Bring that tropical feeling home with Pina Colada Fluff! An incredibly easy and delicious dessert salad! Love pina colada? Check out my pina colada smoothie recipe and my pina colada fudge – ah-mazing!
Pina Colada Fluff
I’m currently sitting in my room at the the Little America hotel in Salt Lake City. I’m here for the Six Sisters Build Your Blog Conference and I couldn’t be more excited!
I’m kind of lucky to be sitting in this room because when I went to check-in, guess what? I didn’t have a reservation. Now I could have sworn I booked a room. Conference ticket – check. Flight booked – check. Room – check? How on earth did I forget something so important?!?
I was searching through my emails like a mad woman saying, “But I know I booked the room!” I’m clearly losing my mind.
Thank you Little America for getting me into a room straight away. Much appreciated. Now I have time to share a recipe with you that’s sure to brighten up your day: Pina Colada Fluff.
I made this up this last week to take up to my Dad’s house (as a thank you for his help with our beater car…) and I have to say it was AWESOME.
I needed something quick, something, easy, and something sweet – pina colada fluff it is!
I made this fluff with pineapple, coconut, vanilla pudding mix, marshmallows, pecans (totally optional) and a bit of rum extract to give it that true pina colada flavor. Sooo spectacular!
This dessert salad would be perfect for your next get together, potluck or picnic. It takes like two short minutes to pull together and just about that long for it to be inhaled.
More Fluff Recipes
- Strawberry Fluff
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Fluff
- Peppermint Fluff
- Watergate Salad
- Cherry Fluff
- Cranberry Fluff
How To Make Pina Colada Fluff
Pina Colada Fluff
Ingredients
- 3.4 oz vanilla instant pudding mix 1 box
- 20 oz crushed pineapple 1 can - do not drain!
- 8 oz Cool Whip 1 container - I used lite - thawed
- 1 tsp rum extract
- 2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts your favorite
Instructions
- Combine pudding mix and the entire can of crushed pineapple in a large bowl.
- Stir until completely combined.
- Fold in Cool Whip, rum extract, marshmallows, coconut, and nuts.
- Chill until ready to served.
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Joy Terrones says
Where do u get rum extract
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Right near the other extracts in the baking aisle Joy or you can order from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=as_li_qf_sp_sr_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=moonti09-20&keywords=rum%20extract&index=aps&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=xm2&linkId=b130f59b420d3c31e50d34d455823584
Sandy says
Wondering if you can use pieces of angel food cake instead of marshmallows
Janett Tillman says
Just found your website,and I live it! You have some great recipes I can’t wait to try. I have a website I have started,I hope someday it’s half as good as yours.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
You’re too sweet! Thanks Janet!
Arlene says
Have you tried with adding real rum?
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Yes and YES 🙂 Very good!
Jocelyn says
I’m so glad you asked that!
Alicia Silva says
I hate to sound dumb. But where do you get rum extract?
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Next to the other extracts like vanilla extract. You can also order it from Amazon: http://amzn.to/2czBn7w
Nancy says
If I made a coconut cake how do you think if I put your pins collars salad on top of the cake do you think that would taste okay
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I’m sure it would be delicious! You might also want to check out how I frosted this cake – http://www.momontimeout.com/2016/04/easy-strawberry-pineapple-cake/
SunnyDaysNora says
Thanks so much for sharing! I made for a party and everyone raves about it!
Karren Egstad says
Would it be possible to use Mandarin orange’s and lemon pudding mix to make lemon fluff ?
Amanda says
I feel like that would work extremely well!!!
Sue Erskine says
I really like this recipe, but we don’t have Cool Whip over here.. Can I use regular cream and whip it, instead…??
Sharon Hartinger says
Can you please post the receipt for me please , can’t seem to get it
Sue says
Can you use fresh pineapple with a little pineapple juice instead of canned pineapple?
Janet says
What kind or how many instant vanilla pudding do you use. I want to use sugar free and the large box is only 1.5 oz. so I use 3 boxes?
Michelle says
1 small box – 4 servings is what the recipe calls for. If using large box, only use 1 as that’s 6 servings. It weighs a lot less because artificial sweetener weighs a lot less than sugar.
Barbara says
Do you have the nutritional information on this
Della Barker says
Will this still taste like a pina colada if you leave the rum extract out of the recipe? Thank you
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
It will taste like pineapple coconut but not pina colada. Still amazing!
Joyce Murphy says
How about using real whipped cream rather than CoolWhip. Do you think 1 cup whipped would do it?
Sherie Euhardy says
Not sure if whipped cream would hold up but I have a recipe to replace CoolWhip.
4 ounces cream cheese
1/3 cup confectioners sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Cup heavy whipping cream
Beat the first three ingredients together. In a different bowl whip the cream to soft peaks.
Add cream cheese mixture by 1/3rds. Beat until stiff peaks.
Refridgerate until read to use.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thanks Sherie! This would work nicely in this recipe.
Debbie Young says
Do you think this would work in a mold? Looks & sounds DELISH! Thinking of molding it in a horseshoe cake pan for KY Derby party. Guess I could spray the pan and/or line with plastic wrap to unmold it from the pan? Thanks!!
Joyce Murphy says
I think plastic wrap would be better than spraying the pan. The spray might add a taste to it.
It may or may not hold up.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Hmmm – it’s pretty fluffy Debbie but that sounds like such a cute idea I would totally try it 🙂 If it didn’t work out you could just throw it in a bowl.
Donna says
I seriously doubt it would hold up in a mold! Having made this often, I just don’t think it would work. Good luck on trying!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I don’t think that would work either.