🍓 Vanilla pudding fruit dessert
This easy vanilla pudding fruit dessert is a creamy, refreshing treat made with pudding, fruit, and a light whipped topping. It’s perfect for potlucks, holidays, or a quick family dessert.
🧾 Ingredients
- 1 (3.4 oz) box Vanilla pudding (instant)
- 1 cup cold milk
- 1 cup Whipped topping (like Cool Whip)
- 1 cup sliced Strawberries
- 1 cup Pineapple chunks (drained)
- 1 cup Grapes (halved)
- 1 cup Bananas (sliced)
- 1 cup Mini marshmallows (optional)
👩🍳 Instructions
- Make the pudding
- In a bowl, whisk vanilla pudding mix with cold milk for about 2 minutes until thick.
- Fold in whipped topping
- Gently mix the whipped topping into the pudding to make it light and creamy.
- Add fruit
- Stir in strawberries, pineapple, grapes, bananas, and marshmallows.
- Chill
- Refrigerate for 30–60 minutes so flavors blend.
- Serve
- Spoon into bowls and garnish with extra fruit if desired.
🍴 Tips & Variations
- Add blueberries, peaches, or mandarin oranges.
- Mix in crushed cookies or graham crackers for a crunchy layer.
- For a richer dessert, add sweetened cream cheese to the pudding mixture.
If you want, I can also give you a very popular church-potluck version called “Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad” that only uses 5 ingredients and takes 5 minutes to make. 🍓🥣
