5 Cup Fruit Salad

By cindygwest

Ingredients

• 1 cup (11 ounce can) of mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 cup of (8 ounce can) crushed pineapple, drained
• 1 cup of mini marshmallows
• 1 cup of sweetened coconut
• 1 cup of sour cream

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for several hours before serving. Serves about 6, so increase as needed. Garnish individual servings with a sprinkle of pecans, a dollop of whipped cream and a maraschino cherry, if desired.

Variations:

If desired, substitute half sour cream with half whipped cream, or Cool Whip to reduce the tartness of the sour cream. Also can substitute a sweetened vanilla, or other flavored yogurt for the sour cream. Lower fat products are fine. For color, shake the coconut with a little food coloring before adding, to make it more seasonal in color; red for Christmas, pink for Easter, or green for St. Patrick's Day. To make it sweeter, stir in some powdered sugar.

: Add in 1/2 cup of chopped pecan.

: Add in one (8 ounce) container of thawed Cool Whip.

: Add in one small jar of well drained maraschino cherries, halved.