This Cranberry Salad with Jello is a must for holiday dinners! It is packed with fresh cranberries, oranges, apples, pomegranate and pineapple. It goes perfectly with turkey or ham and is a delightful side to add to your holiday spread.
Cranberry Salad is one of my favorites for Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas. I have made my mother in law's cranberry fluff a time or two and we always love it.
This year I decided to use my mom's recipe. When I called for the ingredients, she told me the recipe was actually from my great- aunt Zoe, which made me want to make it even more.
Ingredients for Cranberry Salad with Jello
- Fresh cranberries
- Granulated sugar
- Crushed pineapple
- Oranges - fresh or canned, cut into small pieces
- Granny Smith apple, peeled and diced
- Pomegranate arils
- Toasted walnuts, chopped
- Raspberry Jello or Cherry Jello
How to Make Cranberry Salad
- Place cranberries in a food processor with sugar and chop fine.
- Pour into large mixing bowl set aside for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add pineapple, oranges, apple, pomegranate, and walnuts, mixing well.
- Prepare Jello according to package directions and pour over fruit mixture.
- Stir until all combined.
- Cover and refrigerate over night.
Full printable recipe at the bottom of this post.
Make it Ahead
This Cranberry Salad is perfect to make a couple of days ahead of your holiday meal. It keeps really well for 4- 5 days covered in the refrigerator.
I would love to hear what's on your holiday menus this year! Drop me a comment or an email!
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Cranberry Salad
This Cranberry Salad is a must for holiday dinners! It is packed with fresh cranberries, oranges, apples, pomegranate and pineapple. It goes perfectly with turkey or ham and is a delightful side to add to your holiday spread.
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh cranberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
- 2 small oranges, segmented and diced
- 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and diced
- 1 cup pomegranate arils
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
- 1 small box raspberry Jello
Instructions
- Place cranberries in a food processor with sugar and chop fine. Pour into large mixing bowl and set aside.
- Add pineapple, oranges, apple, pomegranate, and walnuts, mixing well.
- Prepare Jello according to package directions and pour over fruit mixture. Stir until all combined.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Notes
Can be made 3 days in advance.
Store in a covered dish in the refrigerator up to one week.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
8Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 312Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 16mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 5gSugar: 47gProtein: 4g
Nutritional calculations are estimated and may not be accurate.
Shelby | Diabetic Foodie
Brilliant idea to use the 5' serrated slicer for segmenting an orange!
The Food Hunter
What a delicious recipe!
Tommy
Miss would go good on a turkey sandwich!
Once again Great pictures,
Milisa
Great idea! XOXO
DJ
Love this salad along with chicken and dressing.looks better than mine Missy great job.
Milisa
Thank you! You totally made my day!
sneha
sweet recipe.. 🙂
Jeffrey
I love sweet potato casserole the most and the thing is I wouldn't touch the stuff when I was growing up. I sure did miss out!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes
I make this a lot for holidays!! So good! Oh, it looks so pretty too 🙂
Milisa
Thanks Ashley, it's always a hit at our house.
~Milisa
Laura
Love the flavor of this! Perfect for the Holiday season!
Milisa
Thanks Laura, I appreciate you stopping by.
~Milisa
Sam
Served this with club sandwiches over the weekend. It was such a great winter fruit salad.
Jenn
Loving the crushed pinapple in here! Such a fun recipe for the holidays!
Dianna Earles
Can you freeze it
Milisa
Hi Dianna,
I don't think it would freeze well but I haven't tried it. It keeps really well in the refrigerator.
~ Milisa
John Casler
I was wondering what flavor Jell-O you use in this recipe.
Milisa
Hi John,
I really prefer raspberry but cherry works too.
~ Milisa
KELLI DAVIDSON
Thanks Milisa! I plan to use this for my in-laws next weekend. She asked for it and I had never seen or heard of one without cool whip and cream cheese. I may use peans instead of walnuts but that's probably just personal taste. Thanks!!
Milisa
Hi Kelli,
I'm so glad you are going to try it. Pecans are a great addition and I love that it can be made a couple of days in advance. It's one of my favorites. I hope y'all enjoy it as much as we do.
~ Milisa
JoAnn
Can you use canned whole berry cranberry sauce instead of the fresh cranberries?
Milisa
Hi JoAnn,
I've never tried that but I don't think it would work as well.
~ Milisa