FROG EYE SALAD

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This crazy recipe is crazy delicious! The no-bake dessert gets its name from the tapioca-like pasta that's used to make it. Frog Eye Salad is a Cool Whip salad with Acini de Pepe pasta, pineapple, mandarin oranges, marshmallows and more! The fruity flavor combinations, mixed with the fun texture of the pasta, makes this a creamy dessert you'll go crazy for. Make this ahead of time, refrigerate it overnight, and it will be ready to go!

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Number Of Ingredients 25

more firm than tapioca pearls.
A lot of the recipes I saw online made a fruit juice & flour sauce over the stove top. I went
a slightly different route but I thought the results were delicious. Please note that you will
need to plan ahead for this as it needs to chill overnight before serving. Enjoy!
Notes: If you would prefer to use Instant vanilla pudding, you can try using the method at
Simply Delish, which is to add in a full cup of reserved pineapple / mandarin orange juices.
If I were to use instant vanilla pudding, I would mix it up in a separate bowl with the fruit
juices to make sure that it is mixed completely, then add it as directed.
Frog Eye Salad
Makes a very large bowl
•8 oz. Acini de Pepe, (Found in the pasta aisle)
•2 small cans crushed pineapple or tidbits, drained and reserve juice
•1 (11 oz) can mandarin orange slices, drained
•1 (4.6 oz) box cook & serve vanilla pudding
•1 (8 oz) Cool Whip
•8 oz. mini marshmallows
•Optional garnish: Maraschino cherries and Mandarin orange slices
•Optional add in: shredded coconut
1. Cook the vanilla pudding as directed on the box. Pour into a bowl and place in the fridge
until chilled. (You may want to put saran wrap over the pudding, right up against it,
so a pudding skin doesn't form. If it does, just scrape it off after it is chilled).
2. Cook the pasta as directed on the box. Rinse with cold water and drain.
3. Add the pasta to a very large bowl. Add the fruit, the reserved pineapple juice, and stir.
Add the chilled vanilla pudding, cool whip and marshmallows. Chill and let sit overnight before serving.
Recipe by Jam Hands, adapted from Simply Delish!

Steps:

  • more firm than tapioca pearls.
  • A lot of the recipes I saw online made a fruit juice & flour sauce over the stove top. I went
  • a slightly different route but I thought the results were delicious. Please note that you will
  • need to plan ahead for this as it needs to chill overnight before serving. Enjoy!
  • Notes: If you would prefer to use Instant vanilla pudding, you can try using the method at
  • Simply Delish, which is to add in a full cup of reserved pineapple / mandarin orange juices.
  • If I were to use instant vanilla pudding, I would mix it up in a separate bowl with the fruit
  • juices to make sure that it is mixed completely, then add it as directed.
  • Frog Eye Salad
  • Makes a very large bowl
  • •8 oz. Acini de Pepe, (Found in the pasta aisle)
  • •2 small cans crushed pineapple or tidbits, drained and reserve juice
  • •1 (11 oz) can mandarin orange slices, drained
  • •1 (4.6 oz) box cook & serve vanilla pudding
  • •1 (8 oz) Cool Whip
  • •8 oz. mini marshmallows
  • •Optional garnish: Maraschino cherries and Mandarin orange slices
  • •Optional add in: shredded coconut
  • Cook the vanilla pudding as directed on the box. Pour into a bowl and place in the fridge
  • until chilled. (You may want to put saran wrap over the pudding, right up against it,
  • so a pudding skin doesn't form. If it does, just scrape it off after it is chilled).
  • Cook the pasta as directed on the box. Rinse with cold water and drain.
  • Add the pasta to a very large bowl. Add the fruit, the reserved pineapple juice, and stir.
  • Add the chilled vanilla pudding, cool whip and marshmallows. Chill and let sit overnight before serving.
  • Recipe by Jam Hands, adapted from Simply Delish!

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