Sugar Free SuperFruit Salad
The photo shows fresh fruit, but you can actually this entire salad with canned fruit, which saves a fortune when fruit is out of season and adds a lot of convenience!
I’m going to be brief today, because I’m needed to help out with some family and I figure you could use a break from my rambling anyways 
This recipe is absolutely delicious and Mama and I have been enjoying it for over twenty years. A friend on a diet passed on the recipe back in the day and she called it “SuperFruit”, so that’s what we’ve always called it. We make ours sugar free and it ends up counting as a fruit in most diets, but with a lot more flavor and variety than eating a single banana or an apple.
Mama had company over the holidays and one of her guests was a diabetic. She called to ask if I had any last minute dessert suggestions and Superfruit popped into my head. It was finished off before all of the others and she ended up being asked for the recipe by everyone there.
It’s just so stinking good, so stinking easy, and if you choose your ingredients right, so stinking sugar free!
Enjoy
SuperFruit ingredients …and Thumbcat
You’ll need: A small box of instant sugar free vanilla pudding, two cans of no sugar added fruit cocktail (any kind), and another can (or two small) of some other type of no sugar added fruit. I’m using mandarin oranges but you can use peaches or pineapple if you like. The main thing is that you need the juice from the can and if you want to make htis sugaar free, it needs to be sugar free.
You don’t HAVE to make this sugar free though, if you don’t want.
Beyond this, you can also add a few pieces of fresh fruit if you like, such as a chopped apple, sliced banana, etc. Just keep in mind that the fruit you add will most likely lessen the amount of time this stays good in the fridge. If adding bananas, you want to eat this within a day or two. As it is now, this will be good for several days (if it lasts that long).
Oh, meet Thumbcat. He doesn’t make appearances too often so I felt compelled to let him be in this tutorial since this is the first time he’s shown an interest. Thumbcat was adopted from an animal shelter and had spent the first couple of months of his life isolated alone in a cage, so he isn’t as keen on people as our other critters are. He loves my son Brady, though. In case you’re wondering about his name, he is a polydactyl. This means he has thumbs on all four of his paws and I guess we’re just super creative in the name department, huh?
Drain all of the juice from your cans into the bowl.
Like this
Pour your dry pudding mix over the top of it.
Stir that up really good with a wire whisk
You can also just shake all of this up in a quart sized mason jar or even mix it up with an electric mixer if you want. This recipe can be prepared according to your mood.
If you end up with a few lumps, don’t worry about them. Once this has set for a while, you can stir the fruit up again and the lumps will go away easily.
They also taste pretty good if you get a hold of one on your spoon.
Dump in your fruit.
Stir that up good.
Cover and refrigerate several hours.
This is a Pyrex casserole in the sunflower pattern. I love how sunshiney and pretty it is, especially the lid. It is a Cinderella Casserole which means that if you look you’ll notice that it has two handles on it and one is a little larger than the other. The handles have grooves in them which help them to also be spouts for pouring. All of the Cinderella bowls are like this, too. Oh how I miss the old Pyrex! The current stuff lacks the charm and durability of it’s predecessors but fortunately we can still dig up old pieces from time to time!
DEVOUR! If you’ve never had this before, you’re gonna be surprised at how good it is!
Ingredients
- 2 -14 ounce cans no sugar added fruit cocktail (Can use sugar added kind if you like)
- 15 - 20 ounces of other no sugar added canned fruit (Mandarin oranges, peaches, etc, your preference)
- 1.0 ounce instant box sugar free vanilla pudding (the kind with 4 - 1/2 cup servings)
Instructions
- Drain juice from all cans into medium bowl. Pour pudding over the top and stir with wire whisk until smooth (see this step in the post for tips in case there are lumps).
- Dump in fruit and stir until well combined.
- Cover and refrigerate several hours before serving.
- Enjoy!
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A few years back I did a post with more diet friendly and sugar free recipes called the Lighter Side Of Southern. Click here to visit that post.
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It’s OK for you to take a break but we NEVER get tired of your “ramblings”! Hope and pray the family situation is for fun and not sickness! Love your web site and your ramblings!
Thanks for this Superfruit Salad Recipe, I love fruit!
Love Thumbcat! Have a wonderful day! ;D
Thumbcat is cute. I had a polydactyl and his name was Digit. He was also adopted. I make this fruit salad all the time with fresh fruit and canned mandarin oranges and pineapple. I do however, make it with a little whipped cream on occasion
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Isn’t this along the lines of your other fruit salad? This is more a short cut and sugar free version right? I love the other one need to cut some calories may try this soon. Keep up the great work. Hope all is well with family.
