Instant Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad Recipe
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Instant Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad Recipe simply delicious, this salad is equally as good with fresh fruit or convenient canned fruit.
The secret is using dry instant pudding. It combines with the fruit juice to create a slightly sweet, rich sauce that coats every bite of the fruit.
This is my favorite, go-to fruit salad recipe. I serve it as a side and it’s a great addition to your brunch buffet.
I also like to serve my Instant Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad Recipe over pound cake. Choose any number of pound cakes from my Pound Cake Series to smother with fruit salad. I would suggest the Whipping Cream Pound Cake, Million Dollar Pound Cake, Mile High Pound Cake, Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake, or Blue Ribbon Pound Cake.
This is the kind of recipe you want to share but I also hate to share! It’s so good and so simple. I almost hate to share it with anyone because I know they’ll start taking it to potlucks and there goes my ‘go-to’ dish!
Instant Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad Recipe
- Use fresh, frozen, or canned fruit.
- One exception to the above, I prefer to always use canned pineapple chunks in juice. It can be packed in light syrup or heavy, your preference.
- You may choose a regular or sugar-free instant pudding mix. I prefer vanilla flavor the best, but in actuality, any flavor will work.
- After adding the instant pudding to the pineapple juice, allow it to thicken before adding to the fruit. It will not be as thick as the pudding recipe from the box but should be thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. You can add 1 to 2 more teaspoons of instant pudding mix if necessary.
- Quantities are guidelines, can’t find or don’t like raspberries? Omit them and use more of your favorite. This recipe is highly adaptable to what you like best.
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Instant Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad Recipe
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Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons vanilla instant pudding mix
- 20 ounce can pineapple drain and reserve juice
- 2 to 3 large peaches sliced or cut into chunks (1 small can or 1 cup)
- 2 cups strawberries stemmed and sliced
- 2 lareg bananas sliced
- 1 cup blueberries washed and drained
- 1 cup raspberries washed and drained
- 1 cup blackberries washed and drained
Instructions
- Whisk 3 tablespoon instant pudding into pineapple juice. Allow to dissolve and thicken.
- Combine fruit in a large bowl.
- Pour pudding mixture over fruit and gently stir to combine.
- Refrigerate until you’re ready to serve.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
Delicious! Use fresh pear, apple, 2 mandarins, half of a canteloupe and raspberries. Used the canned pineapple as per recipe. Definitely a keeper.
Of the many different sites I’ve seen for this recipe, not one offers an exact measurement for the amount of juice that’s drained from a can. Can you be specific? Thank you.
I’ve made it with different brands and it’s always turned out great. The liquid amount is pretty close to the same but I’ve never measured it. You can always supplement with orange juice if you feel you need more. It shouldn’t be runny though. The sauce should be the consistency of honey and cling to the fruit.
I love bananas! But I don’t like when they turn brown and mush in fruit salad so instead of vanilla pudding I used banana cream flavor and added red apple chunks and mandarin oranges with a lil bit of coconut! SO DELISH! 👌🏼
Yeah, I don’t either. I like your subs
Delicious! Great for a Holiday Brunch. When I make it a day ahead, I wait to add the Bananas just before serving. It is also good with the addition of fresh Honeydew Melon or Cantaloupe!
Thank you for sharing! I’ll try the addition of cantaloupe next time!
Would this taste good added to a baked pie crust?
I think it would. It won’t set up but I think the flavors will be wonderful!
Can you use this recipe with frozen fruit such as the frozen bags from Gordons? Would I thaw the fruit first?
It should be fine and yes, thaw first.