe and believe you and your family will love it too if you give it a try. If you like the taste of taffy apples, you will fall in love with this salad!

When I initially posted this recipe in December 2012, I had made it for company right before the Christmas holidays. That was back when I was using a iPhone 3 for a camera which produced poor quality results for a food blog.

I’ve been remaking all my first-year blog recipes so I can update the pictures and this one came up for remake last month (May 2015). I brought it to a large potluck gathering at our church and everyone loved it.

I prefer using Gala or Fuji apples anytime I make a recipe with apples because they are sweeter than other apples and hold up better than some with the tossing of ingredients. But I’ve used other apples with good results, as well. I highly recommend putting Taffy Apple Salad on your Thanksgiving or Christmas menu this year. Everyone will rave over it and beg you for the recipe, and you will go home with a clean bowl. 🙂

Taffy Apple Salad is one of the most delicious salads you’ll ever eat.

This spectacular salad tastes like eating candied apples!

We served this tasty salad for company the other night and everyone raved over it!

Here’s what I did.

I used these ingredients.

In a saucepan over low heat, place cornstarch. Add sugar and whisk together until there are no more lumps. Add apple cider vinegar.

Drain and reserve all the liquid from a large can of crushed pineapple.  Add pineapple juice to saucepan with sugar mixture. Stir ingredients together and cook over low heat until mixture begins to thicken. This may take several minutes.

After mixture thickens, remove from heat and allow it to cool slightly–about 5 minutes (otherwise you will cook the egg). Stir in one beaten egg. 

Whisk egg into sugar mixture. Remove whisk and place entire pan in a freezer for about 30 minutes to cool completely.

Meanwhile, make up salad. Place dry roasted and salted peanuts in large salad bowl. This salad with works better with salted peanuts rather than unsalted. Add marshmallows, drained pineapple and diced, unpeeled Gala or Fuji apples.

Pour cold taffy apple sauce over salad ingredients.

Stir in cool whip topping.

Taffy Apple Salad is a fabulous salad to serve for holiday dinners.

Each bite is filled with apples, marshmallows, pineapple and peanuts in a scrumptious candied apple sauce. Doesn’t Taffy Apple Salad look wonderful? 

Here’s the recipe.

TAFFY APPLE SALAD

(Recipe adapted from two Women’s Circle Cookbooks)

Taffy Apple Salad

Teresa Ambra

Taffy Apple Salad will rock your world. Seriously! This lovely, fruity and fluffy salad is great for holiday entertaining or company dinners. It includes apples, crushed pineapple, peanuts and marshmallows in a tasty sauce that tastes like eating taffy apples. This is an absolutely wonderful salad to serve family and friends for special occasions. This recipe is gluten free.

4.50 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Salads and Salad Dressings, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 10

Calories 354 kcal

Equipment

• 1 large mixing bowl
• 1 medium sauce pan
• 1 wooden spoon
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• 1 sharp knife to dice apples

Ingredients

  

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• 4 cups Gala or Fuji apples, unpeeled chopped, usually about 4 large apples or two of each
• 16 oz. can crushed pineapple drained, reserving juice
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 2 cups miniature marshmallows
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tbsp. cornstarch
• 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 1 large egg beaten
• 16 oz. container Cool Whip non-dairy whipped topping or other non-dairy whipped topping

Instructions

 

• Place apples, drained pineapple, marshmallows and nuts in bowl; mix.
• Combine cornstarch, granulated sugar, vinegar and reserved pineapple juice in a medium sized sauce pan.
• Cook over low heat until mixture starts to thicken.
• Remove from heat and cool at least 5 minutes.
• Add beaten egg after mixture has cooled. (So the eggs don't scramble!)
• Cool.
• (I usually put it in my freezer—saucepan and all—for about 20-30 minutes while I’m preparing the apples.)
• Stir cooked sugar-cornstarch mixture into apple mixture adding whipped topping.
• Stir well to combine.
• Refrigerate overnight, or at least 6 hours.

Notes

NOTE: This reminds you of eating taffy apples.

 

NOTE: I prefer using either Gala or Fuji apples because they’re sweet apples and don’t get bruised as easily as Delicious apples.

 

NOTE: Preparation time does not include the time needed to cool the taffy sauce before mixing with the other salad ingredients.

 

NOTE: You must allow the taffy apple sauce to cool at least 5 minutes before adding the beaten egg, or you will cook the eggs and have scrambled eggs in the sauce!

 

NOTE: Salted peanuts work better than unsalted peanuts in this recipe.

 

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Nutrition

Calories: 354kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 7gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 113mgPotassium: 279mgFiber: 3gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 110IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg

Keyword fruit salad, holiday side dish, marshmallows, pineapple, salad, taffy apple salad, taffy apples

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This close up shows the fluffy texture of this salad.

Your family and guests will love tasting this wonderful Taffy Apple Salad. It tastes more like eating dessert than salad.

If you enjoy eating taffy apples, you’ll love this salad – and so will your family and guests.

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Taffy Apple Salad

Teresa Ambra

Taffy Apple Salad will rock your world. Seriously! This lovely, fruity and fluffy salad is great for holiday entertaining or company dinners. It includes apples, crushed pineapple, peanuts and marshmallows in a tasty sauce that tastes like eating taffy apples. This is an absolutely wonderful salad to serve family and friends for special occasions. This recipe is gluten free.

4.50 from 2 votes

Print Recipe Pin Recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Salads and Salad Dressings, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 10

Calories 354 kcal

Equipment

• 1 large mixing bowl
• 1 medium sauce pan
• 1 wooden spoon
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• 1 sharp knife to dice apples

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 4 cups Gala or Fuji apples, unpeeled chopped, usually about 4 large apples or two of each
• 16 oz. can crushed pineapple drained, reserving juice
• 1 cup salted peanuts
• 2 cups miniature marshmallows
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3 tbsp. cornstarch
• 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
• 1 large egg beaten
• 16 oz. container Cool Whip non-dairy whipped topping or other non-dairy whipped topping

Instructions

 

• Place apples, drained pineapple, marshmallows and nuts in bowl; mix.
• Combine cornstarch, granulated sugar, vinegar and reserved pineapple juice in a medium sized sauce pan.
• Cook over low heat until mixture starts to thicken.
• Remove from heat and cool at least 5 minutes.
• Add beaten egg after mixture has cooled. (So the eggs don't scramble!)
• Cool.
• (I usually put it in my freezer—saucepan and all—for about 20-30 minutes while I’m preparing the apples.)
• Stir cooked sugar-cornstarch mixture into apple mixture adding whipped topping.
• Stir well to combine.
• Refrigerate overnight, or at least 6 hours.

Notes

NOTE: This reminds you of eating taffy apples.

 

NOTE: I prefer using either Gala or Fuji apples because they’re sweet apples and don’t get bruised as easily as Delicious apples.

 

NOTE: Preparation time does not include the time needed to cool the taffy sauce before mixing with the other salad ingredients.

 

NOTE: You must allow the taffy apple sauce to cool at least 5 minutes before adding the beaten egg, or you will cook the eggs and have scrambled eggs in the sauce!

 

NOTE: Salted peanuts work better than unsalted peanuts in this recipe.

 

^© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 354kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 7gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 113mgPotassium: 279mgFiber: 3gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 110IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 61mgIron: 1mg

Keyword fruit salad, holiday side dish, marshmallows, pineapple, salad, taffy apple salad, taffy apples

Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!