Tropical Marshmallow Fruit Salad

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Tropical Marshmallow Fruit Salad is the best fruit salad! Pineapple, mandarin oranges, kiwi, mango, strawberries, blueberries, coconut, and marshmallows tossed in a creamy lemon dressing.

Some of my other favorite fruit salads are Banana Split Fluff and Cherry Fluff!

It’s fruit salad season!

I don’t know about you but I find myself serving fruit salad just about every night this time of year. Normally it’s just a bunch of chopped fruit stirred together but sometimes I like to get fancy and make something like this.

If you have kids that claim they don’t like fruit, serve it like this and I bet they will quickly change their mind.

Cup of fruit salad with marshmallows, coconut, strawberries, blueberries, mango, kiwi, and pineapple

Why You’re Going To Love This Recipe

So many different textures and flavors! You’ve got fluffy marshmallow with all the different fruit textures and shredded coconut, all tossed in a creamy dressing.
It will take you about 10 minutes to make! You just have to chop all the fruit and whisk together the dressing.
It needs to chill for 2 hours before serving so it’s perfect to make ahead of a party or a barbecue.

Ingredients for Tropical Marshmallow Fruit Salad

Instant Lemon Pudding Mix – you can use sugar free or fat free pudding mix if you prefer. If you don’t want a lemony dressing for the salad, try using vanilla or cheesecake pudding mix.
Pineapple Tidbits – make sure you buy the tidbits in the juice and not syrup. The juice is going to be used in the dressing and the tidbits will be mixed into the salad.
Cool Whip – you can use lite Cool Whip if you want. This is what is going to make the fruit salad light and fluffy.
Mandarin oranges – I used the mandarin oranges in a can for this recipe but you can peel fresh mandarin oranges.
Kiwi – this adds such a fun texture to the salad! And the pop of green makes it so pretty.
Mango – make sure to get a really ripe mango!
Strawberries – you can substitute raspberries.
Blueberries – you can substitute blackberries.
Coconut – use the shredded sweetened coconut.
Marshmallows – the mini marshmallows. They add such a fun texture and who doesn’t love marshmallows?!

how to make tropical marshmallow fruit salad

Instructions

Strain the juice from the pineapple into a large mixing bowl.
Whisk the lemon pudding powder into the pineapple juice.
The pudding will thicken slightly.
Use a rubber spatula to gently fold the Cool Whip into the pudding mixture.
The mixture should be light and fluffy.
Add the fruit.
Gently fold the fruit into the pudding mixture.
Chill for 2 hours before serving.

Overhead shot of tropical marshmallow fruit salad topped wtih chopped strawberries, kiwi, mango, blueberries, and shredded coconut

How Long Is It Good For?

This fruit salad is best eaten the day it’s made. The juices will start to come out of the fruit the longer it sits, which is fine, but it will make for a runnier dressing.

It will be good for up to 2 days. Make sure to store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator. And give it a good stir before serving to reincorporate the juices that have come out of the fruit.

Can You Freeze It?

I don’t recommend trying to freeze this fruit salad.

Overhead shot of 3 cups of fruit salad with coconut on top

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