Orange Fluff Fruit Salad
This Orange Fluff Fruit Salad can be thrown together quick, with only 6 to 7 ingredients, and is a potluck favorite!
When Spring and Summer roll around, so do all the potluck parties and gatherings. Well, one thing is for sure, everyone loves a delicious jello salad! Or at least here in Utah they do. 😉
You can make this salad as simple as cottage cheese, whipped topping, and jell-o, or you can add in fruit and marshmallows like I do for extra texture. The one ingredient in this recipe, that’s either a love it or hate it kind of thing for most people, is the shredded coconut. Feel free to add it or leave it depending on your personal preferences. So, you can make my version of this recipe with as little as 6 ingredients, or add the coconut for a 7 ingredient orange fluff jell-o salad.
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If you are new to jell-o salads, and you’re thinking, “Cottage cheese, really?!” Don’t freak out! Haven’t you ever had, or at least heard of fruit with your cottage cheese? You really can’t taste it in here, you just get those little balls of texture throughout the salad.
I also have a Pink Fluff Fruit Salad recipe that is super similar to this one. You really can’t go wrong with the types of fruit and jell-o that you decide to use, but I do really like the mandarin oranges in this orange fluff!
“And why do you call it fluff?” you might ask? Well, it’s really light in texture, besides the chunks of fruit, and has those little puffy marshmallows in it! I hope you get the chance to try this soon!
Orange Fluff Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 16 oz tub low-fat small curd cottage cheese
- 8 oz tub cool whip/whipped topping, (I used light)
- 3 oz small box of orange jell-o/gelatin dessert
- 10.5 oz can mandarin oranges, drained
- 8 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
- 3 to 4 cups mini marshmallows, (about ½ of a 16oz bag)
- ½ cup sweetened coconut flakes, optional
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix the cottage cheese, cool whip, and orange jell-o mix.
- Gently fold in the mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, mini marshmallows, and coconut, if desired.
- Chill or serve immediately.
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I would like to try this delicious salad for Thanksgiving this year and was wondering to help save me some time, if it would be possibly made the day before without getting too soggy. Thanks, Jeri
Yes, you can make it a day early. The texture will actually be fluffier the next day. Enjoy!
The box of jello is mixed in dry?
Yes, you use it dry.
Hi! i just wanted to let you know that I featured this recipe on my post about Thanksgiving Recipes (mixandmake.com/2017/11/17/easy-thanksgiving-recipes/).
We always have a salad just like this and it’s one of my favorites! Thanks so much for posting this recipe!
Awesome! Thanks!
I’ve made this before and it is delicious but I think I’m missing something because mine always gets runny after a while. I do drain the fruit.
It will release some juices as it is stored in the refrigerator, but it shouldn’t be too runny. I wonder if it has anything to do with the brands you are using. Maybe try some different ones?
I’ve made this for over 40 yrs! It’s traditionally a Easter salad and it goes well with ham but I love it all year!
This recipe came from a Home Interiors cookbook and was given to me by a Consultant named Wanda Penny many years ago.
My mother made this for years and it is a great potluck staple. We didn’t put marshmallows or coconut in it, but did put crushed pecans! It is so light, delicate, and flavorful.
I’ll have to try the pecans! Thanks Julie!
This is a great recipe! Used it so many years ago, in my youth, and am coming back to it. When I searched for the recipe, I was so tickled that our younger generation was using this. Thanks Amber for keeping up and pulling recipe’s from 30 to 40 years ago!
The best recipes stick around for a long time! So glad you found it and love it as much as we do Kelly!
I’ve never had a fluff fruit salad before but I love how much fun it is! Love the pretty orange too!
Oh my goodness Kelly! You HAVE to try it! Seriously substitute any fruit and jello for a dessert salad you will love!