Strawberry Fluff Salad
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This 4 ingredient Strawberry Fluff Salad (also called Pink Fluff) is a 5 minute, easy family favorite dessert recipe that’s perfect for summer! Like our pistachio fluff, orange fluff, or cherry fluff, this easy no bake dessert is always the hit of the party!

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Have you had Pink Fluff? Or maybe you call it Strawberry Fluff Salad?
This fluffy pink strawberry dessert salad is a twist on a classic dessert my mom used to serve. We called it fluff salad or monster salad, it’s a great dump and go dessert.
For this Pink Strawberry Fluff Salad, I used gorgeous fresh strawberries and they really add bites of tart, fresh fruit in the sweet creamy salad.
Why I love this recipe
Strawberry fluff is not only a beautiful dessert, it’s delicious! It is my go-to side dish for any BBQ or potluck.
Ingredients
You only need 4 simple ingredients for this recipe:
- whipped topping
- strawberry jell-o mix (this gives that beautiful pink color!)
- chopped fresh strawberries
- cottage cheese
Step by step
This is a classic 5 minute mix it and forget it recipe.
- Combine the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and fold together to mix.
- Chill in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.
Variations & Add-Ins
Fluff recipes are easy to switch up ingredients and customize to your own taste. Here are a few suggestions:
- add crushed pineapple
- add mini marshmallows
- replace cottage cheese with vanilla pudding
- add finely chopped nuts like pecans
- replace strawberries with cherry pie filling
- top with maraschino cherries
- stir in shredded coconut
- use raspberry jello mix instead of strawberry jello
FAQs
I do not recommend making this fluff with frozen berries as they can end up soggy and change the texture.
While I’m a huge fan of homemade whipped cream I do not recommend it for this recipe as the final texture isn’t quite as “fluffy.”
Yes! This recipe works great with low fat versions of either.
Yes, there are two variations on strawberry fluff floating around, the one below with a cottage cheese base, and another without cottage cheese using usually marshmallows, crushed pineapple, and vanilla pudding. I have not tried one I recommend yet but will update this post if I find a good one!
Ambrosia salad usually contains sweetened coconut, crushed pineapple, pecans, mandarin oranges, cool whip, and yogurt or cream cheese, similar to our Hawaiian cheesecake salad. Pink fluff is a more simple recipe that usually omits the nuts and uses only one fruit.
Storage
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
To make ahead of time store in the fridge and give a stir before serving. I do not recommend making it more than one day in advance for the best flavor and texture.
If you liked this Fluff Salad, here are a few more recipes that celebrate strawberries!
If you try this recipe please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
PrintPink Strawberry Fluff Salad
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
This 4 ingredient Strawberry Fluff Salad is a 5 minute, easy dessert recipe that’s perfect for summer!
Ingredients
- 24 oz. container cottage cheese
- 3.4 oz box strawberry gelatin
- 2–3 cups strawberries (cut into bite sized pieces)
- 8 oz. container refrigerated whipped topping (thawed)
Instructions
- In a large bowl, stir together the cottage cheese and the packet of strawberry gelatin. Make sure to stir well to dissolve all of the gelatin powder.
- Stir in the strawberries. You can add more or less depending on your preference, but I love to load this dessert salad with lots of strawberries!
- Finally, fold the whipped topping into the fruit and cottage cheese mixture.
- Refrigerate the Pink Strawberry Fluff Salad until serving and garnish with additional strawberries.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: none
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 203
- Sugar: 23.5 g
- Sodium: 428 mg
- Fat: 5.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 26.3 g
- Protein: 13.8 g
- Cholesterol: 13.9 mg
Oh this looks so good! I can’t wait to try!
this was delicious, thank you!!
delicious!
Question how can I thicken this recipe up mine turned out a little runny… help
I’m sorry it was runny, I’ve never had that happen, I can troubleshoot it though! Can you tell me if you did anything differently that the exact recipe? If not, was your cottage cheese runny before you added it? I’ve noticed some brands can have a thinner consistency than others.
If I do not want cottage cheese and want to add vanilla pudding, do I add the powder only or make the pudding, then add it?
I’ve never made it that way but you would probably need the pudding, I don’t know what the result would be like because I have only ever used cottage cheese as written.
I didn’t care for it with cottage cheese in it not a big fan of it anyways. Can you freeze this?
I didn’t care for it with cottage cheese in it not a big fan of it anyways. Can you freeze this?
it was a hit! thanks for all the delicious recipes!
I have made this at least a half dozen times so far and find that the cottage cheese is everything in this recipe! I use sugar free gelatin, fat free cottage cheese, 2 cups of mini marshmallows and lite Cool Whip. I have found that fat free whipped topping just does not work and will cause it to be runny as another person has mentioned. I will probably live on this recipe all summer lol. So delicious, thank you!
I was nervous about the cottage cheese but WOW, this was awesome!
Can you freeze this?
I do not recommend freezing this recipe, the texture would be different upon thawing.
I make this with orange jello and a large can of mandarin orange slices, drained. Sometimes I use two cans. It has been gone by dinners end every time I have made it! I always make a double batch.
*if you really don’t like the texture of cottage cheese, try blending it smooth or use ricotta cheese.
Can I use cream cheese instead of cottage cheese for this recipe
I’ve been eating eating pink fluff for the last 20 yrs. A nurse neighbor would bring it every Thanksgiving and Christmas! She passed, and no 1 has the recipe…thank you! I do now!
So glad you found the recipe!