A true Southern favorite, this cool little “salad” is great for the HOT Southern summer. If you’ve ever had the Pineapple Walnut Salad at a Lambert’s Cafe (you know – home of the throwed rolls), this one is pretty dang close to it. I’m not sure why it’s called salad, because it’s certainly more of a dessert than a salad. I guess since salads are healthy though, you can just eat more of this. ~grins~
Ingredients
- 2 – 15 to 20 oz cans of crushed pineapple in juice
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 oz Cool Whip frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Drain pineapple well in a mesh strainer.
- Combine pineapple, cream cheese, and vanilla; mix well.
- Gently fold in Cool Whip.
- Stir in powdered sugar and walnuts.
- Chill several hours and serve cold.
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Pineapple Walnut Salad
Ingredients
- 2 (15 to 20-ounce) cans of crushed pineapple in juice
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 oz frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cup walnuts coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Drain pineapple well in a mesh strainer.
- Combine pineapple, cream cheese, and vanilla; mix well.
- Gently fold in whipped topping.
- Stir in powdered sugar and walnuts.
- Chill several hours and serve cold.
Please note:
If nutritional values are provided, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands used. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, I recommend grabbing your favorite brands and plugging those ingredients into an online nutritional calculator.
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Hi, Kim. I have made this with the pistachio pudding mix in it. Yummy! I’ve also made it with fresh pineapple and the trick there is making sure the pineapple is really ripe. Divine grub there. 🙂 The addition of the pistachio pudding makes it “Watergate Salad.” I love all variations from the pudding mix to fresh pineapple to pecans to just about anything you want to substitute or add. This is one of those recipes that’s hard to goof up!
I make this every year for our family thanksgiving. It is sweet enough for a dessert and loved the ideas and using a graham cracker crust and making it a pie filling. I also add miniature marshmallows to mine.
Thanks so much for sharing your recipe.
Thank you!
Please email me same recipe adding jello to the mix. My aunt used to make it and would love to do that one!
Looks like something I want to make, but has anyone tried this using fresh pineapple instead of canned?
Fresh pineapple works perfectly!
It’s becoming a tradition to have a “ Southern Bite “ dish at our gatherings, whipped this up for pre Christmas lunch with our kids Sunday afternoon and it definitely didn’t disappoint !!! Not a drop left , thank you so much for such easy real recipes, Merry Christmas Little Family
I’m so honored! Merry Christmas to y’all, too!!
The best and easist dessert to make , and delicious. Made half a receipe. It was just enough for 3 to 4 servings,
Wonderful! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!
Wonderful recipe! Made with pecans. I also used a graham cracker pie shell and added cherries to the top for both presentation and added flavor.
Yum! Sounds great! Glad you enjoyed it!
Did you mention how many it serves or did I miss it. I always like know serving number especially I take it to a function.
This is one of those things that really depends on how hungry you are. You could serve 4 folks who really love it or 6 to 8 folks with smaller portions.
I made this and put it in a graham cracker pie shell. I also made one with a pretzel crust like is used for the strawberry salad. The sweet and salty combo is excellent.
Awesome! What great ideas!!!
I just made this for our cookout tomorrow, I believe it will go great with the ham we are having.
Sounds great! Hope y’all will enjoy it!
The mixture in step 3 & 4 looks yellow from the pineapple, but the finished product is “white”? Just wondering if you used chunk on that one.
It’s all the same mixture, I just added a few tidbits to the top for the picture. The crushed is all mixed in.
Just returned from store with ingredients. Can’t wait to make this. Sounds so cool and refreshing!
Sure hope you’ll enjoy it!!
Oohhhhh Farmer Jacks used to sell this as Pineapple walnut delight. I never could find a recipe for it and my experiments were never close enough. THANK YOU for giving me a new one to try.
Hope you enjoy it!
how many servings??
It depends on the serving size. I would say 4 to 5.
How would pecans be in this instead of walnuts?
Absolutely!!!
Being from the South I always use pecans, yum. I also add 1/2C mayonnaise n whip fresh cream w/powdered sugar. My mom made this as far back as I can remember & that’s at least 74 years!
This recipe sounds so good! Does this make a lot or should I double it for a family cookout? Thanks for sharing it looks yummy!
Thanks, Cheri! If it were me, I would probably double it just to be sure.
Thank You,Stacey!
I love this salad! Made it for our family beach trip and we all enjoyed it! Just made another batch and I’m going to take some to my mother in law! Thanks so much for sharing!
I love hearing that folks liked a recipe enough that they made it again. Now THAT is the ultimate compliment!
Yum, this sounds so good! I am a new fan of yours. Cooking is my passion and I love to try new recipes! Thanks for sharing.
Welcome, Teresa! 🙂
My husband loves pineapple. I made this and put it in a graham cracker crust for dessert last night. My husband ate HALF the pie. It is delicious. It made two pies so one is in the freezer ,but it won’t be there for long.
What a GREAT idea!!! So glad he enjoyed it! Way to get creative.
Great idea! I’m going to try that as well!
I added a cup of coconut to this and used the walnuts for garnish on top, to take to a potluck where I work. Calling it Pina Colada Salad. Maybe next time I’ll add a little rum flavoring instead of the vanilla. Just didn’t think of it in time.
Sounds like a fun idea!
On the way to grocery store to make this…yummy!!
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Do you know the nutrition facts for this?
NO, I don’t often keep up with it based solely on the variation between different brands of ingredients. You could always use low fat cream cheese and fat free whipped topping.
This looks delicious and so easy to make. gonna try this!
Those are the best kinds of recipes! Hope you’ll like it!
I think my Grandma used to make something similar to this, except she added a box of instant pistachio pudding to the mix. I haven’t had that in years! Looks like I’m off to Kroger tonight, Lol!
LOL! Happy shopping! I hope you enjoy it!
I made this for our family 4th of July gathering and it certainly was liked by all. My cousin, the hostess, insisted on keeping the leftovers. I expect she’ll enjoy it for the rest of the week. I make something similar with cherry pie filling, that we call Pink Fluffy Stuff. We will now be adding your White Fluffy Stuff to our events. Thanks!
That’s wonderful! I love to hear stories about these recipes being enjoyed by families!!
Looks delish!! will try this tomorrow! Thank You! 🙂
Thanks, Norma! I hope you enjoy it!
Tried this salad, wonderful. Going to make half a recipe and use Fat Free Cool Whip and Light Cream Cheese to make it Weight Watcher points friendly. I may omit the nuts and right before serving top with a little granola or a sugar free cookie crumbled up!
Those are some great ideas, Carol! Thanks so much for sharing!
Hi Carol
I’m on the blue plan. How many ww points would it be per serving?
This salad is really good.
My husband is going to love this recipe! Yum!
Mmmmmmm…delish! I can’t wait to try this. Thanks!