Wow your timing is perfect!….We have a “Martha & Mary” ministry at church where once a month we get together & cook and take food to those in our community that might could use a little extra attention. Weather it’s the arrival of a new baby or maybe someone who has a run of unfortunate circumstances we make a list, plan, and get to work. We feed on average around 30-35 people..which is made up of families ect. We are in a small community & serve not only those within our church but someone may have a neighbor friend or co-worker who needs a little TLC. !The menu for next week is Roast, Potatoes, salad, rolls, fruit salad and cookies….so this would be a wonderful fruit salad to take! and that is what I signed up to Bring….we have fun eating together, packaging the food and sharing recipe during this time of service to others….Thanks Christly for another SP recipe to share…;)
Thanks for a sugar free receipt – Can’t get too many of them – especially when someone in the family is diabetic….
Thanks for this recipe! I am diabetic, and it’s really nice to know when a sugar-free recipe works!
Just got back from the store with the ingredients for this salad, BEFORE I read your post! On my way to stir it up now.
We have a polydactyl cat, too. My husband surprised me by giving her to me for Christmas 2011. We still don’t have a name for her yet (sad, but true). Right now, it’s just Kitty. Not very creative. Although some days, Miss Snooty Breeches seems to fit.
She has seven claws on each of her front paws.
Hey Lori! If it ever comes to a vote…I’ll cast mine for Snooty Breeches as I have never heard of a pet beig given that for its name! ~giggles~ Love it!!
Hi!,
Thanks for this recipe! I have been looking for yummy sugar free recipes. Now my husband and I can both enjoy this! It looks so refreshing! It will chase those winter blahs away! Your kitty is adorable! I
Glad to know it can be made non sugar free though since I can’t have any artificial sweeteners. (I get an instant migraine, even with splenda) So I just try not to use added sugar in things. : )
Yay! A low sugar recipe that I might be able to get my husband to eat! Usually, I look at the desserts on here, think, “Yum!” and then have to forget about them because my husband won’t eat them for fear of developing diabetes like his father. He does love the lemon chess pie, though, so I might have to make one of those soon with a sugar alternative.
I made mine, with the sugar added, canned peaches, canned pineapple and sliced banana in vanilla pudding, but the sugar free would be a good alternate for someone who is diabetic. Thanks
My husband’s grandmother made this every year at thanksgiving and Christmas. She put frozen sliced strawberries in it and both green and red grapes sliced in half. She often put sliced banana in it. It instantly became my favorite and now that she is gone I make it for all of our family get togethers. I love it so much! Thank you for sharing both your recipes and your life. God is using you in a mighty way.
Like your name better, my family calls this “GlazedFruit”. Don’t ever think we’re tired of hearing your ‘ramblings’! I like the name Thumbcat – didn’t Papa Hemingway’s cats have an extra toe? Their descendents still live in Key West.
Love this! It’s been a family fave at our house for 20 years, too!
Hi Christy. The lid on your bowl caught my eye. I have a Pyrex lid exactly like that, But I also have the old Pyrex bowls, the large one is blue, the med one is green and the small one is yellow. I use them all the time for baking, and a lot of other things, and they all have lids.
I am soo excited to meet Thumbcat! Adorable! I hope he decides to make more appearances.
LOVE that pyrex dish.
This does sound yummy, Christy, and I can’t wait to make some. My husband and I are both diets and avoiding sugar so this will be a refreshing treat. “Christy strikes again!!!!1″
Christy, thanks for posting this win win recipe. I’ve made it for years for just about everything from cake to ice cream. Now, I know the cake and ice cream doesn’t make it all sugar free when you team it up with cake or ice cream, but there are those around who don’t always need to watch their sugar intake. Good job. You are the BEST!!
I didn’t realize it, but I have a Cinderella casserole w/o the lid. I thought it was a mixing bowl! We found it in the in laws house after they passed away. Now I will be on the lookout for a lid. I also love the old Pyrex, I have the large mixing bowl and pie plate from the nested set. I’m 55 and these have always been part of my home.. P.S. Love the recipe!
Oh, MAN!! Will have to make this soon! Looks too good to pass up! So quick and easy, too! And Thumbcat looks like a lucious lump of love! Glad he made an appearance today. BTW…Us,…get tired of your ‘rants’…?? Pfft… Not highly likely!!
If I am going to use fresh fruit, what would I use in place of all the juice drained from the can? We do something similar using cool whip and just the fruit and pudding… no juice. I am also wondering what cheesecake or lemon flavored pudding would taste like?
