Easy Frog Eye Salad

This is a great potluck dish that uses instant vanilla pudding and canned pineapple and mandarin oranges to cut down on preparation time.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 15 mins
• Calories: 290 Calories

Ingredients

• ¼ cup white sugar
• ½ cup flaked coconut
• 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 3 cups miniature marshmallows
• 2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 ⅓ cups milk
• 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1 ⅓ cups acini di pepe pasta
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained and 1/4 cup juice reserved

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook acini de pepe in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 11 minutes. Drain and rinse well with cold water.

Step 2

Beat reserved pineapple juice, milk, sugar, and pudding mix together in a large bowl for about 2 minutes. Stir pineapple chunks, marshmallows, mandarin oranges, whipped topping, crushed pineapple, and coconut into the bowl with the juice mixture carefully. Cover and refrigerate at least 5 hours to overnight.