Best Easy Creamy Grape Salad Recipe
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 pounds seedless red grapes
- 2 pounds seedless green grapes
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cup walnuts and/or pecans chopped
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sour cream, vanilla, and sugar, until smooth. Add the grapes and toss to coat. Transfer to a serving bowl and refrigerate until you are ready to serve. Before serving, sprinkle brown sugar and scatter the nuts over the top.8 ounces cream cheese, 1 cup sour cream, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons white sugar, 2 pounds seedless red grapes, 2 pounds seedless green grapes, 3 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 cup walnuts and/or pecans
Notes
- 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 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, but chilling it in the fridge makes it taste even more delicious and refreshing on a hot day!
- Vegan option: It’s so simple to make this vegan! Use vegan cream cheese and vegan sour cream or yogurt.
How to store leftover Grape Salad
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.Nutrition
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.
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.
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Hello.
I made this Grape Salad Recipe for my Thanksgiving Church Potluck & it was a huge hit.
I give this a
***** Rating
Dee Dee
West Virginia USA
Trudy
I am so pleased to hear that everyone enjoyed it. I love making it for potlucks as it’s not often that someone else brings it.