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Sweet Salads

Vintage cookbooks are full of sweet “salads” made with whipped cream, Jell-O, and sour cream. I’ve selected the best recipes to share here!

While they aren’t salads in the traditional sense of the word, they are the perfect side dish or dessert for a family meal, holiday table, summer cookout, or potluck.

Pistachio Salad is a family favorite at our house, and 5 Cup Salad is always a hit wherever I bring it.

slice of a fluffy gelatin salad with pieces of mandarin oranges inside and on top.

Orange Jell-O Salad with Cottage Cheese

Taffy apple salad in a small white dish with a large glass serving dish in the background

Taffy Apple Salad

cherry salad topped with a cherry and chopped pecans in a mini glass parfait dish.

Easy Cherry Salad

red cranberry jello salad in a ring on a glass cake stand with orange peel and fresh cranberries as garnish.

Cranberry Jello Salad

4 sweet salads including a green pistachio salad and an orange dreamsicle salad.

12 Sweet Salads from the 60s and 70s

slice of red, white, and blue layered jello dessert on a white plate.

Red, White, and Blue Jello Dessert

square piece of creamy mango jello salad on a white plate topped with slices of fresh mango.

Creamy Mango Salad

slice of a layered dessert with a pretzel crust, cream cheese filling, and strawberry gelatin on top.

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

orange dreamsicle salad in glass parfait dishes, topped with mandarin oranges.

Orange Dreamsicle Salad

glorified rice in a shallow dish topped with a maraschino cherry.

Glorified Rice

5 cup salad in a glass parfait dish with a blue tea towel nearby.

5 Cup Salad (Ambrosia Salad)

glass parfait dishes filled with pistachio salad, topped with chopped walnuts

Pistachio Salad

snickers salad in a glass parfait cup.

Snickers Salad

creamy fruit salad in a glass dish, surrounded by fresh fruit.

Creamy Fruit Salad

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