Snickers Apple Salad
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Snickers Apple Salad
Description
This dessert-style salad starts with heavy whipping cream beaten with powdered sugar until thick, then combined with softened cream cheese for a smooth, rich base. Fresh, tart apples such as Granny Smith are cored, chopped into bite-sized pieces, and mixed with chopped Snickers bars to add chewiness, chocolate, caramel, and peanuts throughout.
Folding the apples and candy into the cream cheese mixture coats them evenly, creating a luscious, textured salad. Optional toppings like additional chopped Snickers, caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, or peanuts can be added for extra flavor and decoration. This salad combines contrasting flavors and textures, balancing sweetness with tartness and creaminess with crunch.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 8 ounce cream cheese softened, package
- 8 medium apple such as Granny Smith, tart
- 4 Snickers candy bar full size
Optional Topping
- 1 Snickers bar chopped, additional
- caramel sauce
- chocolate sauce
- peanut chopped
Instructions
Directions:
- In a medium mixing bowl, beat the whipping cream with an electric mixer on medium speed until thickened to the consistency of whipped cream. Add the powdered sugar and mix well.
- In a separate mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese with the electric mixer until smooth. Add half of the whipped cream and beat with the mixer until well combined. Fold in the remaining whipped cream and stir until smooth. Set aside.
- Cut the apples into quarters and remove the core and seeds. Chop the apples into bite sized chunks and pour into a large mixing bowl.
- Unwrap the Snickers bars and chop into small chunks. Add the Snickers pieces to the large mixing bowl with the apples.
- Add the cream cheese mixture to the apples and Snickers in the large mixing bowl. Stir together until the apples and Snickers are coated well in the creamy mixture.
- Pour the “salad” into a serving bowl and top with items to garnish, such as chopped peanuts, another chopped Snickers bar, or caramel sauce.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 10Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 344 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 344kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 46g | 15% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 39mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 237mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 328mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 36g | 72% |
| Vitamin A | 485IU | 10% |
| Vitamin C | 6.9mg | 8% |
| Calcium | 130mg | 13% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.