The Very Best Creamy Grape Salad

Sweet grapes, crispy pecans, and vanilla bean sour cream are integrated in this unforeseen and scrumptious velvety grape salad. My kids went nuts over this the very first time I made it and I could not stop consuming bites of it myself.

I have actually made this easy grape salad with pecans numerous times now and my youngest boy still can’t get enough of it. Each time he sees grapes in the shop or in our fridge, he asks if we can make “the truly excellent grape salad” once again. How could I ever state no to that?

Creamy Grape Salad

There’s no huge trick here. Simply delicious fresh grapes and pecans covered in velvety, tasty, extremely gently sweetened sour cream. Often the easiest recipes truly are the very best!

This is a popular meal to give events with pals, however it’s likewise terrific served with a sandwich or cover for a simple household lunch.

Grape Salad with Pecans

Salads with grapes are timeless dinner and celebration meals. If you have actually never ever tasted one, this recipe is the ideal one to make initially.

Or, if your experiences with grape salad recollect excessively sweetened, gloppy meals at household reunions or work picnics, I assure you this specific grape salad recipe is so excellent it will have you scraping the bowl and returning to the buffet table for seconds.

The pecans in this recipe include terrific texture and crunch to the salad. As far as I’m worried, they aren’t optional. If you truly do not like pecans, slivered or sliced almonds will likewise work, though they are not my very first option.

I ‘d recommend switching in walnuts prior to almonds, however in my experience, if somebody is averse to pecans, they nearly never ever delight in walnuts. Simply utilize whatever nut you like best for crunch here, if you do not care to consist of the pecans.

Grape Salad Recipe Without Cream Cheese

This grape salad is NOT your typical dinner meal. The recipe includes a gently sweetened sour cream dressing and I more than happy to state that this salad exceeds any other grape salads I have actually tasted.

Years back, we made variations of this salad with cool whip or vanilla pudding. They were great however absolutely nothing amazing so I wasn’t in any rush to make them once again.

I have actually likewise tasted grape salads made with yogurt or cream cheese dressings. Once again, they tasted all right however didn’t leave any huge impression. I might take them or leave them, truly.

Sour Cream Grape Salad

Then, I found gently sweetened sour cream. Numerous years back, I made these Layered Lemon Cheesecake and tasted sweetened sour cream for the very first time. I was impressed by the distinction a small scattering of sugar made in the normally tasty (and sour) cream.

If you have not attempted gently sweetened sour cream prior to, you remain in for an enjoyable reward. I have actually served this salad to a number of individuals who were surprised that the velvety dressing was just sour cream.

Sour cream with simply a touch of sugar supplies the ideal quantity of tasty and sweet to enhance the juicy grape taste in this salad. I would gladly consume this grape salad with sour cream for breakfast, lunch, supper, or dessert.

Salad with Grapes

Grape salads are simple problem-free side meals. When grapes are tossed into a standard garden salad, they contribute a tempting, fresh, sweet bite that I like.

Crisp broccoli is integrated with sweet, juicy grapes, and crispy littles red onion right before being tossed with an appetizing, sweet balsamic dressing to make this Broccoli Grape Salad.

Chicken, fresh grapes, and crispy walnuts are tossed in a tangy-sweet poppyseed dressing to make this Poppyseed Chicken Salad.

Sweet grapes, candied walnuts, crisp greens, and nutty cheese are integrated to make this genuinely appealing Grape and Candied Walnut Salad. ( Yes, I simply called a salad appealing and I wait that!) I like this salad a lot, I will gladly consume it two times a day whenever I have the ingredients in your home.

Tender bites of chicken, sweet grapes, pasta, are integrated and tossed with a velvety poppyseed dressing to make this easy Poppyseed Chicken and Grape Pasta Salad.

Sweet grapes and tender chicken in an appetizing dressing come together as the base for a truly delicious Cashew Chicken Salad.

Tart apples and sweet grapes, bananas, and blueberries are tossed with crispy pecans in a light and velvety vanilla dressing to make this “red white and blue” Creamy Fruit Salad.

Grape Salad Ingredients

• green grapes
• red grapes
• sour cream
• sugar
• vanilla
• pecans

Kitchen Area Suggestion: I utilize this set of blending bowls to make and keep this salad. (You can see the bowls in the video at the top of this post. The specific pattern has actually been ceased, however I have actually connected a comparable set.)

Recipe for Grape Salad

After blending together the sour cream, a little sugar, and aromatic vanilla, just include a lot of sliced up green and red grapes to the bowl.

Include a generous handful of crispy pecans with the grapes and sour cream dressing and you have a scrumptious, gently sweetened meal that’s all set to serve.

You can enjoy this Grape Salad right now or keep it in the refrigerator. If you will not be serving the salad within a number of hours, wait to include the pecans up until right before serving so they do not get soft and mushy.

If you wish to make this recipe however just have one range of grape in your refrigerator, go all out anyhow! I like the combination of green and red grapes for the great color and taste range it contributes to the meal however it would likewise taste excellent utilizing all green grapes or all red grapes.

It goes without stating that you need to utilize seedless grapes in this recipe if at all possible. We desire the great crunch in this salad to come from the pecans instead of from surprise seeds concealing in each juicy bite of grape. Seedless grapes are likewise simpler to slice.

Alternative To Vanilla Bean

Sugar includes sweet taste however what truly makes this sour cream fruit salad dressing sing is the addition of vanilla. You can utilize either fresh vanilla bean or genuine vanilla extract to include the vanilla taste to the sour cream.

Increasing expenses of vanilla and the trouble of discovering fresh vanilla beans in numerous supermarket indicate that I normally utilize vanilla extract when I make thisrecipe It works simply as well without as much hassle or cost.

It’s simple and affordable to replace vanilla extract for vanilla beans One teaspoon of pure vanilla extract is approximately comparable taste and fragrance a good idea to one vanilla bean.

I understand there are a lot of vanilla perfectionists out there who argue that fresh vanilla bean is constantly the much better alternative in baking and cooking. I can’t state I constantly concur.

While fresh vanilla is incredible it’s just not practical or expense reliable for the majority of us. The distinction in quality of taste and taste just isn’t as substantial as the distinction in cost for me.

Everybody has their own choice, however, which’s why I state usage whatever mode of vanilla taste that’s finest for you.

If you occur to have a fresh vanilla bean lying around, absolutely utilize it! I enjoy what it contributes to this recipe, however for the rest people, there’s our reliable vanilla extract. Both methods of including vanilla taste are scrumptious and truly boost this grape salad.

Sweetened Sour Cream

I have not attempted utilizing this sweetened sour cream dressing on numerous other fruit salads yet (it’s wonderful on this one though!) and I’m anticipating try out it on various mixes of fruit.

It’s so velvety and light that I wager it would taste terrific on great deals of other fruit salads, in addition to being an excellent dip for strawberries or banana pieces. If you choose to have fun with the recipe, make certain to let me understand what you believe and the various mixes you develop!

{ initially released 5/16/14– recipe notes and pictures upgraded 6/29/23}