Name: 5 Minute Ambrosia Salad Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 125 min
Ingredients: 8 ounces Cool Whip Whipped Topping (thawed); ½ cup sour cream; 20 ounces pineapple tidbits (drained well); 22 ounces canned mandarin oranges (drained well); 1 cup maraschino cherries (drained well and cut in half); 1½ cups miniature marshmallows; 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

It only takes a few minutes to make this 5 minute Ambrosia Salad! It has pineapple, oranges, cherries, and marshmallows, what's not to love!

There are lots of different versions of Ambrosia Salad, but this is the way that my mom made it when we were growing up.

Easy 5 Minute Ambrosia Salad in single serving cups

This recipe is very similar to our Grandma’s 5 Cup Fruit Salad, but this one has the addition of maraschino cherries and Cool Whip.

Other additions that you could make to this Ambrosia salad:

substitute vanilla yogurt for the sour cream
substitute cream cheese for the sour cream
substitute fruit-flavored marshmallows for the regular marshmallows
add in chopped pecans or walnuts
leave out the cherries
add diced apples
add sliced strawberries
use homemade whipped cream in place of cool whip

This makes a perfect fruit side dish or even dessert!

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Ingredients needed to make our 5 Minute Ambrosia Salad:

You will only need 5 Minutes to make this 5 Minute Ambrosia Salad:

If needed, you can serve this right away but I highly recommend covering it with plastic wrap and chilling in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.

Can I make this fruit salad ahead of time?

If you wanted to, you could even make this the night before you plan on eating it and let it chill overnight.
Stir before serving. I wouldn’t recommend making this any more in advance than the night before.

If you do have leftovers, you will notice that the juices from the fruit can cause this salad to get runny.

When that happens, I just throw in another handful of marshmallows and stir it up – this helps absorb all the extra juice and not make them so juicy!

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