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These Dessert Salads 4 Ways are sweet, creamy, fruity, and perfect for potlucks, holidays, cookouts, and family gatherings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83e\udd44\" Snickers Salad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding mix<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup milk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 ounces Cool Whip thawed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 medium-large Granny Smith or Pippin apples<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 full-size Snickers candy bars<\/p>\n\n\n\n

caramel sauce optional garnish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

lemon juice for preventing apples from browning (optional)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83e\udd44\" Berry Cheesecake<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 cups fresh strawberries rinsed, hulled, and quartered<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup fresh blueberries rinsed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup fresh blackberries rinsed and cut in half or quartered<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup heavy cream very cold to make fresh Whipped Cream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00be cup powdered sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bc cup granulated sugar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.6 ounces mixed berry Greek yogurt NOT sugar-free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83e\udd44\" Watergate Salad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.8 ounces pistachio pudding mix (two 3.4-ounce boxes)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 ounces crushed pineapple in juice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 ounces whipped topping<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd cup pecans, chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u00bd cups white mini marshmallows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

chopped pecans and maraschino cherries for garnish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup shredded coconut, if desired<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\ud83e\udd44\" Ambrosia Salad<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 ounce container Cool Whip thawed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00be cup sour cream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 \u00bd cups mini marshmallows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup sweetened shredded coconut<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd cup chopped pecans 1 tablespoon reserved for garnish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 ounce can pineapple tidbits in 100% juice drained well<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 ounce can mandarin orange segments in 100% juice drained well<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup maraschino cherries drained well and halved<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These Dessert Salads 4 Ways are sweet, creamy, fruity, and perfect for potlucks, holidays, cookouts, and family gatherings. Ingredients Snickers Salad 3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding mix 1 cup milk… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDZcLzcyMzY3NTY0MV8xOTIyMzI1NDM1MDk0NDYwXzg1ODg3MDI1MjE2MzAwMjE5Njlfbi53ZWJwP2ZpdD01MTIlMkM2NDAmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJEZXNzZXJ0IG9yIHNhbGFkPyIsInRlbXBsYXRlIjoiZG9pcyIsImZvbnQiOiIiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.SRenIL-blb4RhmezncmqhbXydVAMlgNHzZEqT2up_8IMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA2XC83MjM2NzU2NDFfMTkyMjMyNTQzNTA5NDQ2MF84NTg4NzAyNTIxNjMwMDIxOTY5X24ud2VicCIsInR4dCI6IkRlc3NlcnQgb3Igc2FsYWQ_IiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.nHh0b4OjSlrhROknUF8Xm15nCGuKl3OzZaWHSgERZawMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[3772],"tags":[14905],"class_list":["post-71185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes","tag-dessert-or-salad"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71187,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71185\/revisions\/71187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}