This collection of classic and old fashioned fruit salad recipes is sure to satisfy those with an intense craving for fruit. The best part is their simplicity, allowing you to craft your own unique flavor. There’s plenty of options, so keep scrolling and check them out!
These old fashioned fruit salad recipes are the perfect summertime dish, allowing you to beat the heat with refreshing fresh fruit. These dishes are extremely healthy and packed with vitamins and nutrients, making it the perfect dish for breakfast or any time of the day.
Here you’ll find plenty of recipes for you to start, but I recommend you experiment with any recipe that strikes your fancy! One recipe’s dressing might suit you better on another combination of fruit, so don’t be afraid to experiment!
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Expert Tips for Making Fruit Salad
Want to know how to pick the best fruit for your fruit salad, check here.
- How Far Ahead of Time Can I Cut the Fruit?: Typically, do not to cut into a fruit more than 24 hours ahead of time. Cutting into a fruit too long in advance can be detrimental to the fruit’s freshness.
- How to Keep Fruit From Turning Brown: Adding some acidic juice like lemon or orange juice to the fruit salad helps to keep the fruit from changing color so quickly.
- How Long Does Fruit Salad Last?: Fruit salad is best to eat within three days of preparation, but can last up to five days if you store properly in an airtight container.
Macaroni Fruit Salad
Macaroni fruit salad may sound like a weird combination, but this classic Filipino dish is absolutely divine! Have it on its own or serve it as a dessert.
Tender macaroni noodles go great with your favorite fresh fruits and a sweet dressing to make the perfect fruit salad!
Macaroni Fruit Salad is a popular dessert in the Philippines and for Filipinos all over the world. It is creamy delicious and very easy to make.
Macaroni Fruit Salad is a favorite Filipino dessert during the holidays and special occasions. This is not your typical macaroni salad. It is more of a dessert rather than a side dish.
Pasta Fruit Salad is sweet, creamy, and perfect for holidays and special occasions. It’s loaded with fruit cocktail, macaroni, and tropical palm nuts for a festive treat!
Ambrosia Salad With Cool Whip Recipes
Is there a better way to cool down on a scorching summer day than with some ambrosia salad with cool whip? Fresh fruit and cool whip make these recipes the perfect sweet treat.
Classic Ambrosia Salad with Cool Whip is a staple for holiday meals, summer BBQ’s, potlucks and Sunday dinners with the family. And everyone loves a retro fruit salad that features a variety of fruits coated with a creamy dressing and topped with chopped pecans.
Effortlessly make the best ambrosia salad recipe with Cool Whip. This quick and easy dessert salad is perfect for potlucks, parties, and dinner tonight.
Ambrosia salad is super easy to make and always a hit at family gatherings.
This Cool Whip Ambrosia Salad recipe is about as quick and easy as they come. If you have 5 minutes and 6 ingredients, you can mix up this simple but super delicious low-calorie dessert.
Ambrosia salad recipe with with cool whip, fruit and marshmallows is the perfect for your upcoming picnic. Kid friendly with just the right amount of sweet, this is a classic recipe that will remind you of what grandma used to make!
This recipe for Cool Whip Ambrosia Salad is not only delicious but super simple to make. This fruit salad is filled with maraschino cherries, pineapple, mandarin oranges, coconut and whipped topping. Serve this classic for dessert or a side dish that your friends and family are sure to love.
Southern Ambrosia Salad is a must-have at any gathering! Cool Whip, pineapple, grapes, mandarin oranges, maraschino cherries and sweetened coconut flakes!
This Ambrosia Salad With Cool Whip is a delicious fruit salad mixed with marshmallows, coconut, and Cool Whip. It’s easy to make and can be served as a side dish or dessert.
Breakfast Fruit Salad
Want to start your morning off right? These breakfast fruit salad recipes will give you the energy you need to tackle whatever the day throws at you!
Fresh fruit and whole grains make this breakfast fruit salad perfect for a busy day!
Easy Breakfast Fruit Salad with Orange Syrup is full of fresh luscious berries and seasonal fruit, including blackberries, peaches, grapes, and strawberries.
This fruit salad is a combination of fresh berries and bananas and is perfectly sweet topped with a light honey lemon dressing.
A delectably simple breakfast fruit salad with whatever fresh fruit you want to add! Yogurt and orange juice help bring the dressing together to make a delicious breakfast.
This Breakfast Fruit Salad is an easy recipe to start the day with a refreshing, vitamin-loaded rainbow bowl!
This easy breakfast fruit salad is perfect for mornings when you want a fresh, quick meal. It's also great as an afternoon snack!
This Easy Fruit Salad is bright, fresh and delicious! A wonderful addition to your breakfast. Ready in 15 minutes.
The ULTIMATE Fruit Salad! This salad is loaded with fresh berries, grapes, kiwi, pineapple, bananas and oranges and tossed in a simple honey citrus dressing.
This Easy Fruit Salad Recipe is made with fresh, ripe fruit and drizzled with a light orange juice dressing. Ready in under 20 minutes and made with no added sugars.
Quinoa, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and mango combine in this incredible salad. The fresh fruit and quinoa are glazed with a honey lime dressing and it will be a hit wherever it goes!
Fruit Salad Dressing Recipes
These fruit salad recipes have a focus on their dressings. Each one features a unique and delicious dressing that will leave you craving seconds!
This Creamy Fruit Salad Recipe is made with a Homemade Vanilla Fruit Salad Dressing — no pudding mix here!
Simply the best and easiest fruit salad! You can use fruits in season but the BEST part is the dressing!
This Creamy Fruit Salad with Yogurt takes fruit salad to a whole new level of delicious! It is bursting with fresh fruit and dreamy, creamy key lime yogurt dressing.
Creamy Yogurt Fruit Salad is a delicious alternative to a sweet dessert! Packed with lots of fruit, greek yogurt and honey, this salad will not disappoint!
This Summer Fruit Salad with Lemon Dressing is super healthy, delicious, refreshing and perfect for a hot summer day. It’s absolutely jammed pack full of fresh fruit that is paired with a fabulous sweet tangy dressing.
This Fresh Fruit Salad with a “Virgin Margarita” Dressing for a beautifully delicious and light dessert that is perfect for a holiday or any occasion.
A fresh fruit salad that makes the perfect side dish to any meal! Colorful, healthy, delicious, and filled with all your favorite fruits!
This Hawaiian Fruit Salad recipe is full of tropical flavors and a honey lime yogurt dressing with hints of coconut! Loaded with pineapple, bananas, mango, oranges and kiwi, it’s the perfect side or dessert for any summer meal!
Fruit Salad With Ice Cream
Fruit salad with ice cream may sound a bit perculiar, but trust me when I say that it is the perfect easy dessert dish. We already knew that fruit and ice cream went well together, so fresh fruit salad featuring creamy ice cream just makes sense!
A really fun and easy salad recipe made with a medley of fresh fruits and nuts, topped with scoops of ice cream.
Fruit Salad with Ice Cream is a delicious ice-cream recipe that you can enjoy with your family and friends on occasions such as kitty parties, buffets, anniversaries and even birthday parties.
Fresh fruits and cream vanilla ice cream make this recipe one to remember for those hot summer days!
This easy recipe will be ready in minutes! All of your favorite fruits served with delicious ice cream!
Making ice cream fruit salad at home is child’s play and you can make a ton of variations with this dessert.
