Great-Grandma's Frozen Fruit Salad

Frozen fruit salad is a blast from the past.  This vintage recipe is a cool and delicious way to eat your fruit. It is at home at all of our holiday meals, but would also be a fun summer side dish!

       This vintage recipe comes straight from my great-grandma's recipe box. It is a fun twist on marshmallow fruit salad, but even more fun because it is frozen! It is perfect for holidays or as a refreshing summer side dish. Frozen fruit salad could even be a light dessert.


    This recipe is still a staple at my family holidays.  My Aunt Jenny usually makes it now and it is present at every Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

    I have a handful of recipes from my Great-Grandma, so I was going through them trying to decide which one I should make first.  When I got to this one, I knew I had to make it.  I am familiar with a few of the others, but this one is still a tradition!

     Though the combination might seem a little odd these days, it really isn't that much different than fluff salads or creamy fruit salads.  It just has the added bonus of being frozen!

    I love trying vintage recipes like this, don't you?  It's like taking a little step back in time, right into the kitchen of a loved one.

     I think my great-grandma must have come to age in a time of fruity dishes like this, because another favorite from her recipe box was the green Jello salad that is loaded with pineapple and cream cheese.  There is definitely a nostalgia to both recipes.

 

      My great grandma wasn't only known for her fruity side dishes though.  She also made delicious cookies. I have shared her peanut butter cookies as well as her oatmeal raisin step-on cookies.

     Great-grandma wasn't the only good cook, her mom is the one that brought us dutch apple cake. I put a spin on that recipe to make our favorite peach breakfast cake.

      All of my great-grandma's made great food.  You can search "great-grandma" in the search bar (in the side bar on desktop or down below the comments on mobile.)  You will find loads of great classic recipes.

Here are some suggestions:

• Great-grandma's scalloped corn
• Great-grandma's apple crisp
• Great-grandma's egg noodles

When and how do you serve frozen fruit salad?

     My family always serves frozen fruit salad as a side dish at holiday dinners.  It is a small way to have great grandma there with us and part of the tradition. 

     Frozen fruit salad would be perfect side dish for a summer BBQ as well.  It would be such a refreshing addition to the menu.

     Serve frozen fruit salad as a light fruity dessert. It's a great make ahead and you can grab a piece whenever you want it. 

For an extra fun twist on frozen fruit salad, freeze it in a cupcake tin.  Then it's single serve and the perfect way to have a piece whenever you want! 

frozen fruit salad, vintage recipe, frozen fruit, old fashioned fruit salad

dessert

American

Yield: 24 servings

Author: Cooking With Carlee

Great-Grandma's Frozen Fruit Salad

Frozen fruit salad is a blast from the past. This vintage recipe is a cool and delicious way to eat your fruit. It is at home at all of our holiday meals, but would also be a fun summer side dish!

prep time: 1 H & 15 Mcook time: total time: 1 H & 15 M

ingredients:

• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup heavy cream - "Whipped"
• 3 1/2 cups fruit cocktail, well drained
• 1/2 cup drained Maraschino cherries
• 2 1/2 cups little marshmallows

instructions:

How to cook Great-Grandma's Frozen Fruit Salad

1. Quarter cherries
2. Cream together the room temperature cream cheese and mayonaise.
3. Add cherries, fruit cocktail and marshmallows, mixing it together.
4. Fold in whipped cream.
5. Put into a glass 9x13 pan or similarly sized freezer safe serving dish. Freeze until solid.
6. Remove from freezer 10-15 minutes before time to serve.
7. Cut into squares and enjoy.

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