Frozen Fruit Salad

This old fashioned frozen fruit salad made with sour cream, bananas, pineapple and maraschino cherries is ideal for serving with special family meals. My mom served it to us and now I make it for my kids!

Frozen fruit salad has been around a long time. We loved it when we were kids and I still love it now. In fact everyone I serve it to, loves it also. What makes this frozen fruit salad so good? The pineapple, bananas and maraschino cherries resemble toppings on a banana split and who doesn’t love a banana split? Add enough sweetened sour cream to hold the fruit together and create this irresistible combination for your next family dinner.

Frozen fruit salad is a special, easy to make ahead accompaniment to all meals. It works for brunch or lunch or supper. Leftovers are great for serving your kids after school. They love pulling these out of the freezer! Remember these are easy to make as individual servings. Using cupcake/muffin liners it’s simple to spoon in the fruit salad and then freeze until needed. Just remember to take these cute frozen muffin cups out of the freezer about 20 minutes before you want to eat them.

I’ve served this pale pink frozen fruit salad for many occasions. This year I’m making it for Passover, but it would work well with an Easter dinner as well. Though it isn’t kosher for Passover because it contains dairy, feel free to substitute vegan sour cream such as Tofutti or vegan yogurt. With big heavy meals, this frozen fruit salad helps refresh the palate. Kids often think it’s dessert and that’s OK too!

Similar in use to my frozen cranberry salad I generally serve frozen fruit salad in the spring and my frozen cranberry salad in the colder months. This pink frozen fruit salad is perfect for spring. It’s also an excellent use for maraschino cherries and everyone loves maraschino cherries…whether they want to admit it or not. If you don’t like red dye, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts and Whole Foods all have natural varieties.

So if you need something simple to make a special meal extra special, this fruit salad has got you covered. I’ve seen many frozen fruit salad recipes but I’ll stick with our family favorite. Easy to mix up, you can have this spooned and into the freezer in 20 minutes. Combine your fruit and nuts, if using, with sour cream, lemon juice and sugar and that’s it! Easy and delicious, I have no doubt you will love this as much as we do!

Need a few more ideas for fruit side dishes? This honey lime fruit salad from my friend Liz at That Skinny Chick Can Bake looks divine! Ambrosia Salad with marshmallows from Real Housemoms is a classic!

I also love this Rhubarb Parfait in the Spring.

And these strawberries with balsamic vinegar and black pepper are not to be missed!

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