I love vintage recipes and this cheesecake flavored ambrosia salad is just that…a classic recipe from my grandma’s cookbook. It combines all the flavors of the traditional dessert salad with a cheesecake twist. So, I guess it has been somewhat modernized from the classic recipe. Either way, you make this yummy salad it always turns out amazingly well. Talk about a yummy treat in a bowl! I think I must have had 3 servings!
My husband isn’t a big fan of these types of desserts a she is more of a chocolate cake kind of guy but even he said this sweet salad was great.

My kids liked it too and that is always a plus. Enjoy!

I am in love with this ambrosia salad! It tastes so amazingly good! I cannot believe how easy it is to make, either. With only a handful of ingredients, you can quickly mix up this desserty delight in no time flat. My mother would make a similar salad and bring it to church potlucks and everyone went crazy over it. I think she may have put some sort of nuts in hers. Would you put nuts in yours? if, so, which kind?

Whip up a batch of this yummy ambrosia salad today and let me know in the comment section how it turned out!

Ingredients

• 1 (29-ounce) can Dole fruit cocktail, drained
• 1 (8-ounce) can pineapple tidbits, drained
• 1 (11-ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherries, drained and rinsed
• 1 (1-ounce) box cheesecake flavor Sugar-Free Jell-O pudding
• 8 ounces Daisy sour cream
• 3 cups Cool Whip
• 1 cup Jet-Puffed miniature marshmallows

Instructions

Drain all fruit. If fruit was packed in syrup, rinse in cold water and drain.
Combine fruit cocktail, pineapple, mandarin oranges and cherries in a large bowl. Sprinkle with cheesecake flavored pudding mix and stir to coat. Add in sour cream and Cool Whip and stir well.
Fold in marshmallows and chill for at least one hour before serving.