Looking for a refreshing and indulgent salad that’s perfect for any occasion? You’ve got to try this delectable Creamy Grape Salad recipe! Bursting with juicy grapes, coated in a luscious creamy sauce, and topped with a crunchy pecan and brown sugar topping, this salad is a delightful balance of flavors and textures that will have your taste buds dancing with joy.

Walnuts on top of a grape salad and spoons to serve it.

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Why you’ll love making Grape Salad

Ready in just 5 minutes, this creamy grape salad recipe is so fast to throw together last minute and a real crowd pleaser!
This easy grape salad just takes 3 steps: make the creamy dressing, add the grapes, sprinkle crunchy pecans or walnuts and brown sugar, and serve!
If you’re going to a potluck or throwing a BBQ at home, this easy recipe is perfect for sharing! It can be either a dessert salad or a side dish, and everyone loves it and will be asking for seconds.
This amazing creamy grape salad can easily be made vegan by using vegan cream cheese and vegan sour cream or plain yogurt.
From crunchy, crisp grapes to cream cheese and sour cream, the flavor of this grape salad is incredible! It covers everything: sweet, salty, tangy, creamy, and crunchy!

Ingredients you’ll need

You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below to make this delicious recipe.

Ingredients needed; sour cream, cream cheese, walnuts, vanilla extract, grapes, white sugar, and brown sugar.

How to make this Grape Salad Recipe with step-by-step instructions

A complete printable recipe and the measurements in both US customary and metric are available in the recipe card below.

In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.

You can use an electric hand mixer or good old elbow grease with a wooden spoon.

Sour cream, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and sugar in a mixing bowl. — Add cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla extract, and sugar to a mixing bowl.

Someone stirring the cream cheese mixture. — Beat until fully combined and smooth.

Red and green grapes added to the cream cheese mixture. — Add grapes.

Add fresh grapes to the cream cheese mixture in the large bowl and toss to coat them.

Transfer the grape salad to a serving bowl and refrigerate it until you are ready to serve. It doesn’t need to be covered but feel free to put a lid or cover it in plastic wrap.

Grapes tossed in the cream cheese mixture. — Toss to coat the grapes evenly.

Grape salad in a serving bowl ready to eat. — Transfer to a serving bowl, scatter walnuts, and brown sugar evenly.

Before serving, sprinkle brown sugar over the top of the salad and scatter the chopped walnuts or chopped pecans over the top of the red and green grape salad.

Someone using spoons to serve grape salad.

Recipe notes and expert tips bullet point

Grapes: We used a mix of red and green grapes, but feel free to stick to just seedless green grapes or seedless red grapes or add some black grapes. Seedless grapes are ideal as they require less work, but remove the seeds after cutting if you don’t have red and green seedless grapes.
Substitute Greek yogurt: You can substitute sour cream for plain Greek yogurt. We recommend full-fat yogurt for that thick, rich, creamy flavor!
Brown sugar: Granulated sugar is a good option to use instead of light brown sugar if needed.
Cream cheese: This needs to be full-fat cream cheese and softened so that it’s easier to mix with the other ingredients. We take the package of cream cheese out of the fridge a couple of hours before we throw this grape salad recipe together.
Make ahead: This is a great recipe to make the day before. True, it only takes 5 minutes to throw together (which makes it an easy fruit salad for impromptu casual gatherings), but chilling it in the fridge makes it taste even more delicious and refreshing on a hot summer day!
Vegan option: It’s so simple to make this vegan! Use vegan cream cheese and vegan sour cream or yogurt.

A delicious bowl of grape salad with spoons in it for serving.

How to store leftover Grape Salad

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

How to prepare fresh grapes

Remove the stems; they can become a choking hazard for children. Wash the grapes thoroughly and dry them with paper towels.

You can either use whole grapes or you can slice them in half; if you have grapes with seeds in them, we recommend halving them and removing the seeds.

What to serve with fruit salad

Fruit salad goes with just about anything to add a pop of cold sweetness to a plate, but we especially love digging into this recipe in the summer months!

We love to fire up the grill and serve this grape salad with our Beetroot and Grilled Halloumi Salad. They pair perfectly! We’ll also throw some veggie sausages, Cajun Corn on the Cob, or Chili Lime Corn on the Cob on the grill to make it a meal and have leftovers for later.

More of a pizza fan? This is the best grape salad when you’re firing up a pizza in your outdoor Ooni Pizza Oven. We absolutely love making homemade pizza so be sure to check out our Artichoke Pizza, Neapolitan pizza, mushroom pizza, and spinach pizza. They are all amazing!

A bowl of grape salad with serving spoons in it and grapes scattered around it.

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Homemade grape salad in a mixing bowl, with serving spoons.

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