Mandarin Orange Cookie Dessert Salad

Some of Bob’s family came over the other night to have a little sendoff for our niece Abby who is headed to France to serve a mission for our church.  I decided to make some dessert salads for the occasion and this was one of them along with a Snickers Caramel Apple Salad too.  They were both delicious!

2 (3.4 oz each) packages vanilla instant pudding

2 cups buttermilk or milk

2 (8 oz each) tubs of Cool Whip, thawed

1 (20 oz) can pineapple tidbits, drained well

2 (11 oz each) cans mandarin oranges, drained well

1 (11.5 oz) packaged fudge striped cookies

1  In a large bowl, whisk together the pudding mixes and buttermilk or milk then fold in the Cool Whip.

2  Stir in the pineapple tidbits and the mandarin oranges carefully.

3  Break cookies into bite size pieces and stir into salad.

4  Serve immediately.  If not serving immediately, wait to add cookies until right before serving because they will get mushy.

recipe from Six Sisters Stuff