My husband LOVES this cranberry pineapple marshmallow jello salad and pretty much requests it every year for Thanksgiving. {I think it’s the grapes and whipped cream that make this jello salad extra special}.
Summer potlucks and holiday meals just wouldn’t be the same without a little jello on the table, don’t you agree? So if you’re looking to bring something extra special {and a little out of the ordinary} to your next gathering, bring this cranberry pineapple marshmallow jello salad.
Fair warning though… People are going to want the recipe! 😉
~Mavis
Cranberry Pineapple Marshmallow Salad
Ingredients
1 can {20 oz} crushed pineapple, drained
2 {12 oz} packages of fresh cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
1 pint heavy whipping cream {8 ounces of Cool Whip works too!}
5 ounces miniature marshmallows
Instructions
Coarsely chop the cranberries in a food processor. In a non-metal bowl, toss cranberries in sugar and refrigerate, covered, for 12 hours.
Add the pineapple, coconut and nuts to the cranberries, and toss well. Whip the cream until stiff and then fold into the cranberry mixture. Add marshmallows and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Mrs. Chow says
Mavis will this hold well if it spends one or two nights in the refrigerator?
Deborah from FL says
Yes! It’s one of those things we make a couple of days ahead.
We always make extra at thanksgiving-time and freeze it for Christmas-time. (Some of us have even been know to eat it frozen, unable to wait for thawing!) Yummmmm. 🙂
Mavis Butterfield says
Yes. You will be fine. Gobble gobble!
martha says
My kids call this ‘cranberry dope’ but we make it without the pecans and coconut. The real name is Cranberry Ambrosia or something like that.
Deborah from FL says
My grandmother called it “Cranberries in the Snow.” Miss you Mimi!
Lace Faerie says
Oh, I like that name, Cranberries in snow! Evokes images of winter holiday scenes and family celebrations!
Katie W says
Growing up we made something very similar to this. We called it 5-cup salad and my mom used to let me be in charge of making it!
1 cup sour cream
1 cup coconut
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 cup mandarin oranges
1 cup pineapple
Mix it up and you’re good to go!
MarinaRose says
This looks so good! Thanks for posting the recipe Mavis! 🙂
Ramona says
My Aunt gave me a similar recipe 30 years ago that I make for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hers didn’t have pineapple or coconut. It had the other ingredients but with red grapes and marshmallows. In my book it Has to have real whip cream not cool whip. I can eat the whole thing myself it is soooo good.
Debbie says
Thanks for posting the recipe. Sounds delicious.
Heather says
I was wondering if anyone has had experience in using sugar substitutes for this. I love cranberries.
Sandi says
I tried using Splenda in my fresh cranberry relish recipe. It didn”t allow the fruit to make any juice nor did the flavors ‘marry’…..I decided to stick with real sugar. Not sure how the newer substitutes would work.
MarinaRose says
This looks delish! Any idea how many people this recipe feeds?