Snickers Apple Salad is probably the best salad you’ll ever have! In 15 minutes, this dish is packed with pieces of your favorite candy bar, chunks of juicy apples, molded together with whipped cream and vanilla pudding, and topped with a caramel drizzle. If you ‘re looking for a sign to eat a salad today, I think this might be the one!
Reasons You’ll Love This Recipe
Snickers Lovers – If your favorite candy bar is a Snickers, there’s no doubt you’re going to love this Snickers salad!
Sweet Salad – Whether you’re a salad fanatic, or love throwing a bunch of desserts into a bowl and calling it a salad, this recipe will blow you away!
Caramel Apples – This Snickers Apple Salad tastes like you’re eating spoonfuls of caramel apples with the addition of chocolate and pudding!
Candy Leftovers – This would be a great recipe to make after Halloween when your kid comes home with a million Snickers bars!
Easy to Make – This is one of those great recipes where you can throw everything into a bowl and mix!
There is nothing wrong with calling a bowl full of delicious desserts a salad okay? It helps us sleep at night. Regardless of what you would call it, I think we can all agree that this is a dish that everyone who tries it ends up LOVING it!
Ingredient Info
- Milk – You can use whole milk or 2% milk. Whatever you have on hand will work!
- Vanilla Instant Pudding – You just need 1 packet of the instant pudding. Any brand will work. Vanilla is recommended, but you can test out any flavors you’d like! Don’t follow the directions on the box, follow the ones given in this recipe.
- Cool Whip – If you want to make your own whipped cream, you can. Otherwise, a store bought whipped topping like cool whip will work just fine.
- Granny Smith Apples – Granny smith apples add some tartness to this sweet dish, but you can use a different kind of apple if you’d like.
- Snickers Bars – Highly recommend putting the Snickers Bars in the fridge before you cut them up, because they’ll be easier to slice if the caramel is chilled.
- Caramel Sauce – You can use the store bought kind or make it yourself!
Step by Step Instructions
- Start with a large bowl and add the milk and instant vanilla pudding. Whisk the two together until combined. The pudding should thicken up once combined.
- Add half of the container of cool whip to the pudding and fold it together. Once that’s mostly combined, fold the rest of the cool whip in. Scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure you get everything. Place this in the fridge while you prep the other ingredients.
- Core the apples and chop them up into even, bite sized pieces. Toss them with a little bit of lemon juice to prevent them from browning. Next, chop up the chilled Snickers Bars into bite sized pieces. Reserve half a cup of both the apples and snickers for garnish.
- Add the remaining apples and Snickers to the pudding mix, and fold it together until incorporated. Drizzle the top of the salad with the caramel sauce & top with the reserved apples and Snickers.
Tips and Advice
Storage – You can store the leftover Snickers Salad in the fridge, covered for 2-3 days. I don’t recommend saving it past then. The apples will likely brown and the candy will get soft.
Make Ahead – If you want to make this dish ahead of time, just avoid adding the caramel sauce, and toppings until you’re just about to serve. It will look a lot more fresh if done this way.
Extra Extra!
If you want, you can add a few extra ingredients to this salad if you’d like! Some great additions are pistachios, walnuts, marshmallows, sliced green grapes, etc.! Whatever you think would make a good addition likely will.
Equipment
For this Snickers Apple Salad recipe, you’ll just need a large bowl, a whisk and a spatula!
FAQs
There is no exact time frame as to when the salad was invented, but it is known to be a fairly popular dish in the midwest.
Serves Well With
This dessert salad is often popular to serve at gatherings, BBQs, or events. I highly recommend serving this among some classic BBQ foods like these:
- Crockpot BBQ Sandwiches
- Jalapeño Cornbread
- Cheeseburger Sliders
- Crockpot Macaroni and Cheese
- Air Fryer Hot Dogs
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Snickers Apple Salad
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 packet instant vanilla pudding 3.4 oz size box (approximately)
- 16 oz Cool Whip
- 6 granny smith apples
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 6 Snickers bars
- 1/2 cup caramel sauce
Instructions
- Start with a large bowl and add the milk and instant vanilla pudding. Whisk the two together until combined. The pudding should thicken up once combined.
- Add half of the container of cool whip to the pudding and fold it together. Once that’s mostly combined, fold the rest of the cool whip in. Scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure you get everything. Place this in the fridge while you prep the other ingredients.
- Core the apples and chop them up into even, bite sized pieces. Toss them with a little bit of lemon juice to prevent them from browning. Next, chop up the chilled Snickers Bars into bite sized pieces. Reserve half a cup of both the apples and snickers for garnish.
- Add the remaining apples and Snickers to the pudding mix, and fold it together until incorporated. Drizzle the top of the salad with the caramel sauce & top with the reserved apples and Snickers.
Notes
Nutrition
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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