5 from 3 votes
Creamy Grape Fruit Salad
Such a refreshing fruit salad! Sweet, crisp grapes are tossed with a rich cream cheese dressing, and paired with crunchy pecans for contrast! This is one of those simple satisfying sides that people love at cookouts. It uses basic ingredients yet produces incredibly delicious results!
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings:
12
Course:
Salad
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 lbs red grape washed and dried well, seedless
- 1 lb green grapes washed and dried well, seedless
- 6 oz. neufchatel cheese (AKA 1/3 less fat cream cheese)
- 2/3 cup sour cream light
- 2 Tbsp honey
- 1 1/2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 - 2 Tbsp light brown sugar packed
- 3/4 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer whip Neufchatel cheese until smooth and fluffy, while occasionally scraping down sides of bowl. Add in sour cream, honey, granulated sugar and vanilla and mix until well combined.
- Place red and green grapes in a salad bowl. Pour in sour cream mixture and about 3/4 of the pecans. Toss to evenly coat. Sprinkle top of fruit salad with brown sugar then sprinkle with remaining pecans. Keep chilled, serve within a couple of hours.
- Recipe source: Cooking Classy
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