Cookie Salad

This Cookie Salad recipe folds Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies into a creamy fruit salad for a fun, easy dessert salad that’s perfect for holiday parties, family gatherings, and other special occasions.

Fudge Stripe Cookie Salad Recipe

To make cookie salad, well-drained mandarin oranges and pineapple tidbits are stirred into instant vanilla pudding, then folded together with Cool Whip and Fudge Stripe cookies.

Fudge Stripe cookies have always been one of my favorites, so when I came across a salad recipe that called for them, I knew it had to be good!

A friend shared her old handwritten family recipe for Cookie Salad on Facebook, and I couldn’t wait to try it. She said her family makes it every Thanksgiving and Christmas. Plus, I thought it would be pretty fun to tell everyone, “I’m bringing Cookie Fluff Salad.”

We have several recipes that combine pudding and Cool Whip with fruit to make a creamy mixture everyone loves. Old Fashioned Pineapple Fluff is one treat that always comes to mind.

What makes this cookie salad unique is the buttermilk, which gives it a richer, slightly tangy flavor you won’t find in a typical recipe like our Cool Whip Fruit Salad. Regular milk works too if you prefer it or that’s what you have on hand.

Our family loves serving the cookies on the side so the fruit salad doubles as a dip. This also keeps the cookies from getting soggy. Sliced bananas and mini marshmallows make great additions, too.

We also like dipping E.L. Fudge Elfwich sandwich cookies or Oreos into this fruit salad. With so many options, just pick your favorite cookie and start a new holiday tradition with your family.

Ingredients Needed To Make Cookie Salad

• Instant vanilla pudding mix
• Buttermilk
• Mandarain oranges
• Pineapple tidbits or chunks
• Cool Whip or other frozen whipped topping
• Fudge stripe cookies

If we end up with a large container of buttermilk we like to use the extra for the dressing in a batch of Broccoli Cranberry Salad or Buttermilk Coffee Cake recipe.

How To Make Cookie Salad

In a large mixing bowl whisk together buttermilk and pudding until the mixture is semi-smooth. Since there is a much lower milk ratio than normal it will not become totally smooth.

Add defrosted whipped topping and stir well.

Use a strainer to drain mandarin oranges and pineapple tidbits or chunks well.

Then stir well-drained fruit into the pudding mixture. The juice is not needed, so it may be used in a smoothie or mixed drink recipe.

Refrigerate for up to a day ahead of time before serving.

Crush 16 fudge stripe cookies and mix together gently with the fruit salad an hour or two before serving.

Serve a few whole cookies on top as garnish or next to the fruit salad for dipping.

How Long Does Cookie Salad Last?

The fruit salad portion of this recipe lasts for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator, but the cookies will get soggy within a couple days.

Since there are dairy products in the salad store in an air tight container in the refrigerator. Be sure not to leave out on the counter for more than two hours at a time. The salad will taste best and hold up best when kept chilled.

More Easy Dessert Salad Recipes:

• Orange Delight Dessert mixes a few simple ingredients with cottage cheese for a light and delicious dessert that is always popular & Orange Sherbet Jello Salad is a sweeter spin on this classic.
• Cranberry Fluff is a sweet, fluffy salad that feels right at home with the Jell-O salads, but doesn’t use any Jell-O at all.
• Cherry Coke Jello is super sweet treat with cherry pie filling and sweet flavors. Red Hot Jello recipe features the cinnamon candy and flavors with chopped apples and celery.