Pink Pineapple Fluff is a perfect dish for a barbecue, even a great light dessert. Made with Cool Whip, cream cheese, pineapple & maraschino cherries.

Pink Pineapple Fluff topped with a maraschino cherry in a bowl with a spoon

This recipe for Pink Pineapple Fluff came from my grandma, well my grandma’s friend. You see my grandparents for years lived in a retirement community in Arizona where many would travel for the winter months. They were snowbirds, but my grandparents were a little more permanent. My grandparents loved living there and we loved visiting.

Every year the community would organize a recipe share where each resident would share a recipe or two and then a community member would put them into a cookbook. One year she gave me the cookbook and I was so excited. I didn’t even really cook at this point in my life but I knew that the recipes would be good because they were tried and true.

Pink Pineapple Fluff in a serving bowl with a wooden spoon

Since everyone in the park was at least 60 years or older it was pretty much a guarantee that these recipes were made dozens of times if not hundreds. And if they kept the recipe that long then well they had to be good.

I am not a huge marshmallow salad fan except for my mom’s Watergate Salad recipe. I do like that one. But when reading in the salad section of this cookbook I saw Pineapple Salad aka Pink Fluff, Pink Pineapple Fluff, and Pineapple Fluff. With so many names in the title and the fact that my kids love maraschino cherries I knew I had to try this one.

Of course since this recipe for Pink Pineapple Fluff includes mini marshmallows, cream cheese, Cool Whip, and maraschino cherries naturally all kids love it. I added some shredded coconut and didn’t include the nuts. As my kids aren’t a huge fan of nuts in their fluffs.

Pink Pineapple Fluff ingredients in a metal mixing bowl, pineapple, cherries, and cream cheese block

The funny thing about the word fluff is that my husband has a different sort of memory when it comes to the word fluff. You see my mother-in-law would not let boys say the word fart {she had 3 boys, no girls}. They were told to call it fluff. LOL! And so it is just insanely hilarious that she would think that 3 boys would call their farts, fluffs. It didn’t really stick but the memory of that word will always be a thing we all remember about Grandma Nene.

So while this Pineapple Fluff has nothing to do with fart humor. It does create smiles. My kids loved this salad. And really I say salad lightly, as this could easily be a dessert.

Pink Pineapple Fluff in a white serving bowl

So while there are many different sorts of fluff salad out there, this Pineapple Fluff is a tried and true recipe from Ms. Lynna from Mesa. I have never met you but my family sure thanks you for this Pink Pineapple Fluff recipe. XOXO San

How do you make pink fluff?

With a hand or stand mixer whip cream cheese until smooth.

Mix in cherry juice.

Stir in mini marshmallows, coconut, drained pineapple, and cherries.

Fold in Cool Whip until well combined.

Serve immediately or cover and chill until ready to serve

spoonful of Pink Pineapple Fluff up close with full bowl in background

Pink Pineapple Fluff in a bowl

Pink Pineapple Fluff

Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 10 minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 339 kcal
Pink Pineapple Fluff is a perfect dish for a barbecue, even a great light dessert. Made with Cool Whip, cream cheese, pineapple & maraschino cherries.

Ingredients
 

  • 16 ounces cream cheese room temperature
  • 10 ounces maraschino cherries
  • 16 ounces crushed pineapple drained well
  • 1/2 cup shredded coconut
  • 2 cups mini marshmallows
  • 12 ounces Cool Whip

Instructions
 

  • With a hand or stand mixer whip cream cheese until smooth.
  • Mix in cherry juice.
  • Stir in mini marshmallows, coconut, drained pineapple and cherries. Fold in Cool Whip until well combined. 
  • Serve immediately or cover and chill until ready to serve.
Calories: 339kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 4gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 55mgSodium: 181mgPotassium: 184mgFiber: 2gSugar: 30gVitamin A: 705IUVitamin C: 4.3mgCalcium: 105mgIron: 0.6mg
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13 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    God bless you, Sandra! You have saved Thanksgiving. This was my Wisconsin grandma’s recipe (minus the coconut-which does sound good!)

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