Snickers salad
A completed Snickers salad
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| Origin | |
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| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Iowa |
| Details | |
| Course served | Dessert |
| Serving temperature | Cold |
| Main ingredient(s) | Snickers bars, Granny Smith apples, whipped topping |
Snickers salad is a mix of Snickers bars, Granny Smith apples, whipped cream and often pudding or whipped topping served in a bowl.[1][2] It is a potluck and party staple in Iowa, where the "salad" is popular alongside glorified rice, Watergate salad, jello salad and hotdish. It is sometimes included in church cookbooks.[3]
Snickers salad is easy to make: the ingredients are simply chopped and combined.[4] As to whether it is a salad or a dessert, popular lore has it that it depends on which end of the table it is sitting.[3] Variations include the addition of grapes, sliced bananas, crushed pineapple, vanilla pudding, buttermilk, lemon juice, sour cream, cream cheese, marshmallow cream, and mayonnaise.[3] There are also sweet variations that include chocolate chips, candy sprinkles, chocolate or caramel sauce, peanuts, and crushed pretzels.[3]
The recipe for Snickers salad was included in a 2009 article "Salads worthy of a church picnic" in the Indianapolis Star. The author noted that "Despite what all my community and church cookbooks would say, I don't think anything with marshmallows can really be called a salad."[5]
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Salads worthy of a church picnic May 27, 2009 Indianapolis Star
References
- Joanne Raetz Stuttgen and Terese Allen Cafe Wisconsin Cookbook Univ of Wisconsin Press, 2007 p. 72, 73 (Google preview)
