Rocky Road Fluff Salad

Name: Rocky Road Fluff Salad Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 - 3.9 ounce box instant chocolate fudge pudding; 1 cup milk; 1 - 8 ounce container Cool Whip, thawed; 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

Published: May 12, 2021 · Modified: Jun 9, 2021 by Jocelyn · As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links · 48 Comments

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This Rocky Road Fluff Salad is a great no bake recipe for summer picnics and potlucks. The easy chocolate mousse is loaded with nuts, chocolate, and marshmallow goodness. If you love Rocky Road ice cream, you will love this pudding dessert.

A yellow and white bowl filled with chocolate fluff salad loaded with marshmallows, chocolate chips, and almond chunks

Dessert Salad

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 a sauce? So, this chocolate pudding dessert could be called a salad! It has small pieces of nuts and chocolate mixed together with a fluffy chocolate pudding "dressing". Sounds like a salad to me. Wink, wink!

One of our most popular fluff salads is this Banana Split Fluff Salad. It is an easy no bake dessert that is perfect for summer picnics.

Since that dessert salad was such a hit online, I started thinking about other fun variations. Rocky road ice cream is one of my favorites. I love soft marshmallow mixed with chocolate and nuts, so I added those flavors to this chocolate delight recipe.

This chocolate fluff salad with rocky road toppings turned out to be the best idea of the summer so far!

Overhead picture of a yellow bowl filled with chocolate fluff and topped with mini marshmallows, mini chocolate chips, and almond chunks

Ingredients for Easy Chocolate Mousse

This chocolate salad is really just a 3 ingredient chocolate mousse that you stir all kinds of toppings into.

Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix - make sure you buy instant Jello pudding so it sets up right. If you get a cook and serve, this recipe will not work for you.
Milk - whole, 2%, or 1% is fine
Cool Whip - gives it the light fluffy texture
Mix-Ins - mini chocolate chips, miniature marshmallows, and chopped almonds give the dessert salad the rocky road taste

All the ingredients to make Rocky Road Fluff Salad on a dark counter

How to make Rocky Road Fluff Salad

This chocolate fluff comes together in 5 minutes. Make sure all your ingredients are chopped and measured out before starting the chocolate salad.

Whisk together the milk and instant pudding mix.
Once it thickens fold in the Cool Whip.
Stir in the chocolate chips, marshmallows, and almonds.
Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can this fluff salad be made ahead of time?

It's actually best if you make it a little bit early, so the flavors can meld together and the marshmallows can soften. I don't recommend making it any earlier than 24 hours though, or it will start to be too soft.

Can you freeze Rocky Road chocolate pudding?

This chocolate fluff dessert freezes great. In fact, it tastes like a fluffy ice cream.

How do you eat a fluff salad?

With a spoon of course. LOL! It's also really great if you eat it like a dip with graham crackers or chocolate wafers.

A close up picture of the top of a yellow bowl over flowing with rocky road fluff salad and extra marshmallows, chocolate chips, and almonds on top

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A yellow and white bowl filled with chocolate fluff and loaded with almonds, marshmallows, and chocolate chips.

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