Ambrosia Salad
Fabulous salad that's filled with pineapple, mandarin orange segments, coconut, pecans, maraschino cherries and fruit-flavored marshmallows in a delicious dressing. Great as a holiday side dish.
Ingredients
- 12 oz. container frozen whipped topping thawed
- 1/2 cup Chobani plain yogurt
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 11 oz. can mandarin oranges drained and patted dry
- 8 oz. can pineapple tidbits or crushed pineapple drained and patted dry
- 16 oz. jar maraschino cherries, rinsed, drained and patted dry divided use
- 1/2 cup Fisher chopped pecans optional
- 1 1/2 cups Kraft Jet-Puffed Miniature Fruit-Flavored Marshmallows
- additional coconut, pecans and maraschino cherries for garnish
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together the whipped topping and yogurt.
- Add coconut, oranges, pineapple, pecans marshmallows and 1 cup maraschino cherries and fold into whipped topping.
- Chill before serving.
- Garnish with additional coconut, pecans and maraschino cherries, as desired.
Notes
NOTE: While I used 12-oz. of frozen whipped topping. You may find you prefer the texture better with only 8-oz. of whipped topping. This is a preference issue. Start with 8-oz. and add more if desired.
Recipe adapted from My Baking Addiction.
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