This fresh fruit salad is loaded with all kinds of fruit. The condensed milk brings it together in a creamy treat that makes it perfect with breakfast, as a simple side dish, or as a lighter dessert.

Small glass bowls of fruit salad with fresh berries, bananas, oranges, pineapple, and apples dressed with condensed milk and lemon juice.

Adding sweetened condensed milk to a fruit salad brings it all together in a creamy treat. It is perfect for a party, brunch, and so much more.

Fruit salad is a welcome addition to almost any occasion. It is also wonderful any time of day.

You can serve it with breakfast. It’s wonderful at Easter breakfast, Christmas, or Mother’s Day brunch.

Ingredients including fresh bananas, strawberries, blueberries, grapes, apple and canned oranges, pineapple, condensed milk and lemon juice ready to be made into condensed milk fruit salad.

It is great at lunchtime as a fresh side. Or you can enjoy it as an afternoon snack.

The creamy condensed milk addition in this recipe even makes it welcome as a dessert. Add a dollop of whipped cream to make it extra special.

If the only fruit salad you know is fruit cocktail, you are really missing out. You have to give this recipe a try!

What other fruits would be good in this fruit salad?

You can either substitute some fruit, or add more fruit to this tasty fruit salad recipe. Some great options would be blackberries, raspberries, mango, kiwi, peaches and more.

You can even add mini marshmallows to the mix to give the salad more bulk and another fun texture.

Why We Love This Fruit Salad

Fresh berries are one of our favorite fruits. But it is hard to get them at their peek.

They can go from underripe to overripe quickly. The condensed milk helps to give slightly underripe fruit that extra sweetness.

Chopped apple and banana slices tossed in lemon juice in glass salad bowl.

Strawberries, blueberries, grapes, oranges and pineapple added to bowl with apples, banana, and lemon juice.

Tossing the fruit in lemon juice helps to keep them from oxidizing and turning brown to quickly. This is especially helpful for fruit like bananas and apples.

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The acid also gives balance to the sugar in the dressing. Not to mention it reacts with the condensed milk and helps to give it even more body.

Pouring can of condensed milk over fruit.

Glass serving bowl of fruit tossed in condensed milk dressing.

You can adjust the fruit to match whatever you have on hand, or use your favorites. We like this mix of fruit because it gives all sorts of textures and flavors.

Add maraschino cherries if you want a retro flare. Or try adding marshmallows if you want it to be even more of a dessert salad.

If you like some crunch in your fruit salad, toss in some chopped walnuts or pecans. Make this recipe your own!

More Great Fruity Salad Recipes

If you are looking for more of a dinner salad, try making a salad with fruit, chicken and poppy seed dressing. The recipe is based off of one of my favorite lunches at Portillos.

Or try making chicken salad with pineapple and grapes. It is perfect served over greens, as a sandwich or on crackers.

Looking down on small glass bowls filled with creamy fruit salad with condensed milk.

Mixing canned fruit cocktail with pudding mix is another easy way to make fruit extra special. We love a mix of oranges, pineapple and fruit cocktail.

For a vintage fluff style salad, try making frog eye salad. The name is silly and the thought of adding pasta to a fruit salad is strange too, but it really is so delicious.

My great-grandma’s frozen fruit salad is another great option. This old fashioned recipe is a staple at our extended family gatherings. Or make a creamy ambrosia salad that is similar in a lot of ways, but not frozen.

Storage

You can make your this salad several hours in advance. Just cover it with plastic wrap and put it in the fridge until you are ready to serve it.

That makes cleanup and prep easy for special occasions. It also makes it perfect to take along to a potluck.

Leftovers should also be kept in the refrigerator. They will stay good for several days, though some types of fruit may start changing texture before then.

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Condensed Milk Fruit Salad

Author: Carlee

Servings: Servings

This fresh fruit salad is loaded with all kinds of fruit. The condensed milk brings it together in a creamy treat that makes it perfect with breakfast, as a simple side dish, or as a lighter dessert.

Prep: 15

Cook: 0

Total: 15

Ingredients

Instructions

Pour lemon juice in the bottom of a large mixing bowl.
¼ cup lemon juice
Wash and core the apple. Chop it into bite sized pieces and add to the large bowl.
1 large apple
Peel and slice bananas and place in bowl. Toss bananas and apples in the lemon juice to coat and prevent browning.
2 bananas
Wash grapes, strawberries and blueberries. Add blueberries to bowl. Cut strawberries into bite sized pieces and place in bowl. If grapes are large, cut in half, otherwise add to the bowl.
1 lb. strawberries, 1 pint blueberries, 2 cups grapes
Drain the pineapple, but reserve the juice. Add ¼ cup of pineapple juice and the pineapple bits to the bowl along with the drained oranges. Stir to combine.
20 oz. can pineapple tidbits, 15 oz. can mandarin oranges
Pour the sweetened condensed milk over the fruit and toss to coat. Add more pineapple juice if you want to thin out the dressing a bit.
14 oz. sweetened condensed milk
Cover and chill until ready to serve.

Notes

This salad is best fresh, but can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for several days. The fruit will start to soften after a few days.