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Fruit Salad Fluff – 3 Easy Pudding Recipes
3 Instantly fluffy fruit salad recipes.
3 Instant Pudding Fruit Desserts – Vanilla, Pistachio, Banana Nut
Fruit Salad Fluff Recipe is a fabulous “No Bake” dessert with mixed fruit and instant pudding in 3 different flavors – pistachio, banana nut, or lemon fruit pudding salads. This is one of those crazy fad 80’s recipes that would lineĀ each end of any banquet table. Everyone had their own special recipe for pudding fluff, here are 3 you can make instantly without cooking a thing.

Fruit Salad Fluff – Instant Pudding Recipe
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy6
servings10
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minutesEasy fruit salad made with instant pudding with 3 flavors (lemon, pistachio or banana nut variations). Make this easy “no bake” dessert with your kids and have an 80’s instantly gratifying dessert for a special treat.
Ingredients
1 small package lemon instant pudding
9 oz non-dairy cool whip
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple
1 (4 oz.) can mandarin oranges drained
1 1/3 cup miniature marshmallows
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions
- Make instant pudding according to package directions
- Add cool whip, crushed pineapple, drained mandarin oranges, marshmallows and nuts.
- Mix everything together until completely combined.
- Refrigerate (about 20 minutes) and serve when chilled.
Variations for Fruit Salad
- How to make Green Fluff Dessert: Use Instant pistachio, marshmallows, and chopped nuts to make a green fluff pudding dessert. (pineapple and oranges are optional)
- How to make Banana Nut Fruit Salad: Use Instant banana pudding, oranges, pineapple, marshmallows, and add chopped nuts for a banana nut fruit salad dessert.
- How to make Citrus Fruit Salad Fluff: Use instant lemon pudding with oranges, pineapple and marshmallows for a citrus fruit salad fluff.