Discover these Easy Fruit Salad Recipes that are quick and easy to make, delicious, and perfect for any meal, picnic, or get-together. Fresh, fruity, and simple, they’re a healthy crowd-pleaser every time!
Easy Fruit Salad Recipes
Looking for quick, delicious, and healthy ways to enjoy fruit? Fruit salads are the perfect solution! They’re versatile, refreshing, and can be served as a side dish, dessert, or even a fun addition to a party spread. Whether you like creamy, tropical, or “dump-and-go” versions, there’s a fruit salad here for every taste—and all of them are easy to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand.
In this collection of easy fruit salad recipes, you’ll find a creamy rice-based fruit salad, my grandmother’s classic crowd-pleasing fruit salad, a simple sweetened condensed milk version, and a tropical fruit salad that works well year-round. Each recipe is quick to prepare and can be easily customized with your favorite fruits or what’s in your pantry.
Million Dollar Rice Salad Recipe
This rich and creamy fruit salad combines soft cream cheese, rice, fresh fruit, and a hint of sweetness for a dessert-like treat that’s perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 Tbsp. sugar
2 cups rice, cooked
1 cup red grapes, cut in half
1/2 cup chopped maraschino cherries
1 banana, sliced
1 (8 oz. or 12 oz.) container frozen whipped topping
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
Instructions
- Combine cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
- Add rice, grapes, cherries, and banana. Mix well.
- Fold in whipped topping and walnuts.
- Chill 1 hour before serving. Garnish with extra maraschino cherries if desired.
Notes
- Leftover rice works perfectly in this recipe—even if you don’t have a full 2 cups, just use what you have.
- Feel free to mix and match the fruit, using whatever you like or what’s on hand—this recipe is very forgiving and easy to customize.
Grandma’s Fruit Salad Recipe
Grandma’s fruit salad is an easy and tasty classic fruit salad recipe that includes grapes, oranges, apple, banana and walnuts. It is a tasty treat you can make in a few minutes and serve with any meal or picnic!
This recipe is from our Dining On A DIme Cookbook, Volume 2.
Ingredients
1 cup grapes, halved
1 (11 oz.) can mandarin oranges
1 apple, cored and cut into cubes
1 banana, sliced
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 (8 oz.) container whipped topping
Instructions
- Place all the fruit in a large bowl.
- Sprinkle with sugar and walnuts.
- Add whipped topping and gently stir until combined.
- Serve immediately or chill briefly.
Light and Easy Fruit Salad
For a quick, no-fuss option, this fruit salad uses sweetened condensed milk for a lightly sweet coating and can be made with fresh, canned, or frozen fruit.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine the fruit in a bowl.
- Pour a small amount of sweetened condensed milk over the fruit and toss lightly—don’t overdo it.
- Serve in parfait glasses if desired.
- Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
Notes
Keep the sweetened condensed milk in the fridge to use for individual servings over several days.
This fruit salad has been a favorite for decades and is especially refreshing in the winter. I keep cans of tropical fruit in my pantry to use for this but you could use fresh fruit if you want – mango, papaya, pineapple, etc.
I like to use a combination of fresh and canned fruit. Combining fresh and canned fruit adds extra flavor, and even a single fresh ingredient can make the whole salad feel bright and fresh.
PrintTropical Fruit Salad Recipe
This bright, tropical fruit salad is refreshing any time of year. It works well with canned tropical fruits, fresh fruits, or a mix of both.
Ingredients
1 can (any size) tropical fruit
1 banana, sliced
coconut, for sprinkling
Optional: whipped topping and cherry for garnish
Instructions
- Place the canned fruit in bowl.
- Add sliced banana.
- Sprinkle coconut over the top.
- If you serve it in serving dishes you could add a dollop of whipped topping with a cherry on top but it isn’t necessary.
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Sounds yummy! Something I do for Christmas breakfast is waffles with fruit. I take a container of whipped topping, the regular size and mix a drained can of tropical fruit, pineapple and a fresh sliced banana, or a drained can of fruit cocktail. Mix well and place on top of a cooked waffle. My family loves it, and you can prepare it the night before (except add the banana prior to serving to avoid browning).
I made the million dollar rice salad earlier this week . We finished it off at lunch. It is so easy and oh so good. I sure appreciate all your work.