No Bake Pineapple Dessert

Us Gramas use to make a five cup salad with fruit and marshmallows, do you remember it? I still get requests for that five cup salad recipe, and although I love it, I have to admit its not really a salad. This recipe for No Bake Pineapple Dessert is dessert version of that recipe. All layered on a crunchy easy to make graham cracker crust.

A serving of pineapple dessert being served.

Easy Pineapple Dessert Ingredients

Graham Crust

2 cups graham crumbs

1/2 cup butter melted

Marshmallow Layer

3/4 cup milk

mini marshmallows 10 oz bag (400 g)

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups whipping cream

1 cup icing sugar

Fruit Layer

1 small can mandarin oranges 10 oz (284 ml)

1 can of crushed pineapple 13oz (398 ml)

1 cup coconut

Instructions

This recipes takes about half an hour from start to finish, let chill for a couple of hours and serve.

In a medium bowl add 2 1/2 cups graham crumbs.

Melt 1/2 cup butter in microwave, drizzle over the graham crumbs.

Blend together until well incorporated.

Mixing graham crackers and butter for the rust of a no bake crushed pineapple and coconut cream dessert

Place in the bottom of a 9 by 13 inch pan. Place in fridge.

Fruit Layer

Open the can of marshmallow and can of pineapple. Place in a colander and let drain.

Marshmallow Layer

In a medium sauce pan add the milk and marshmallows. Mini marshmallows are easier, but you can substitute with large just cut them up first.

Cook over medium low heat until it turns into a sauce, stirring often so it doesn’t scorch, about five minutes. Add the vanilla, and half a cup of the coconut, stir to combine. Set aside to cool.

The melted marshmallow and coconut cream filling in a pot after being cooked.

While the marshmallow mixture cools, beat the whipping cream until fluffy. Add the 1 cup of icing sugar a little bit at a time.

Spoon about 3/4 s of the whipping cream into the marshmallow mixture. (You don’t need to measure approximate is fine). Fold into the marshmallow mixture.

Remove graham crackers from the fridge. Place dollops of marshmallow on top, spread smoothly with a knife.

Sprinkle the mandarin oranges and the pineapple over the marshmallow mixture, making sure their are no large empty spots.

adding a layer of canned crushed pineapple and mandarin bits to a layered pineapple dessert.

Cover with the remaining whipping cream and then the remaining coconut.

No bake pineapple cream dessert with coconut and mandarin oranges. An easy sweet treat no bake dessert.

This pineapple dessert is firm enough to cut into large squares and serve. The layers show and the recipe holds together well.

An easy pineapple no bake dessert with crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges, coconut and whipped cream.

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A simple Canadian classic recipe, if you love creamy desserts and graham crackers you should enjoy this easy to make Flapper Pie Recipe.