Snickers Salad

Snickers Salad recipe is a traditional dessert salad or side dish popular at all our holidays, parties, picnics and backyard BBQs! It’s light and fluffy from the Cool Whip and vanilla pudding mixture. Then it’s loaded with your favorite Snickers candy bars and apples.

If you’re not from the Midwest you might be wondering what the heck a Snickers Salad is – a salad with Cool Whip and candy bars? Yes, it’s what we call a salad and it’s a go-to side dish or dessert salad that you’re guaranteed to find at all the Midwest potlucks, picnics, and BBQs. Everyone loves it!

I don’t know about you, but I like to have plenty of easy recipes to make for events throughout the year and this Snickers dessert salad is one of our favorites. Ambrosia salad is one of our favorites too. The hardest part about this snickers salad is not sneaking pieces of Snickers bars while you’re making it! But it’s totally worth it!

Why You’ll Love this Snickers Salad Recipe

• The best thing about snickers salad is that it’s so easy to make. That’s a good thing because our family makes it on repeat throughout the year for holidays, picnics, and BBQs!
• You only need five ingredients to make this candy salad. Easy peasy and oh so tasty.
• Make this apple snickers salad ahead of time – just keep it in the refrigerator until you’re ready to serve it!

Ingredients for Snickers Salad

• Instant vanilla pudding mix – This helps thicken the salad a bit but also adds the most delicious vanilla flavor!
• Milk – For the creamiest results, use whole milk. You can also use any other milk you have on hand.
• Cool Whip – You can also use some homemade whipped cream if you don’t want to use whipped topping.
• Granny smith apples – Any apples will work, but granny smith apples are the best. The tart flavor and crisp crunch go so well with the sweetness of the Snickers.
• Snickers bars – Chop tasty snickers bars into bite-sized pieces so that they are easy to mix into this sweet salad.
• Caramel sauce – Drizzle the snickers apple salad with a sticky sweet caramel sauce as the perfect finishing touch.

How to Make Snickers Salad

1. Whisk together the milk and pudding mixture in a big bowl and let sit until it is soft-set.
2. Fold in the Cool Whip, chopped apples and Snickers bars.
3. Chill in the fridge for a few hours.
4. Before serving, drizzle caramel sauce over salad if desired.

What is snickers salad?

There are many variations of Snicker Salad, but it usually is a combination of cool whip, pudding, apples, and, of course, chopped up Snickers bars. I like to use vanilla pudding, but I’ve seen other versions with different flavored pudding.

How do I fold in cool whip?

You don’t want to stir in Cool Whip because it will deflate and your salad won’t have a light and fluffy texture. Instead, add the Cool Whip in a few small batches and use a silicone spatula to gently fold the cool whip into the pudding so that hey fall over each other until they combine. It takes a little patience, but I promise it’s worth it! You will love the light and fluffy texture when it’s time to serve the salad.

What apples should I use for snickers salad?

I use tart apples, like granny smith, because they are a great combination with sweet pudding. This dessert salad is light and fluffy and the combination of chocolate and apples is… well, I’m telling you, it’s delicious! Everyone loves it!

However, you can use whatever apples you would like. Red Delicious, Gala, Fuji, and Honeycrisp would all be tasty.

What else can I add to snickers salad?

Sometimes this yummy dessert salad is made with grapes and other kinds of fruit, but I really love the classic combination of Snickers bars and fresh apples.

Here is a list of other ingredients that can be added to this delicious Snickers Salad!

• Marshmallows
• Grapes
• Strawberries
• Toffee
• Sliced bananas
• Swap the instant vanilla pudding mix for banana pudding mix
• Crushed vanilla wafers — add right before serving

If you’ve never tried a dessert salad before I hope you give this Snickers Salad a try! Once you do, try some of our other favorite dessert salad recipes!

More Dessert Salad Recipes!

• Cookie Salad
• Oreo Fluff
• Strawberry Banana Pudding Fluff
• Strawberry Pretzel Salad
• Golden Oreo Dream Salad
• Strawberry Tapioca Salad
• Watergate Salad
• Cottage Cheese Jello Salad
• Frog Eye Salad