This fluffy cranberry salad recipe can be made with fresh or frozen cranberries, simmered in a citrusy sauce with raspberry Jello, and then blended into freshly whipped cream.
Ingredients for Cranberry Salad
Cranberries: Use fresh or frozen cranberries in this recipe. Jello: If you can find cranberry Jell-o, grab it (it can be hard to find). Otherwise use raspberry or cherry flavor. Whipped Cream: Heavy whipping cream is a must-have for a light and fluffy salad, but if time is short, use a tub of whipped topping.
Variations
This fun recipe has endless options that make it a ‘foundation’ recipe to refer to all year long! Try any of these combos:
Raspberry Jello with mixed berries and sliced almonds or chopped pecans. Lemon Jello with crushed pineapple and mini marshmallows. Lime Jello with sliced strawberries, kiwis, and chopped pistachios. Cherry Jello with fresh cherries, mini marshmallows, and walnuts. Orange Jello with mandarin oranges.
How to Make Cranberry Salad
Storing Cranberry Salad
Keep leftover creamy cranberry salad in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Due to its high dairy content, it’s not advisable to freeze cranberry salad, but it’s so easy to make, simply start fresh! Did you love this Cranberry Salad? Be sure to leave a rating and a comment below! © SpendWithPennies.com. Content and photographs are copyright protected. Sharing of this recipe is both encouraged and appreciated. Copying and/or pasting full recipes to any social media is strictly prohibited. Please view my photo use policy here.
