Snickers Salad – a sweet salad with apples, grapes, strawberries and Snickers bars in a sweet, creamy mixture. Serve as a side dish or as a dessert.
Snickers Salad
What do you usually volunteer to bring when it comes to a potluck?
I love bringing things to potlucks. Maybe it’s the fun of cooking for someone other than my family – who gets my cooking all of the time. But whenever a sign up comes around, I’ll always sign up. I’ll admit, I usually want to claim dessert first – for some reason, dessert is just more fun. (I’m sure you all agree!!)
Several years ago, we had a church event. I knew this church event was coming up, but I had missed the sign ups for the food. So I asked the girl in charge what I should bring. She mentioned that not very many people had signed up to bring a salad, and wondered if I could bring one. Of course, I said yes.
I immediately started thinking about what I wanted to make. I had a conversation with my mom and sisters – asking if I should do a green salad, pasta salad or fruit salad. They all agreed that pasta salads are normally the ones that don’t get touched. (Why is that? I love pasta salad!) My mom mentioned doing a spinach and strawberry salad, and I had pretty much made up my mind to make that.
Then, as I was flipping through a family cookbook, I saw the recipe for this Snickers Salad. And all of a sudden, I was craving it!! I immediately changed my mind and this was the salad that won out!
What is Snickers Salad
A little more dessert-like than salad-like, this Snickers Salad is a real treat. I thought it was a Utah thing and that everyone in Utah had experienced this salad, but I learned at that church event that there were some people who had never had it before.
This Snickers Salad is a fruit salad with pudding, whipped topping, and of course – Snickers bars. If you think that Snickers in a salad is strange, just try it. I honestly don’t know anyone who doesn’t just love this salad. There are all kinds of versions of it out there. Some don’t use the pudding mix. Some don’t do the grapes. And my sister adds in the strawberries – and I’ve never seen anyone do strawberries before – but I love them in this salad. This version is my favorite version and the one I go back to every time.
How do you make Snicker Salad?
It really doesn’t get any easier than this sweet side dish!
- Start by combining the pudding mix and the milk. Stir in the whipped topping.
- Add the apples, grapes, strawberries, and chopped Snickers bars and stir to combine. Refrigerate the salad until ready to serve.
More Dessert Salad Recipes
- This Cranberry Salad is a Thanksgiving must for me!
- I always look forward to pomegranate season just for this Apple Pomegranate Salad.
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Snickers Salad – a sweet salad with apples, grapes, strawberries and Snickers bars in a sweet, creamy mixture. Serve as a side dish or as a dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 (3.4 oz) package instant vanilla pudding
- 1 cup milk
- 1 (8 oz) container Cool Whip
- 5 apples, chopped
- 5 full size Snickers bars, chopped
- 1/2 cup grapes, cut in half
- 1/2 cup sliced strawberries
Instructions
Combine the pudding mix and milk in a large bowl. Fold in the whipped topping.
Add the apples, Snickers, grapes and strawberries to the bowl and stir to combine. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
Nutrition information provided as an estimate only. Various brands and products can change the counts.
Nutrition
- Calories: 540
- Sugar: 65 g
- Sodium: 335 mg
- Fat: 23 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 73 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 11 mg
Teri Carter says
April 28, 2011 at 1:26 pmBummer, I was looking for a different salad last night for a work bbq today. I ended up finding an unusual pasta salad (I hope it gets eaten) but this would have been perfect. I live in Utah and have never heard of nor had this salad. I am putting it on my list for the next potluck.
Jessica says
November 18, 2018 at 8:41 pmHave you heard of the grape salad? Yum
Maria says
April 28, 2011 at 2:27 pmI like any salad that includes candy:)
Katrina says
April 28, 2011 at 2:36 pmThis is really interesting!
Jocelyn says
April 28, 2011 at 2:50 pmThis is one of my all time favorite salads…although I have never seen it with grapes and strawberries it it. What a fun twist!!!
Heather of Kitchen Concoctions says
April 28, 2011 at 2:59 pmI have never heard of this salad but it sounds amazing! I love when I can eat dessert with my meal!
Theresa Sea says
April 28, 2011 at 3:30 pmMy Gram makes something similar to this, but uses only coolwhip, snickers, and green and red apples. It tastes like a caramel apple! YUM! 🙂
Carmen Smith says
April 28, 2011 at 3:44 pmWhat size Snickers did you use?
Deborah says
April 28, 2011 at 5:57 pmCarmen – you will need full sized snickers. I updated the recipe so it’s not so confusing!!
kat says
April 28, 2011 at 3:49 pmOh man, that is totally more dessert to me!
Joanne says
April 28, 2011 at 4:18 pmFor some reason dessert salads like this just don’t happen here in the northeast…I’m not sure why but I think it’s time to bring them over. Show the east coast where it’s at. This sounds delicious!
Bunny Eats Design says
April 28, 2011 at 10:17 pmA sweet salad seems odd too me. I’d call this a Snickers Ambrosia. It doesn’t have the same alliteration but it’s more descriptive. I’m sure your dish was a success at the pot luck!
Alli says
April 29, 2011 at 3:35 amIs it weird that … one I have never heard of a snickers salad … two I thought that was mayo and snickers at first (need sleep!) and three I am so intrigued I am going downstairs to see if I have all of the ingredients!
Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says
April 29, 2011 at 9:28 amDeborah..this looks great!
My mom used to make all kinds of “salads” with Cool Whip, shredded coconut, fruit, angel food cake, and just throwing things together til it was good and coated.
Snickers + salad = 2 faves of mine 🙂
Marie says
April 29, 2011 at 5:54 pmThis sounds like my kind of salad!
lynn @ the actor's diet says
April 30, 2011 at 12:13 amGENIUS
grace says
April 30, 2011 at 6:09 amoh deborah. this is amazing even without the snickers. they very nearly make it too much to handle…but not quite. 🙂
Patti says
May 4, 2011 at 9:37 pmI first tried this at a missionary homecoming. It was a good thing I got some on the first go-round because it was gone in a hurry!
Habanaro says
November 6, 2012 at 2:24 pmThe first time I had someone ask me to try this I thought that they must be flippin crazy! Now I am, CRAZY about it. What an awesome salad this is.
Deborah says
November 6, 2012 at 7:23 pm@Habanaro, it’s definitely not your typical salad, but it sure is delicious!!
Lindsay says
May 12, 2013 at 3:37 pmI was seriously JUST thinking about/craving this recipe today! Thanks for posting!
Liz says
December 27, 2014 at 6:04 amSounds so good, but so different. Thanks Deborah.
Mary Ann says
November 23, 2016 at 4:02 pmWas the container of cool whip suppose to be 8 or 12 oz?. it says 1 oz.
Deborah says
November 23, 2016 at 5:50 pmSorry about that – not sure why it cut off! It is an 8 oz container. I have updated the recipe.
Dylan says
November 19, 2018 at 7:55 pmWhat type of grapes are used, red, green.?
Deborah says
November 20, 2018 at 1:41 amI usually use red, but either would probably work.
Hardeep says
November 21, 2018 at 5:48 pmCan this salad be made with another candy bar instead of snickers? In case of nut allergies ? Thanks
Deborah says
November 22, 2018 at 7:48 amI have never tried another candy bar but I bet it would be great with another candy bar!
Debbie says
November 23, 2018 at 9:55 amCan you turn this into dairy free?
Dwayne says
April 7, 2019 at 10:04 amI’m using blackberries instead of strawberries.