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Christy, what do you call the dessert dish you had the super fruit in? My Father in Law gave me the set with the tea glasses as well…can’t wait to try this sounds yummy! I hope to see Thumbcat on Facebook sometime..going to Key West this year and hope to see the 6 toed cats @ Hemingway’s Home. I love your rants they always make me smile and feel good..lov ya! Wilma
OMG ~ we had a cat like that years ago. He grew to be HUGE. Loved him. We were about as inventive as you, however ~ his name was Two-Four. 2-4. For, yep you guessed it ~ Twenty-four toes. LOL
Will definitely be making this recipe. Sounds great and healthy. <3
LOL, I LOVE his name!!
I’ve made ths for a crowd through the years and add a tub of light coolwhip to the pudding mixture. Also, yummy! Thanks for reminding us of some forgotten light deserts!
hey to Thumbcat. love your sunflower pyrex, jealous really. gonna go make some of this right now. pinned and liked it. love ya
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Thank you so much Barbara, love you too!! Thumbcat says Hi and I hope that one day you can find some sunflower pyrex, it is one of my favorite patterns.
and no, we never get tired of your ramblin’
Thanks Christy… I will be adding this to my grocery list.
I am always happy to fine a good sugar free dessert.
Hope you have a good day with your family.
I hope you enjoy it Glenda!!! It is one of our favorites. Hope you have a great day as well!!!
Wondering if anyone knows how many WW points this would be? Sounds delish!
Maybe with all the can openings, Thumbcat was hoping at least one would be cat food!
Diabetic Alert! This is not sugar-free; it is “no added sugar”. Remember that the fruit has plenty of sugar, so watch your portions.
I was hoping someone would point that out…just in case. Tnx
I make this at Christmas as part of our special breakfast, and then have it at dinner also. I double the recipe adding canned peaches, pineapple and frozen sliced strawberries. It’s always gobbled up!
Just made this and put it into the refrigerator. It’s going to be hard to wait for a few hours, but I will go to bed soon, and have some in the morning. Thanks, Christy!
Made this dessert last night. It is indeed yummy BUT want to know if the pudding mixture suppose to set like pudding is suppose to be or be loose. My end result is the latter
I’ve made this twice since your post…it’s delicious. I made it with reg pudding but when I go home next month I plan on making the low sugar version for my step father who is diabetic. Thanks for the recipe. Mine did not set up real thick either, so I just assumed that is how it is supposed to be?
It’s supposed to be much runnier than regular pudding but slightly thicker than fruit juice
hope you liked it!!
I have yet to try one of your recipes that I don’t LOVE! I’ve shared this one on several Pinterest boards, and have gained you some new fans! I appreciate your efforts and love your stories!
Thank you so much Jamie!!! I am so glad you like the recipes enough to share them. I appreciate you!!
CHRISTY, I MADE THIS AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. I ALSO MADE IT WITH THE INSTANT CHOCOLATE PUDDING. I USED A LARGE CAN OF CRUSHED PINEAPPLE AND THE JUICE OF A CAN OF STRAWBERRIES (I DID NOT PUT THE STRAWBERRIES BECAUSE I FOUND THEM TO BE MUSHY) BUT I PUT FRESH CHERRIES WHICH I HAD REMOVED THE PITS. IT WAS VERY GOOD ALSO. THANKS FOR THE RECIPE. RUBY
I am so glad to hear you liked it Ruby!!
Hi Christy! I am in my kitchen ready to make this salad for a baby shower tomorrow but realized i did not get instant pudding mix!! Its cook & serve? Would that work?
no time to go to store now! Hate when that happens 
Yikes
I made this to take to a friend that is recovering from shoulder surgery. She and her husband loved it (I did too!). I added some walnuts to it-yummy! Thanks Christy!
after adding the pudding ( i used reg instant not sugar free) to the juice it didnt turn pudding color it still looked like orange juicy kinda
its in the fridge now
i used 2 -14 ounce cans cocktail 100% and 2 – 11oz manderine oranges light syrup
It’s sounds like you did just like I do. Keep in mind it won’t set up like pudding but be much runnier, more of a sauce. It’s delicious!
Christy,
you mentioned that if bananas are used that it has to be eaten within a day or two. I can attest to that! many thanks!
carrie
I loved the Cinderella casserole and the information you provided … had to find my own set on-line! Thanks so much for great recipes!
I forgot to get a can of another fruit so I’m making this using nothing but fruit cocktail..I’ll let you know how it turns out. Also how many hours do you recommend it sit in the fridge?
Okay this flopped for me I think it’s cause I used nothing but fruit cocktail and it was packed in water. It never firmed up for me just looks like fruit cocktail nothing fancy about it…(pout)