Description
Midwestern classic Snickers apple salad combines creamy pudding with chopped candy bars and crisp apples. Sweet and crunchy textures mingle in this crowd-pleasing dessert you’ll want to share at summer potlucks.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 Snickers bars (regular size), chopped
- 4–5 medium Granny Smith apples, chopped
- 1 (3.4 oz/96 g) package instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup cold milk
- 1 (8 oz/226 g) container whipped topping, thawed
- ½ cup caramel sauce (plus more for drizzling, optional)
Instructions
- Pudding Preparation: Whisk vanilla pudding mix with cold milk in a large mixing bowl until smooth and lump-free. Let the mixture stand briefly to achieve optimal thickness and consistency.
- Creamy Fusion: Gently fold whipped topping into the pudding base, creating a luxurious and velvety cream mixture that serves as the salad’s foundation.
- Flavor Incorporation: Delicately fold diced apples and crushed Snickers bars into the creamy mixture, ensuring even distribution and complete coating of each ingredient.
- Caramel Enhancement: Drizzle caramel sauce throughout the salad with a light hand, swirling to integrate the sweet element without compromising the dessert’s delicate texture.
- Chilling and Flavor Melding: Refrigerate the salad for at least an hour, allowing flavors to harmonize and the dessert to develop a rich, cohesive taste profile.
Notes
- Choose Crisp Apples: Select firm, tart apples like Granny Smith or Honeycrisp to maintain texture and provide a sharp contrast to the sweet pudding mixture.
- Prevent Apple Browning: Toss diced apples immediately in a splash of lemon juice to preserve their fresh, bright color and prevent oxidation.
- Prepare Just Before Serving: Assemble the salad close to serving time to maintain the Snickers bars’ crunch and prevent them from becoming soggy in the creamy mixture.
- Customize Texture: Roughly chop Snickers bars for varied bite sizes, creating an interesting textural experience with each spoonful of the dessert.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 265
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg