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Cranberry Fluff

November 20, 2013 By Kelli and Holli 40 Comments

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Cranberry Fluff

I wonder if everyone has a family fruit salad recipe that it just would not be the holidays without. Our family does and it is called cranberry fluff. I used to hate it when I was a kid but now it just would not be Thanksgiving if I didn’t have a spoonful or more. It grows on you until you look forward to it, I promise!

Cranberry Fluff

Cranberry Fluff

Ingredients:

2 Cups fresh cranberries washed and picked over.
1/8 Cup Sugar
1 Can Cranberry Sauce
1 regular sized Tub Cool Whip
1 Small Can Tidbit or Crushed Pineapple
½ Bag Small Marshmallows
1 Cup toasted and chopped pecans

Directions:

Put the fresh cranberries in a Ziploc bag and smash with a hammer – I really like this part.

Cranberry Fluff

Sprinkle sugar inside bag, seal, and place in fridge to macerate for an hour or so.

About 1 hour before serving open the can of Cranberry Sauce and break up with a fork like this:

Cranberry Fluff

Then add the macerated fresh cranberries to the bowl.

Add pecans, marshmallows, pineapple and finally fold in the Cool Whip.

Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve.

Cranberry Fluff

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  1. Liz Berg

    November 20, 2013 at 8:44 PM

    I LOVE this salad!!! My MIL introduced it to me…but of course, the picky husband won’t eat cranberries (or pineapple or nuts). Sheesh…and now I’m craving it!!!

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    • kalamitykelli

      November 20, 2013 at 8:46 PM

      Oh mine would never eat it either…….

      Reply
  2. now at home mom

    November 20, 2013 at 8:49 PM

    oh! it does look delicious & with the marshmallows I’m sure it tastes amazing! ๐Ÿ™‚ it’s good that you posted this because my mom prepares a fruit salad every Christmas & she prepares it with mini marshmallows too. I love her salad very much now & when I was a kid I didn’t like it so much ๐Ÿ™‚
    (btw, I would love to smash the cranberries with a hammer) ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • kalamitykelli

      November 20, 2013 at 8:56 PM

      I always enjoy that part!

      Reply
  3. Christy Larsen

    November 20, 2013 at 9:33 PM

    my husband brought a cranberry fluff recipe into the family that is a fave…it is similar to yours…but doesn’t have cranberry sauce or marshmallows. Yours looks really yummy!

    Reply
    • kalamitykelli

      November 21, 2013 at 7:29 PM

      Thank you so much Christy! I love the marshmallow part myself. ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for dropping by and please come again!!

      Reply
  4. quilt32

    November 21, 2013 at 6:09 AM

    My MIL used to make this back in the 1950-60s and I always got a lot to take home with me because she and I were the only ones who liked it. Thanks for reminding me of this great salad.
    Lillian

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    • kalamitykelli

      November 21, 2013 at 7:48 PM

      You are welcome! It’s been in our family for as long as I can remember! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  5. noelleodesigns

    November 21, 2013 at 11:33 AM

    Any time you get to use a hammer in the kitchen is good times!!
    Loving what I’m seeing here, as usual ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • kalamitykelli

      November 21, 2013 at 7:24 PM

      Hi Noelle! So happy to hear from you. I miss you terribly and hope we can find a way for me to follow you again really soon!

      Reply
  6. Choc Chip Uru

    November 21, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    Haha I love the name ‘fluff’, reminds me of cranberry clouds of deliciousness ๐Ÿ˜€

    Cheers
    CCU

    P.S I seem to have lost around 1000 subscribers on my blog and I don’t know how, so if you were subscribed, could you resubscribe please? it would really help me out!

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    • pamasaurus

      November 21, 2013 at 6:05 PM

      CCU, I’m glad I saw this comment on Kelli’s blog! I just resubscribed to you.

      Reply
      • kalamitykelli

        November 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM

        No kidding! I thought she just had not posted in forever…now we know!

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        • pamasaurus

          November 21, 2013 at 7:42 PM

          That’s exactly what I was thinking!

          Reply
    • kalamitykelli

      November 21, 2013 at 7:25 PM

      Holy cow CCU. I wondered if you were ever going to post again……….I bet I dropped off your subscriber list. I’ll go check that now.

      Reply
    • kalamitykelli

      November 21, 2013 at 7:47 PM

      I did it – and so did Pamasaurus because she read your comment and realized she had not received notifications of your posts either………..she resubscribed too!

      Reply
      • Choc Chip Uru

        November 22, 2013 at 3:49 PM

        Thank you guys so much! I am really upset about this and I am trying to talk to the wordpress people – it is so confusing and I have lost 2 years worth of followers ๐Ÿ™

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        • kalamitykelli

          November 22, 2013 at 5:04 PM

          I am going to post on my FB page about this with a link to your blog – I think there is something very wrong and maybe these followers can be recaptured some how. xoxo

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          • Choc Chip Uru

            November 22, 2013 at 5:06 PM

            I really appreciate all this support my friend thank you!!
            I hope wordpress can figure it out and fix it!

            Hugs
            Uru

          • kalamitykelli

            November 22, 2013 at 5:11 PM

            CCU! I hope you read this – there is another young woman in Australia who just asked a question in one of my closed food groups (you should join) about losing a massive number of subscribers and she uses wordpress too!! I told her I could put you two in touch if she wanted……I just posted it so it may take her a minute. I will find out the name of her blog because I don’t want to mess up her name……..it’s very unusual for a southerner like me! ๐Ÿ™‚

          • kalamitykelli

            November 22, 2013 at 5:13 PM

            Well well well – YOUR name is unusual my dear and what the heck??? YOu look 25 in that picture! I didn’t even know it was YOU!!! I’m old. Love ya! You can laugh now.

  7. pamasaurus

    November 21, 2013 at 6:14 PM

    I actually don’t remember ever eating ‘fluff’. I’ve seen it at parties and buffets, but I just never tried it. I’m weird with food, haha. Your sounds pretty tasty, though!

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    • kalamitykelli

      November 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM

      Top Girl wouldn’t touch it with a 10 foot pole either! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. Carole

    November 21, 2013 at 8:14 PM

    Fresh cranberries – how fab – we don’t get them on this side of the world! CHeers

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    • kalamitykelli

      November 21, 2013 at 8:16 PM

      That’s too bad – although, if not macerated – they are bitter! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  9. Stacy

    November 22, 2013 at 12:04 PM

    We never ate this while I was growing up but I can’t help thinking that my maternal grandmother who loved Waldorf Salad and Banana Spit Pie would have adored your cranberry fluff, Kelli.

    Reply
    • Stacy

      November 22, 2013 at 12:05 PM

      Banana Split, of course.

      Reply
      • kalamitykelli

        November 22, 2013 at 1:43 PM

        Heh, heh – I like it the way it was in the post! ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
    • kalamitykelli

      November 22, 2013 at 1:43 PM

      My dad was a HUGE fan of waldorf salad too!

      Reply
  10. Michelle Malling Miller

    November 26, 2013 at 6:29 PM

    Can you make this a day ahead?

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    • kalamitykelli

      November 26, 2013 at 6:50 PM

      Yes, of course! I like it better after it has set for a day. I would wait to add the marshmallows until right before you serve so they won’t get mushy!

      Reply
  11. Carol Roberts

    December 16, 2014 at 4:37 AM

    This is served at the local tea room, but with strawberries. Love it.

    Reply
    • Kelli

      December 16, 2014 at 9:32 AM

      Oohhh – that sounds delicious! I will have to try that! Thanks for dropping by!

      Reply
  12. JJ

    December 22, 2014 at 5:50 AM

    I love cranberries and pineapple and will enjoy this recipe. Fluff is a tasty treat as I rarely see it on menues. Looking forward to preparing this recipe for my family`s Christmas dinner.

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    • Kelli

      December 22, 2014 at 10:58 AM

      I think you will love it JJ! I just got back from the grocery store with all the fixins’ for my dish – Can’t wait to taste it! Thanks for dropping by, please come again!

      Reply
  13. Elisabeth

    November 2, 2015 at 9:27 AM

    What is considered a regular size tub of Cool Whip? 8 or 16 ounces?

    Love the pictures! Wonderful website – love it, love it, love it!

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    • Kelli

      November 2, 2015 at 9:45 AM

      I’m so glad that you love the site! 8 oz. is what I consider regular sized. I had never seen the giant tubes until Saturday when my daughter and I were at the store! I need to get out more, don’t I? ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for dropping by and please come again!

      Reply
  14. Jean McDaniel

    November 2, 2015 at 4:20 PM

    I wonder if real whipped cream would work instead of Cool Whip? We have sworn off Cool Whip because of the unhealthy aspects.
    Here i touted myself as a great cook, with Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Years as my specialties. I never knew you could eat Cranberries that way. In Texas that would be RAW. Only thing I knew was boiling them with water and sugar to make Berry Cranberry Sauce and Cooked Cranberries with chopped apples and pecans. Sometimes I would throw in a few tidbits of pineapple if I had some in the refrigerator.
    Thanks for the recipe and “cooking Lesson”.

    Reply
    • Kelli

      November 2, 2015 at 6:04 PM

      Jean – Thanks for dropping by – please know that you can use real whipped cream instead of cool whip no problem!!

      Reply

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