This Grape Salad is an easy fruit salad with a creamy dressing that is always a crowd pleaser and great for potlucks! Red and green juicy grapes with brown sugar, crunchy pecans or walnuts, cream cheese, and sour cream.

Grape Salad

EASY GRAPE SALAD RECIPE

This side dish has been around for decades. I actually made this amazing creamy grape salad for Tablespoon back in 2011 for the first time and thought 11 years later I should finally share it with you. A delicious recipe for a hot summer day.

To be honest, the recipes that have been around forever are my absolute favorite.

All of my grandparents on both sides are no longer with us an haven’t been for a while. Grandparents are just so darn wise.

Just like I wish my kids could skip the learning curves and learn all of their life lessons solely from what I tell them, it’s just not possible. We learn line upon line, precept on precept. There’s no other way around it.

I thought I knew everything in my 20’s. Now in my 30’s, I realize I know nothing. I wish I could sit down with my grandparents one more time and soak up all of their knowledge and wisdom.

INGREDIENTS

  • WHOLE GRAPES – This recipe calls for four cups of grapes which makes a lot. Any type of grape will work but I like a different colored fresh grapes to mix it up. Seedless green grapes and seedless red grapes are what I use just make sure they’re crisp grapes.
  • CREAM CHEESE – Cream cheese dressing is the base of the creamy grape salad recipe. It helps cut the sweetness of the brown sugar. Sure you can use low-fat cream cheese for a lighter version.
  • SOUR CREAM – For those who don’t like sour cream, plain Greek yogurt can be substituted in place of the sour cream or vanilla yogurt for a healthier option. I know it sounds weird but the flavors work.
  • VANILLA EXTRACT
  • WHITE AND BROWN SUGAR – This is definitely a dessert salad. White sugar goes in the creamy sauce and a little bit of light brown sugar on top of the salad. If your grapes are really ripe than just add enough sugar to taste. I mean there are 4 pounds of grapes so for each pound of grapes it doesn’t end up being that much sugar.
  • PECANS OR WALNUTS – Chopped pecans or walnuts give this a great crunch.

Grape salad

If for some reason you haven’t had this Grape Salad, you best be making this as soon as you can.

I know we’re taking the word “salad” and using it very liberally. Kind of like this Strawberry Pretzel Salad. Nothing leafy or green about it but still, can we count it? Or this Snickers Apple Salad that has candy bars in it?

I know the dressing sounds strange, sour cream and cream cheese, but it really works here. You can use pecans instead of walnuts. It’s always a hit with a crowd. This recipe has been around for decades because it’s good!

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Grape Salad

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This Grape Salad is a unique fruit salad that is always a crowd pleaser and great for potlucks! Red and green grapes with brown sugar, pecans or walnuts, cream cheese, and sour cream. This easy salad recipe is the perfect dish for casual gatherings.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 12 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs green seedless grapes
  • 2 lbs red seedless grapes
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

Instructions
 

  • Rinse grapes and pat to dry. In a large mixing bowl, mix softened cream cheese, sour cream, white sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer or hand mixer. You can use a mixer or mix by hand with a spatula. Add the grapes to the cream cheese mixture and stir thoroughly to coat. Transfer to a serving bowl.
  • Sprinkle brown sugar over the grape mixture. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Right before serving sprinkle nuts on top.
  • Tip: For a healthier version you can substitute Greek yogurt for the sour cream. Store leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container.
Cuisine: American
Course: Salad

 

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