BERRIES AND CREAM SALAD

Berries and Cream Salad a simple, delicious dish that is made using only 4 ingredients! This frozen fruit salad is a wonderful combination of frozen berries, yogurt, and whipped cream.

Berry salad is perfect for a picnic, Sunday dinner, or anytime you just want to add something special to your meal. The Greek yogurt, pudding mix and whipped topping in this creamy fruit salad recipe, comes together to create a light and fluffy base for showcasing the sweet berries.

Easy Creamy Berry Salad

This recipe is a variation of a popular recipe on our site, Raspberry Jello Salad. It is another super simple recipe that we often have to go along with Easter dinner. Everyone loves berries in our family and I appreciate that on a day where I am spending a lot of time in the kitchen, there is at least one recipe that comes together really fast.

When I make the salad, I generally take the bags out of the freezer about 10 minutes before putting them in the salad, so they are still mostly frozen. However once you mix the ingredients together, the berries thaw quickly, so you can serve the salad immediately. It also works just fine to put the salad together a few hours, or even a day ahead of time. The berries thaw and the flavors blend into the salad beautifully.

WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS CREAMY SALAD RECIPE

• It is SO easy to make. This creamy berry salad comes together very quick. It is as simple as mixing ingredients together and serving.
• A healthy dessert option. Another reason to love this dessert salad is it is relatively healthy too. It doesn’t have much to it so you do not have to feel guilty indulging on it.
• Versatile recipe. You can have fun experimenting with this easy recipe, change up the berries each time you make it for a new flavor combination.

Berries and Cream Salad Ingredients

Pudding: You will need one 3.4-ounce box of instant vanilla pudding mix to give this salad amazing flavor and texture.

Yogurt: For more great taste, use one 32-ounce container of vanilla Greek yogurt.

Cool whip: Add in one 8-ounce container of Cool Whip, thawed, to create the best creamy fruit salad you have ever tasted.

Berries: Use two 12-ounce bags of frozen berries of your choice. For this recipe, I used frozen raspberries and blueberries, but you are welcome to use fresh berries if you’d like. You can also try using diced strawberries, blackberries or a combination of all 4 varieties. Whatever you have on hand or whichever berries are your favorite. If you use fresh berries, you will need about 3 cups total to be equal to the two 12-ounce bags.

Step by step on how to make Berries and Cream Salad

In a large bowl, combine the dry pudding mix and the Greek yogurt, stirring until well combined.

Then, fold in the Cool Whip and stir again to mix the ingredients well.

Next, add in the frozen berries and mix to combine all ingredients thoroughly. I set my frozen berries out for about 10 minutes before making the salad, but you can put them in frozen and they will thaw very quickly so you can serve the salad right after mixing.

If you are not serving the salad immediately, store it in an airtight container, in the fridge. When you are ready to serve it, give the salad a quick stir and top with additional berries, if desired, for garnish.

Serve and enjoy!

Timing for making Creamy Berry Salad

When I make the salad, I generally take the bags out of the freezer about 10 minutes before putting them in the salad, so they are still mostly frozen. However once you mix the ingredients together, the berries thaw quickly, so you can serve the salad immediately. It also works just fine to put the salad together a few hours, or even a day ahead of time. The berries thaw and the flavors blend into the salad beautifully.

How long is creamy berry salad good for?

Because this fruit salad contains dairy, it does need to be stored in the fridge. If kept in an airtight container, it will hold up well for 2-3 days. This salad is so easy to make, it is not meant to last for very long after it is made.

CAN I SWITCH UP THE FRUIT AND PUDDING FLAVOR?

You bet you can, experimenting with this salad can be a lot of fun. If you wanted to use a banana pudding mix and use strawberries and blueberries, that would be a delicious combination. Or you can go with a bold pudding flavor and use pistachio, then add some mandarin oranges to the fruit salad. This recipe can be really fun to play around with, find the perfect combination with the pudding flavor and fruit.

CAN YOU REPLACE THE COOL WHIP IN FRUIT SALAD?

If you can’t find Cool Whip where you live or you prefer not to use it in recipes, you can use stabilized whipped cream instead. If you just use regular whipped cream, the consistency will be too light and the cream will not hold up very well when mixed into the Jello salad. It’s very simple to make your own stabilized whipped cream and it just takes a few minutes!

HOW DO YOU MAKE STABILIZED WHIPPED CREAM?

If you want to make whipped cream ahead of time, you can, but you have to stabilize it. To make stabilized whipped cream, you will need the following ingredients:

• 4 ounces of cream cheese (softened to room temperature)
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream

Beat the whipping cream just until soft peaks form.

Add in the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Whip on high until mixture is smooth.

Store in the refrigerator until ready to use, up to 3 days.

A little tip for making whipped cream faster: use a metal bowl and place the bowl in the freezer for about 30 minutes before you make the whipped cream. This will significantly decrease the amount of time that you will need to beat the whipped cream – the process will go much faster!

Try more of our favorite creamy fruit salads here:

• Peaches and Cream Fruit Salad
• Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad
• Orange Cream Fruit Salad
• Creamy Cranberry Fruit Salad
• Creamy Pomegranate Fruit Salad
• Raspberry Ambrosia Salad Dessert 
• Creamy Orange Fruit Salad
• Cranberry Jello Salad

Check out our other popular salad recipes:

• Easy Chicken Salad Recipe
• Fiesta Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad
• Fancy Fruit Salad
• Chicken Pasta Salad
• Berry Spinach Salad
• Copycat KFC Coleslaw recipe
• Garden Vegetable Caprese Salad
• Spinach Chicken Pasta Salad
• Pizza Pasta Salad
• Chinese Chicken Salad

Berries and Cream Salad is an incredible side dish that is made with only 4 basic ingredients! This frozen fruit salad is a fantastic combination of yogurt, frozen berries, and whipped cream.