Name: Pink Fluff Dessert Easy and Perfect For Potlucks!!
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Ingredients: 16 Ounce Cottage Cheese; 8 Ounce Whipped Topping; 3 Ounce Cherry Flavored Gelatin; 20 Ounce Crushed Pineapple; 10 ounce Maraschino Cherries

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Pink Fluff is one of those desserts that have been in my family for years!! While I am not a fan of it, my daughter Kylie is obsessed with it. If I let her, she would eat it for every meal and any chance she could. Plus, this makes a great Weight Watchers dessert as well.

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My daughter is quickly taking after me. She loves quick and easy food she can grab or quickly whip up. She made this for a holiday party two years ago, and it was a hit with all her classmates!! (Look down below for a great way to make this more Weight-Watchers-friendly.)

Pink Fluff Ingredients:

How To Make Pink Fluff:

Grab a large bowl for mixing. (I use two bowls, one for making the recipe and another for serving it.)

Strain your crushed pineapple, placing the juice in one bowl and the pineapple in another.

Dump everything except the cherries into your mixing bowl and combine.

Cherries, crushed pineapple, cool whip, cottage cheese, and cherry jello in bag different bowls

After everything is thoroughly mixed, slice all of the cherries in half with a paring knife.

Mix about half of the cherries into the fluff and save the rest for garnishing.

Scrape the contents into a new bowl.

Top with the remaining cherry halves and cover.

Store in the refrigerator.

We make this year-round to have at potlucks and family parties, and it’s always a hit! We plan to remake it with some different flavors this year. Kylie already has her list of combinations to try.

Now, if you are counting calories or following the Weight Watchers plan, you can swap out ingredients to make it a better option. One quick way to cut out some of the Weight Watchers points is to reduce the cherries. This breakdown below is if you used the same amount my daughter did. You could leave them out and add them as you want or substitute fresh cherries. I figured this at 15 servings of a 1/2 cup, but you can readjust and change it based on your servings.

Do you have a favorite quick and easy potluck dessert recipe?

This pink fluff is such an easy dessert to make for any get together. I love that it is a great dessert year round at potlucks, bbqs, & get togethers

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Pink Fluff Dessert Easy and Perfect For Potlucks!!

Pink Fluff Dessert is so easy to make, frugal in cost, and is also perfect for Potlucks!! This is an old-school dessert recipe made out of fruit, jello, and cottage cheese! Make it ahead of time and keep it in the fridge ready to go for potlucks or desserts on the holiday making your life so much easier!!

Course American

Cuisine Dessert

Keyword dessert salad, Jello, potluck dessert

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 5 minutes

Servings 20 servings

Author Jenny

Ingredients

Instructions

Grab a large bowl for mixing. (I use two bowls, one for making the recipe and another for serving it.)
Strain your crushed pineapple, placing the juice in one bowl and the pineapple in another.
Dump everything except the cherries into your mixing bowl and combine.
After everything is thoroughly mixed, slice all of the cherries in half with a paring knife.
Mix about half of the cherries into the fluff and save the rest for garnishing.
Scrape the contents into a new bowl.
Top with the remaining cherry halves and cover.
Store in the refrigerator.