Bright, creamy, and packed with old-school flavor, this 20-minute no-bake Whoa Horsey salad folds canned pineapple, mandarin oranges, cherries, and pecans into a fruit-infused vanilla fluff!
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Total Time20 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Whoa Horsey Salad
Servings: 4
Ingredients
8ozcan crushed pineappleundrained
8ozcan pineapple tidbitsundrained
11ozcan mandarin orangesundrained
10-12maraschino cherries
Small box instant vanilla puddingI use Sugar Free
8ozCool Whip
1/2cupchopped pecansoptional
Instructions
Drain juice from pineapple tidbits and mandarin oranges into mixing bowl. Whisk in pudding mix until smooth.
Cut mandarin oranges in half and chop maraschino cherries.
Add all fruit and nuts to pudding mixture and stir gently to combine.
Fold in Cool Whip.
Refrigerate several hours before serving.
Notes
I used fruits packed in 100% juice and sugar-free pudding mix. Regular pudding mix and fruit packed in syrup can be substituted.