This salad is a perfect dessert for Thanksgiving Dinner or New Year‘s Eve feast. Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad is quick, simple and easy to prepare ♥
Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad
Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad has to be on your Thanksgiving and Christmas menu. I like the combination of cranberry and pineapple, cream cheese and heavy whipping cream and when marshmallow melts and pecans crunch in your mouth.
I enjoy every bite of this amazing salad. It is my husband‘s favorite, mine, too. I like that it is so easy to prepare. 7 ingredients + 15 minutes of your time = Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad 🙂
What do you need to make this Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad?
- Fresh cranberries
- Granulated sugar
- Pecans, chopped
- Crushed pineapple, drained
- Cream cheese
- Heavy whipping cream
- Mini marshmallows
Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner is the time for the whole family to be together, there is a positive, festive atmosphere all around and of course, there is a big dinner. Have you made up your mind about what to prepare? Do you prepare traditional food or you like to try something new?
How to prepare Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad?
- Put cranberries in the food processor and chopped them.
- Add ½ a cup of sugar and mix well.
- Cover it and leave in the fridge for at least 1 hour, possibly overnight.
- Take out of fridge, add pineapple and pecans and stir.
- In a large dish, combine cream cheese with ½ a cup of sugar and beat until it gets creamy.
- Add heavy whipping cream and mix until well combined and firm.
- Fold cranberries and mix well. Finally, gently mix mini marshmallow in.
- Cover and leave in the fridge for 3-4 h.
I have a few suggestions for desserts, you might like to try. As for the inevitable pumpkin, check out the recipe for No Bake Pumpkin Oreo Cheesecake or Pumpkin Walnut Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. If you like chocolate, I suggest No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Mini Cheesecake or No Bake Chocolate Cheesecake Bars.
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If you are willing to try something new: Caramel Pecan Truffles or Peanut Butter Chocolate Acorn Truffles. For Christmas and New Year‘s Eve I give you Maraschino Cherry Shortbread Cookies or Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. Time goes quickly, Thanksgiving is near and so is Christmas. Get busy and enjoy the holidays to come.
Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad
This salad is a perfect dessert for Thanksgiving Dinner or New Year‘s Eve feast. Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad is quick, simple and easy to prepare.
Ingredients
- 2 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup pecans, chopped
- 1 cup crushed pineapple, drained
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 cup mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Put cranberries in the food processor and chopped them.
- Add ½ a cup of sugar and mix well.
- Cover it and leave in the fridge for at least 1 hour, possibly overnight.
- Take out of fridge, add pineapple and pecans and stir.
- In a large dish, combine cream cheese with ½ a cup of sugar and beat until it gets creamy.
- Add heavy whipping cream and mix until well combined and firm.
- Fold cranberries and mix well. Finally, gently mix mini marshmallow in.
- Cover and leave in the fridge for 3-4 h.
Notes
Serve cold. It is best to be used the same day.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 705Total Fat: 50gSaturated Fat: 27gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 128mgSodium: 155mgCarbohydrates: 63gFiber: 3gSugar: 55gProtein: 6g
Cranberry Cheesecake Fluff Salad
Cranberry cheesecake fluff sounds delicious and I am going to make it. Just to be sure, the whipping cream is not whipped but just stirred in? Is that right?
Hi Linda,
thanks for stopping by, so glad ypu like it ♥ You can add heavy whipping cream and mix until well combined and firm.
Regards,
Dragana
Do you whip the whipping cream before you add it?
Hi Gail,
Yes, you can whip the whipping cream before you add it.
Regards,
Dragana
How long is too long to keep it in the fridge before serving? We have a party we want to take it to that begins at 10am and we would like to assemble it the night before…is that too long or should we wait and do it in the morning?
Hi Crystal,
It would be the best to put the salad into the fridge early in the morning, but it’s ok if you put it the night before.
Regards,
Dragana
Can cool whip be used instead of heavy whipping cream?
Thank you
Yes, Bonnie,
Regards,
Dragana
Thank you for this recipe. It sounds great. I am going to my sister’s house for Thanksgiving. She lives out of state, but an hour and a half away. Because of that, she is picking me up on Tuesday afternoon. Last year, when I went there, she and I cooked all day Wednesday. Should I wait until Wednesday to make this or should I make it at my house and bring it, fully made? Again, thank you.
Thank you Jeannette,
I’m glad you like it 🙂 It would be the best to make and serve the same day.
Regards,
Dragana
Simple and delicious!
Thank you Milica 🙂
Do you cook the cranberries first?
No Heather, I used fresh cranberries.
Regards,
Dragana
Made this today. It’s very good and easy to make. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Thank YOU Shanda, happy to hear that 😃
Regards,
Dragana
Well if we dont take fresh cranberry what do we take …… is it frozzen cranberry or what …
Hi Diane,
I think you can use frozen cranberries instead of fresh.
Regards,
Dragana
I am not a fan of pineapple. Would it be ok just to leave that out?
Hi Mary,
I think it would be okey. With different taste of course.
Regards,
Dragana
Such a great, tasty salad. Served at Christmas dinner. First cranberry salad I have ever tasted and made. Everyone loved it, especially me!! I will make it many more times!
Thank you Cheryl, I’m so happy that you enjoy/like it 😃
Regards,
Dragana
Hello
Can I use dried cranberries,
Hi Manjit,
I used fresh cranberries. You can try and send me some feedback.
Regards,
Dragana
Made this for Thanksgiving and was shocked at how good this was! Everyone loved it and will certainly make it again!
Hi, Julie
I’m so glad you like/enjoy it.
Regards,
Dragana
Can I use whole canned cranberries and what do I need to do with them help please
I didn’t, but you can try, Hannah.
Happy Holiday!