Lemon Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad

This lemon fruit salad with vanilla pudding is simple and tasty! Uses fresh fruit and canned fruit along with lemon zest for some freshness. Always a crowd pleaser!

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This recipe was photographed and updated 6/2023.

If you're looking for an easy fruit salad for your next gathering, give this one a try!

This glazed fruit salad is made with instant pudding, fresh and canned fruit and lemon zest. 

My stepmom served something like this years ago at a holiday brunch. I made a few tweaks and now this salad is one that everyone loves.

It's great for barbecues, picnics, parties, holidays and more. It's also good for school or work lunch and holds up in the lunchbox nicely.

This recipe is a crowd pleaser and family favorite!

Keep scrolling for tips, additional fruit salad recipes and more! 

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Shopping list:

• pineapple chunks with juice
• instant vanilla pudding
• mandarin oranges
• strawberries
• grapes
• lemon zest

Scroll down to the printable recipe card for measurements and instructions!

Recipe tips:

• Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to two days.

• Be sure to drain the mandarin oranges or your pudding glaze will be too runny.

More fruit salad recipes you might like:

• Peachy Fruit Salad
• Pineapple Fluff
• Creamy Cranberry Salad
• Berry Watermelon Fruit Salad
• Lemon Fluff
• Honey Lime Melon Salad

You can add or substitute with these ingredients:

• use lemon pudding instead of vanilla and lemon zest
• use lime zest instead of lemon
• use green grapes instead of red
• use orange zest instead of lemon
• add mini marshmallows
• use chopped canned peaches instead of oranges
• add diced apples

Our favorite kitchen equipment and supplies used with this recipe:

• Amazon Basics Color-Coded Kitchen 12-Piece Knife Set
• Epicurean Kitchen Series Cutting Board
• Pyrex 8-piece 100 Years Glass Mixing Bowl Set
• OXO Good Grips Etched Zester and Grater

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did!

Yield 10 servings

Author Hot Eats and Cool Reads

Prep time

15 Min

Cook time

1 Hour

Total time

1 H & 15 M

Lemon Vanilla Pudding Fruit Salad

Ingredients

• 1 - 20 ounce can of pineapple chunks with juice
• 1- 3.4 ounce box of instant vanilla pudding
• 1 - 15 ounce can mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 pound fresh strawberries, sliced
• 2 cups halved grapes
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest
• Additional lemon zest for garnish, optional

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, add the pineapple chunks with juice and vanilla pudding mix. Stir until pudding mix is combined with the pineapple.
2. Add the drained mandarin oranges, strawberries, grapes and lemon zest. Stir gently to combine.
3. Cover and refrigerate for one hour prior to serving.

Notes

Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to two days.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

124.15

Fat

0.3 g

Sat. Fat

0.03 g

Carbs

33.08 g

Fiber

3.2 g

Net carbs

29.78 g

Sugar

27.21 g

Protein

1.22 g

Sodium

141.66 mg

Cholesterol

0 mg

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