Dessert salad, fluff or whatever you call this wonderful stuff—it’s simple to prepare, beautiful to look at and delicious to eat. It’s also perfect for holiday entertaining, especially in this sweet-tart-tangy rendition. Canned cranberries and chopped pecans add a chewy and crunchy contrast to the creamy base of whipped topping and cream cheese, while mandarin oranges add sweetness (and take the place of the pineapple that’s a dessert salad standby). Serve up a bowl of this pretty pink salad, and watch how quickly it disappears.
Cranberry-Orange Fluff
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Servings 12
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 can (14 oz) whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 can (11 oz) mandarin oranges, well drained
- 1 container (8 oz) Cool Whip frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 1/4 cup chopped toasted pecans
Instructions
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Step1In large microwavable bowl, mix cranberry sauce, cream cheese and sugar; microwave uncovered on High 1 to 2 minutes, until easily stirred together. Stir in mandarin oranges. Refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 12 hours.
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Step2Gently fold in whipped topping and marshmallows. Top with pecans.
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Step3Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 2 hours.
Nutrition
230
Calories
12g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
30g
Total Carbohydrate
22g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: About 2/3 Cup
- Calories
- 230
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 18%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 34%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 75mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 65mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 30g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 22g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 10%
- 10%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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