Retro Fudge Stripe Cookie Salad
Yield: 8 servings
This creamy, crunchy, fluffy cookie salad is a retro Midwest classic that I grew up with! It combines canned mandarin oranges and crushed pineapple with a buttermilk & vanilla pudding mixture, and then the real star is folded in: crunchy Fudge Stripe cookies. One bite and you know you'll want seconds.
Ingredients
- 1 box (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup buttermilk (do not make a homemade version)
- 8 ounces Cool Whip Original Whipped Topping
- 1 can (20 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained well
- 1 can (11 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained well
- 1 package (11 ounces) Keebler Fudge Stripes Cookies
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together pudding mix and buttermilk with a spatula; mixture will be thick. Then fold in Cool Whip until evenly combined.
- Add drained pineapple and mandarin oranges, and gently fold them in until evenly combined.
- Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes, and up to 4 hours ahead of time.
- Reserve 3 whole cookies, then chop the rest into ½" pieces. Place in an airtight container until ready to serve.
- To serve: Set aside ¼ cup of the chopped cookies. Fold remaining chopped cookies into the chilled salad.
- Sprinkle reserved ¼ cup of chopped cookies over the top of the salad, then poke the 3 whole cookies into the top center.
Notes
adapted from my aunt Dolores Anderson's and my mom's cookie salad recipes
Nutrition Information:
Calories: 428kcal Carbohydrates: 75g Protein: 5g Fat: 13g Saturated Fat: 5g Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g Monounsaturated Fat: 6g Trans Fat: 0.03g Cholesterol: 8mg Sodium: 349mg Potassium: 345mg Fiber: 3g Sugar: 52g Vitamin A: 348IU Vitamin C: 15mg Calcium: 100mg Iron: 7mg
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