Marie's Fruit Salad

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This old fashioned fruit salad recipe is a vintage favorite made with canned fruit, fresh bananas and grapes, all coated in a sweet homemade glaze made with fruit juice, vanilla pudding, tapioca, and red Jell-O. A classic bridal shower and baby shower recipe that’s perfect for holidays, potlucks, and family gatherings.

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Cooling Time1

Total Time1 20

Course: Salads

Cuisine: American

Keyword: banana, canned fruit, grapes, Jello, mandarin oranges, Marie's Fruit Salad, peach, pineapple, tapioca, vanilla pudding

Servings: servings

Calories: 50kcal

Author: Michaela Kenkel

Ingredients

2 (20 ounce cans) pineapple chunks
3 (11 oounce cans) Mandarin oranges
1 (15 ounce can) sliced peaches
3 large bananas sliced
3 cups halved red grapes
3 heaping Tablespoons Minute Tapioca
1 (3 ounce box) red Jell-O (your choice of flavor, I use cherry)
1 (4.6 ounce box) vanilla Jell-o Cook & Serve Pudding

Instructions

Drain all of the fruit and reserve 4 cups of juice.
Place the canned fruit in a large bowl. Set aside.
Combine reserved juice with the jell-o pudding and tapioca in a saucepan. Cook until thick. Cool for aobut an hour.
Add the red grapes and the sliced bananas to the canned fruit in the bowl.
Pour cooled mixture over the fruit and stir. Chill or serve immediately.

Notes

This recipe will make about 20 cups of fruit salad. Nutrition is based on a serving size of about 1.5 cups per serving.

Store leftover fruit salad covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. The bananas will soften more as it sits, but the flavor remains delicious.

Because of the fresh bananas, this recipe is best enjoyed within the first couple of days.

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