Orange Fluff Salad – A Creamsicle Flavored Mandarin Orange Fluff

Delicious, creamy orange fluff salad with a pineapple twist! We call this Dreamsicle jello salad because it tastes like a creamsicle popsicle. The pineapple gives it a tropical hint without taking over all the traditional orange fluff salad flavor you would expect from the mandarin oranges. 

Orange fluff salad has become a staple in our home during the holiday season and for summer BBQs.  Our friends Daniel and Jeralynne introduced us to this fun jello salad a few years ago.  Now it is a family favorite and I would never show up to Thanksgiving dinner without a big bowl!

Orange Fluff Salad with Pineapple Tidbits

Orange fluff is a long standing traditional jello salad. Most “fluff” recipes call for jello, cool whip, fruit and if your are lucky – mini marshmallows!

We make ours a sit a little tropical fun.  I add some pineapple tidbits and often nix the cottage cheese. We don’t enjoy the texture of the salad with cottage cheese in it as much. But I will say the cottage cheese and fruit are the only ingredients that tie together the idea that this is some sort of salad!

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Orange Fluff Salad

Delicious, creamy orange fluff salad with a pineapple twist! We call this Dreamsicle jello salad because it tastes like a creamsicle popsicle. The pineapple gives it a tropical hint without taking over all the traditional orange fluff salad flavor you would expect from the mandarin oranges. 

Course Salad

Cuisine American

Keyword orange fluff salad, jello salad, creamsicle salad, dreamsicle salad

Total Time 5 minutes minutes

Servings 8 Servings

Mirlandra

Author Mirlandra

Ingredients

• 1 box orange Jell-O (3oz) any brand
• 1 pint cottage cheese optional see note
• 2 cups mini marshmallows
• 1 tub Cool Whip (8oz) any brand
• 2 cans mandarin oranges (11oz each) drained (11oz each)
• 1 cup pineapple tidbits drained
• sweetened flaked coconut to garnish, if desired

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Instructions

• Mix the Jell-O powder and cottage cheese together until fully combined. Stir in marshmallows.
• Fold in Cool Whip.
• Gently fold in mandarin oranges and pineapple tidbits, taking care not to break them.
• Serve in individual dishes or in a bowl.
• Garnish with coconut if desired

Notes

Cottage Cheese: My husband doesn't care for cottage cheese in his so I leave it out. The dish is actually amazing that way but you get fewer servings so you might want to make a double batch! I consider it an optional ingredient depending on if you want tradition or "wild".

 

Nutrition

Calories: 237kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 226mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 98IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 1mg

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Calories 237kcal

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