Looking for the recipe for that fluffy green jello salad with pistachio pudding and mini marshmallows in it that your Grandma used to make? Look no further! You're only 5 ingredients and 10 minutes from enjoying that sweet side again!
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Why Choose This Recipe
- Fluffy, Creamy, Easy
- Subtly sweet!
- Quick like many of my other Salad Recipes!
Ingredient Notes
- Cool Whip - 2 Cups freshly whipped cream can be subbed.
- Pineapple - crushed, tidbits or chunks. Chunks will need to be chopped into smaller pieces.
Step by Step Instructions
- Beat ⅔s cool whip, sour cream and pistachio pudding mix together well.
- Dump pineapple, juice and all into the mixing bowl.
- Add the marshmallows and remaining cool whip.
- Mix well.
- Serve or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
Yes, Supposedly, in the 1970s at the height of the Watergate scandal Kraft released a cake recipe using pistachio pudding and called it Watergate cake. Shortly after they released this jello salad using the pistachio pudding. A columnist in Chicago renamed their jello salad, Watergate Salad, after the cake. The name stuck and it's still known by that today.
Yes, you will want to chop up the chunks smaller but tidbits are fine.
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Pistachio Salad Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Description
Looking for the recipe for that fluffy green jello salad with pistachio pudding and mini marshmallows in it that your Grandma used to make? Look no further! You're only 5 ingredients and 10 minutes from enjoying that sweet side again!
Ingredients
- 1 (8 oz) container Cool Whip
- ½ Cup Sour Cream
- 1 (3.4 oz) pkg. Pistachio Instant Pudding Mix
- 2 (8 oz) cans Crushed Pineapple (undrained)
- 1 ½ Cups Mini Marshmallows
Instructions
- Beat ⅔s of the cool whip, sour cream and pistachio pudding mix together.
- Mix in the pineapple, juice and all, marshmallows and remaining cool whip.
- Serve or chill to allow to set up more.
Notes
- You can sub 2 cups freshly whipped cream for the cool whip.
- Pineapple tidbits and chunks work as well. If using chunks, chop them up into smaller pieces.
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Karen March
Absolutely delicious and so easy to make! Love it!
★★★★★