Looking for a simple autumn fruit salad that tastes delicious but doesn’t take a lot of time? This creamy Apple Salad is ready in ten minutes, and everyone loves it.
With crisp apples, chewy craisins, and crunchy almonds, every bit is bursting with texture and flavor! It’s easy enough for busy weeknight dinners, but pretty enough for potlucks and parties.
Apples are a popular fruit at my house. They are one fruit that every single member of my family likes, and it’s handy that they are readily available all year long. Of course, they are tastiest during the fall and winter, and we go through boxes of them!
My kids will eat sliced apples just on their own, but they really like it when I make dip, or toss them into fruit salads. This recipe only has apples in it, so it makes everyone at the dinner table happy. I actually like to serve the craisins and nuts on the side so that everyone can choose as many or as few as they want.
SUPER EASY APPLE SALAD WITH CRANBERRIES
Fruit salad doesn’t get much easier than this. Chop up some apples and nuts and toss everything in a bowl and you are good to go. A creamy, sweet apple cranberry salad that is not only pretty, it tastes amazing!
I love the crunch of the toasted almonds mixed with the chewy Craisins. Who knew something so simple could taste so good! If you like apples as much as we do at my house, you really should try this apple salad recipe.
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HOW TO MAKE APPLE SALAD
Ingredients needed:
- apples (We like honeycrisp or fuji apples best.)
- toasted almonds (You can buy them toasted, or toast your own.)
- craisins (or raisins)
- vanilla yogurt (You can substitute greek yogurt if you prefer.)
After chopping the apples and almonds, all you have to do is stir all the ingredients together in a large bowl. That’s it! Serve immediately or chill.
This apple fruit salad is best served within a few hours. Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for about a day, but the apples will start to turn brown.
VARIATIONS:
- We like this apple salad recipe best with dried cranberries, but you can use raisins if you prefer. I think golden raisins would be tasty.
- For extra sweetness (and kid appeal), stir in some mini marshmallows.
- Feel free to try a different flavor of yogurt in place of vanilla. You could even use plain yogurt and add a bit of honey, sugar, or brown sugar.
- Instead of the red apples, you can use green apples, or a combination of both.
- Try adding some halved grapes with the apples.
- Stir in some sliced celery.
MORE YUMMY APPLE RECIPES:
- Dutch Apple Bread
- Apple Cinnamon Muffins
- Apple Crisp
- Homemade Caramel Apples
- Apple Cinnamon Dutch Babies
- Best Apple Pie
- Caramel Apple Crisp
TASTY SALADS:
- Creamy Cranberry Salad
- Sour Cream Fruit Salad
- Honey Lime Fruit Salad
- Grape Salad
- Pea Salad
- Spinach Salad
- Chinese Cabbage Salad
APPLE SALAD RECIPE
Apple Cranberry Salad
Sweet apple salad with a creamy yogurt sauce, loaded with crunchy almonds and craisins. A perfect autumn salad!
Ingredients
- 4 medium apples chopped
- ¼ cup toasted almonds chopped
- ½ cup Craisins
- 6 oz vanilla yogurt
Instructions
- Wash apples and cut into bite sized chunks.
- Combine apples, almonds, Craisins, and yogurt in a bowl and stir till coated.
- Serve immediately or chill.
Notes
- The almonds must be toasted for best flavor.
- If you have non-nut or Craisin lovers at your house, you can just sprinkle those ingredients over the individual servings.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 153kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 0.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 20mgPotassium: 241mgFiber: 4gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 78IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 73mgIron: 0.4mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
(originally published 11/19/2008, updated August 2020)
Make this sweet apple cranberry salad for Thanksgiving, potlucks, or just family dinners, and it will be gone in a flash!
My family loves apples this was so delicious- I’ll make it again soon!
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So happy to hear that it was a hit at your house Melissa!
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My kids definitely thought the idea of adding in mini marshmallows was genius, haha! I even had them help me put this salad together. So easy!
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Marshmallows definitely make it more appealing to even the pickiest of kids!
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This is a fun & yummy way to eat all things healthy! I added grapes to ours. We loved all the different textures & flavors.
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I still haven’t tried it with grapes, so I need to do that!
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It’s so funny that I saw this on Foodgawker. I just made this about an hour ago for guests that will be staying with us over the weekend! It really is a tasty (and super easy) fruit salad.
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So glad that you liked it! Hope your guests enjoy it as well. 🙂
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