This Rocky Road Fluff Salad is a great addition to any dinner. It’s the perfect dessert to end any meal.
Let’s talk about salad for a minute. When you first hear the word salad, I am sure you think green leaves, vegetables, and dressing, right?
But did you know that a salad is actually a dish consisting of small pieces of food mixed with sauce. So this chocolate pudding dessert can be called a salad! It has small pieces of nuts and chocolate mixed together with pudding and Cool Whip. That sounds like a salad to me.
So last week I shared this Banana Split Fluff Salad. It was one of those fun desserts that we enjoyed and I couldn’t wait to share it with everyone. But I had no idea that it was going to go so crazy on Facebook and Pinterest. Yay for fun food that everyone likes!! I see lots of this salad showing up at picnics this summer!
Well, almost everyone liked it. There were quite a few comments about how it didn’t look good and why would you call this salad. People are much more vocal when they are behind a computer screen. I don’t get it. If you don’t like something, then just keep scrolling, right???
Anyway, I am braced for whatever people think about this fluff salad. And yes, I am still calling it a salad. Salad can be dessert food too!
Since the other fluff salad was such a hit, I started thinking about other fun variations. I might have come up with about 10 other crazy twists to this dessert salad. I hope you are ready for lots of “salad”!
Chocolate had to be first though. I had so many questions on how to make the Banana Split version without pineapple. Turns out lots of people don’t like that either, so this Rocky Road Fluff Salad is a way to make it with just milk.
Rocky road ice cream is one of my favorites. I love soft marshmallow mixed with chocolate and nuts, so it was only fitting to add it into the pudding fluff.
Perfect way to eat a salad if you ask me 🙂
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Rocky Road Fluff Salad
This chocolate pudding dessert is a fun "salad" to serve for picnics, barbecues, or after dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 - 3.9 ounce box instant chocolate fudge pudding
- 1 cup milk
- 1 - 8 ounce Cool Whip
- 1 1/2 cups miniature marshmallows
- 3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips + extra
- 3/4 cup diced almonds + extra
- marshmallow bits for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Whisk together the pudding and milk until dissolved and thickened. Fold in the Cool Whip.
- Stir in the marshmallows, chocolate chips, and almonds. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Serve with marshmallow bits and extra mini chocolate chips and almonds on top. Makes about 8 cups.
I think it’s a regional thing. My mom was from Michigan and the stuff she called salads? OMG! If it had cool whip or jello it was a salad… whatever this is it looks amazing.
It must be…but man, I am all for these sweet salads 🙂
I’m from Michigan and my mom never made stuff like this…maybe it depends on where in Michigan you lived???
Dang! This looks like a hit to me. Am I allowed to scoop some of this salad onto a graham cracker? 😀
That sounds like a fabulous idea, girl!!!!
This is so awesome! Never seen a better salad 🙂
Thank you so much!!!
This is the most delicious salad I’ve ever seen! A lot better than that green leafy stuff!
Hahaha! Yes, so much better than the green salads 🙂
A dish consisting of small pieces of food mixed with sauce…HA. Pass the salad bowl please!!!
People can be so rude!! Why? I don’t get it either! This SALAD looks delicious Jocelyn. I would dive right in! Have a great weekend! Pinned!! 😉
Thank you!!!
I did your Banana Split Fluff Salad for Easter and OMG it was so good! I’m definitely doing this one..and chocolate…YES! Thank you for another amazing dessert 🙂
Woo hoo! I am so glad to hear you loved the banana split version! I can’t wait to hear what you think of this one 🙂
This rocky road fluff salad is adorable and I can think of a few people who will definitely fisnish their salad this time round 😉 Happy weekend!!
No salad gets left behind when it is a chocolate salad!!!!
This looks great! So chocolaty and I love how it’s studded with marshmallows and almonds. The perfect salad indeed!
This is my kind of a salad!!! Yes please!!
I love this salad, Jocelyn! Definitely beats the green kind! 🙂 Sounds so delicious and full of flavor!
Hahaha! Yes, this definitely beats green salad by a mile!!!
No matter what you call it, this stuff looks AMAZING!!! 🙂 I just want to stick my face in the bowl! Yum!
Oh this looks so good! Haters gonna hate. It just comes with the territory which is what the delete comment button is for! I love this “salad” I mean it has chocolate.
LOL yes, I have had a few comments that got the delete button! But it’s all good! And salad with chocolate is always a win!
Don’t let the haters get to ya! This looks light and chocolatey and yum 🙂
You and your banana split thing! I love it.
But I love rocky road more, so I’m glad you made this flavor. And I love calling it salad!
Haha! Yes, I have a thing for banana splits…there might be another treat coming with those flavors too 🙂
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I saw the Banana Split Fluff recipe, and knew I had to make it! I made a double batch for our Easter Brunch. It was the perfect brunch dessert with our baked ham, scrambled eggs, and biscuits. Everyone loved it! There was only a small bit left! Then I saw the Rocky road fluff recipe and will be making it tonight to go along with grilled ribs, corn on the cob, and baked grilled veggies. It looks amazing!
My daughters scooped the banana split fluff into mini grahm cracker pie crusts and froze them. Then drizzled with chocolate syrup. We also added in a bit of flaked coconut. Delish!!!
That sounds like you had an awesome dinner…and I love that your girls turned the fluff into pies!!! Perfect dessert idea!!! I hope you love this chocolate version too!
I always have space in my belly for this kind of salad 🙂
This dessert was delicious! I made it the same day I stumbled across it on Pinterest, and it was a crowd pleaser. This will be a go-to recipe this summer when I want dessert but nothing heavy. Perfect dish! Now I’m convinced I need to try the other version. Thanks for sharing this one.
Woo hoo! I am so glad to hear you liked this salad. And yes, try a few of the other versions 🙂
I’ve made this chocolate version three times, and it was a hit every time. And when you’re dieting, salads are the way to go, right??
Thank you for your recipe of fluff salad. I made the banana split one for Easter dessert this year, and it was so good. Now I must try all variations! I see using your recipe for many years to come.
I am obsessed with desserts! Definitely that rocky road fluff salad will be yummy! Thx for sharing!
I don’t care what it’s called, I like the sound of it. I’m trying it.
Thanks
Your total time should be 1 hour 10 minutes, right? Because you have to refrigerate for an hour?
Yes, if you are including chill time then the total time is over an hour. The pudding is ready to go right away, but I feel like the flavors mesh better if you refrigerate it for a little bit.
This looks absolutely delicious !!!
I want some !!!
Is there a way to make it a little healthier ?
Could u use lite whipped topping, skim or 1% milk?
Or what about sugar free pudding mix ?
I can eat it like this don’t get me wrong .. but was just wondering lol
You could definitely use a sugar free pudding mix, fat free milk, and a light whipped topping to make it kind of “healthier”. Although, adding marshmallows and chocolate chips kind of defeats that. LOL! Keep me posted if you try it that way and how it turns out for you.
I have made this sooooo many times and I tell ya, it’s always a hit for everyone, especially teenagers. I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t like it. One mom even took some home and froze them like ice cream. You should have seen her face how wonderful she describes this dessert LOL. One time I ran out of almonds and I only have cashews and a little bit of macadamia; I threw them all in and it still tastes fabulous!
Oh Happy Day! Hubby is diabetic, I can get the sugar free pudding and sugar free Cool Whip! Definitely trying this, and thinking about putting in the freezer! YUM!