Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Cookie Salad
Cookie Salad is made with Fudge Stripes cookies, buttermilk, and instant French vanilla pudding mix.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Total
- 15 min
- Original yield
- Serves 8
- Ingredients
- 5 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Sides · Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
A few quick notes
1. Check when to cover
Follow the covered and uncovered stages in their stated order.
2. Fold at the stated step
Keep the folding step in the mixing sequence.
3. Prepare the whisked mixture
Keep the whisking step in its stated place in the preparation.
Get to know the ingredients
buttermilk
In the method: In a mixing bowl, whisk together buttermilk and instant pudding powder.
instant French vanilla pudding mix (1 box)
In the method: In a mixing bowl, whisk together buttermilk and instant pudding powder.
Cool Whip
In the method: Gently fold in Cool Whip and mandarin oranges.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 8. Original quantities shown.
Check ingredients as you prepare them. These checks stay on this page.
Ingredient note
Source: 1 cup buttermilkIngredient note
Source: 3.4 ounces instant French vanilla pudding mix (1 box)Ingredient note
Source: 8 ounces Cool WhipIngredient note
Source: 15 ounces mandarin oranges (well drained)Ingredient note
Source: 1 cup Fudge Stripes cookies (chopped)
How to make it
0 of 2 steps completeMake room for Cookie Salad
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Finish as directed
Add chopped cookies and fold until combined.
A few questions you might have
What should I prepare first?
Start with this step: In a mixing bowl, whisk together buttermilk and instant pudding powder.
Which preparation step should I plan for?
Follow the covered and uncovered stages in their stated order.
What happens at the end?
Add chopped cookies and fold until combined.
How do I plan the ingredient amounts?
This version serves 8. Use the ingredient amounts listed for that yield. If you change the number of portions, check equipment and the full method as well as the shopping quantities.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: julieseatsandtreats.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
Preparation notes follow the recipe shown here.