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A bowl of creamy grape salad with red and green grapes, topped with brown sugar and pecans, perfect for potlucks

Creamy Grape Salad

Olivia Carter
Your new go-to no-bake buddy: juicy red and green grapes smothered in sweet cream cheese-sour cream magic, topped with crunchy pecans and brown sugar. Total crowd magnet!
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15 minutes
Prep Time 15 minutes
chill Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
COST Around $15 total
Course Dessert
Cuisine up Southern American
Keyword grape salad recipe
Servings 10 peeps
Calories 140 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Big bowl
  • 1 Hand Mixer
  • 1 Measuring stuff
  • 1 Spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 4 lbs seedless grapes
  • 8 oz softened cream cheese
  • 1 cup our cream
  • ⅓ cup cup sugar
  • 1½ tsp vanilla
  • ½ cup brown sugar topping
  • ¾ cup chopped toasted pecans topping

Instructions
 

  • Rinse grapes, pat 'em bone-dry (trust me, wet ones = disaster soup).
    Red and green seedless grapes being rinsed and dried on a towel for grape salad preparation
  • In your bowl, whip cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and vanilla till it's fluffy frosting heaven – mixer makes it a breeze.
    Cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, and vanilla being mixed together in a bowl for grape salad
  • Fold in those grapes gently – coat every one, no bruising the babies.
    Red and green grapes being folded into the cream cheese and sour cream mixture for grape salad
  • Lid it, fridge for 1 hours (or overnight – flavors party hard).
    Bowl of grape salad covered and placed in the fridge for chilling before serving
  • Right before serving, mix brown sugar + pecans, sprinkle on top. Boom – serve ice cold and watch it vanish.
    Brown sugar and toasted pecans being added on top of chilled grape salad

Notes

  • Tweak it: Yogurt for lighter, skip nuts for allergies. Southern staple that'll steal your next potluck!
  • Toppings last-minute or they go soggy – learned that the hard way once.
  • Make base 2 days early, lasts 3-5 days in fridge – no freezing, grapes hate it.
 

NUTRITION (per cup-ish serving, ballpark)

 
  • Calories: 140 – sneaky not-too-bad treat.
  • Fat: ~6g – from the good stuff.
  • Carbs: 20-25g – fruit sugar high-five.
  • Protein: 1-2g – bonus from dairy.
  • Potassium and calcium perks, but it's a dessert, so live a little!