Sometimes salads can double as desserts in cases such as creamy berry cheesecake salad, classic ambrosia salad, and this fun and festive snicker apple salad. If you haven’t tried snicker apple salad, you’re totally missing out! This is a unique and unexpected dish is a dessert salad that’s great for parties and potlucks, and tastes almost like a caramel apple but without all the work.
Salad Ingredients
This recipe consists of vanilla pudding mix, milk, whipped topping (such as Cool Whip), Granny Smith apples, snickers bars and caramel sauce.
How do you make snicker apple salad?
Start by whisking together instant vanilla pudding and milk in a large bowl. Let the mixture sit for a few minutes so the pudding can start to set, then gently fold in thawed whipped topping. Add diced apples and cut up snickers bars to the bowl. Stir gently to combine. Refrigerate the snickers salad until you’re ready to serve it. Add a garnish of caramel sauce for added sweetness and more candy bars, then enjoy.
Tips for the perfect dish
Granny Smith apples are often used in this dish because they are tart apples with a flavor that is a great counterpart to the sweet candy bars and dressing. That being said, other varieties will also work such as Pink Lady, Braeburn, Gala, Fuji, Red Delicious, Jonagold, Jazz and Honeycrisp. You can even use a few different varieties of apples!This apple snickers salad will stay fresh in the refrigerator for up to 8 hours. Add the garnishes right before you serve it. Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge. I recommend enjoying the leftovers within a day or two of when the salad is made.If you’re looking to cut back on your sugar intake, it’s fine to use sugar free pudding mix and sugar free whipped topping.Snicker apple salad can be served as a side dish, or as a dessert, it’s really up to you!
Snicker apple salad flavor variations
This salad is so delicious as is, but you can add other ingredients to make your own creations.
Dressing: If you’re not a fan of whipped topping, you can use an equal amount of freshly made whipped cream. Do not use the whipped cream that comes in an aerosol can as it will deflate and turn liquid. You can also use butterscotch pudding instead of vanilla. Candy: Swap out the snickers bars for other chocolate caramel candy creations such as Milky Way, Baby Ruth, or Twix bars. If you’re looking to use up extra Halloween candy you can even do a combination of different types of candy bars! Be sure to cut up the candy into bite-sized pieces.Flavorings: Add more flavor to your salad by stirring in chopped pecans, walnuts or peanuts. You can also incorporate miniature marshmallows, coconut, a little lemon juice, or even miniature chocolate chips.
This salad is one of my all-time favorite ways to enjoy apples. I love how simple it is to make, and the recipe can easily be doubled or tripled for a large crowd.
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