Holiday Ambrosia

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Holiday Ambrosia is spectacular on your holiday table. This salad is suitable for Christmas, Easter and Mother’s Day.

Holiday Ambrosia recipe

 

Choose holiday colors for the marshmallows to tailor it for any holiday.

Because of the process used to make commercial maraschino cherries, we suggest making your own Maraschino Cherries for use in this recipe.

 

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Holiday Ambrosia

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Holiday Ambrosia is spectacular on your holiday table. This salad is suitable for Christmas, Easter and Mother’s Day. Click the link in Ingredients to find out how to make your own Maraschino Cherries.

  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 12 servings 1x
  • Category: Salad
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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1 (8-ounce) container whipped topping, thawed 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon clear vanilla or almond extract 1 1/2 cups sweetened coconut flakes 1 1/2 cups colored miniature marshmallows 1 (20-ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained well 1 (15-ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained well 1 cup red or green seedless grapes, halved 1 (10-ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained well and halved 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Instructions

  1. Stir sour cream.
  2. In a medium bowl, gently combine whipped topping, sour cream and vanilla or almond extract.
  3. Add coconut flakes and marshmallows.
  4. Gently fold in pineapple, mandarin oranges, grapes, maraschino cherries and nuts, if desired.
  5. Refrigerate, covered, for at least one hour before serving.

Notes

Our family prefers this with almond extract, although it is delicious with pure Mexican vanilla extract.

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