With the Fourth of July coming up, I thought I would share an easy and crowd pleasing side dish/dessert that you can throw together at the last minute. My mom has been making this fruit salad for years and years and it always gets gobbled up in a hurry. The secret ingredient is pudding mix, which seems like an odd addition, but trust me it creates a lovely glaze that compliments the fruit perfectly! This is so refreshing and easily doubled for a huge crowd, though the recipe below does serve quite a few people already. And the great thing about it is you can use whatever fruit you have on hand, though I do recommend not leaving out the apples or mandarin oranges as they seem to make the salad sing!
Glazed Summer Fruit Salad
Source: My Mom
Ingredients:
2 medium apples, diced
2 medium peaches, peeled & diced
1/2 lb. strawberries, hulled & quartered
1 15 oz. can mandarin oranges, drained
1 cup blueberries
2 bananas, diced
1/2 to 3/4 cup orange juice
1 small (3.4 oz.) packet instant vanilla pudding mix
Directions:
In a large bowl, stir together the apples, peaches, strawberries & mandarin oranges. Add in 1/2 cup of the orange juice and sprinkle in the pudding mix. Stir to combine. Gently fold in the blueberries & bananas until incorporated. If glaze is too thick, add an additional 1/4 cup orange juice. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes prior to serving. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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how perfect for the 4th…and i would have never guessed a vanilla puding mix is used…can’t wait to try. pinning 🙂
Thanks so much Angela!
The pudding mix sounds like a great idea! The glaze makes all the difference!
Yum!!
Thank you Ruth!
Oooh, pudding mix! What a fantastic idea, I never would’ve thought of that on my own! I bet it does taste amazing and yes, perfect for bbq’s!
Thanks so much Tanya!
Do you use instant or cooked pudding mix? Going to do this for the 4th!
Oh I forgot to mention that, thanks for letting me know. I used instant pudding mix. I’ll make note of it in the recipe above. Hope you enjoy it Susan!
I’ve never had a fruit salad like this, it sounds amazing!!
Thanks Julie!
This is perfect, Steph! I’m adding this to my Salad Sundays rotation, for sure!!
Thanks so much Nikki!
my husband loves a version of this salad- i like the addition of blueberries. yum!
Eva and I just made your fruit salad. It’s in the fridge chilling; can’t wait to have it for lunch! Thanks Steph!
Hope you all enjoy it!!:)
wE MAKE A VERSION OF THIS IN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA WHERE I WORK. wE ADD CANNED PINEAPPLE AND SAVE THE JUICE TO MAKE THE GLAZE INSTEAD OF THE ORANGE JUICE. kIDS LOVE IT AND IT’S SO GOOD FOR THEM.
That sounds so good!