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Grape Salad

LilBitMissty — Mon, 02 May 2016 01:01:21 GMT

Grape Salad

1 lb seedless red grapes
1 lb seedless green grapes
8 oz pkg cream cheese... softened
1/2 cup sugar
8 oz container sour cream
1 Tablespoon vanilla
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Place grapes in a large serving bowl. Combine cream cheese & granulated sugar, stirring well. Combine sour cream & vanilla in a separate bowl.
Combine cream cheese mixture & sour cream mixture. Add to grapes, stirring well. Top w/brown sugar & pecans. DO NOT STIR. Cover & chill overnight.

Re: Grape Salad

Sunshine Kate — Mon, 02 May 2016 01:46:48 GMT

That Grape Salad recipe sounds delish.

Re: Grape Salad

LilBitMissty — Mon, 02 May 2016 01:50:25 GMT

Sunshine Kate..Hi. It's nice to see you again. We had a warm day here today, so I made this and thought I would post the recipe. It really is good. Hope you give it try

Re: Grape Salad

QVCkitty1 — Mon, 02 May 2016 01:53:15 GMT

A few years ago someone brought this to a potluck at work. It was a huge hit and the woman who brought it was giving out recipes all day. It is yummy.

Re: Grape Salad

LilBitMissty — Mon, 02 May 2016 02:00:28 GMT

imdoor kitty...Hi. It's nice to meet you. I can vouch what you are saying. This was a dish my DM made for church potlucks. The dish was empty fast, and she had alot of requests for the recipe. Thanks for your feedback

Re: Grape Salad

mustang66lady — Mon, 02 May 2016 03:34:33 GMT

Hi LilBit,

This is always a hit! Thanks for sharing and reminding me of this salad. With warmer days coming, it will be a great dish for many a outing for sure!

Re: Grape Salad

Snicks1 — Mon, 02 May 2016 11:10:36 GMT

@LilBitMissty, I served this last year at a family reunion, along with many other dishes, received so many compliments on it. Also in the weeks afterwards, got a lot of requests for the recipe from quite a few out of state relatives who said that they have made and served it quite often since. Thanks for sharing this recipe, it is a winner.

Re: Grape Salad

ChiliPepper — Tue, 03 May 2016 02:31:53 GMT

@LilBitMissty

This sounds great!!!

We love anything with grapes.

Thanks once again LilBit!!!!

Re: Grape Salad

RespectLife — Tue, 03 May 2016 12:32:47 GMT

Hi @LilBitMissty

How delicious! I am always looking for something new to bring to church summer outings!

I take it you leave the grapes whole?

TIA!!

Re: Grape Salad

Snicks1 — Thu, 05 May 2016 20:10:19 GMT

@RespectLife...I'm not LilBit, but, yes leave them whole, the salad would get watery if you sliced them, imo.

Re: Grape Salad

mustang66lady — Fri, 06 May 2016 00:58:09 GMT

@Snicks1 wrote:
@RespectLife...I'm not LilBit, but, yes leave them whole, the salad would get watery if you sliced them, imo.

Hi Respect,

Snicks is right! Leave those grapes whole. I wash my grapes and dry them bone dry, then refrigerate them to get them cold. I make the salad the next day and when people bite into those cold grapes with that yummy dressing/topping, they explode in your mouth with juicy goodness! So refreshing on a hot summer's day.

Hi Snicks,

Nice to "meet" you!

Re: Grape Salad

RespectLife — Fri, 06 May 2016 14:19:23 GMT

@Snicks1 wrote:
@RespectLife...I'm not LilBit, but, yes leave them whole, the salad would get watery if you sliced them, imo.

@Snicks1 @mustang66lady

Thank you for your reply! I thought so...and that does make a lot of sense that it would get watery! Thanks again!

Great tips mustang! I will make sure they are dry and cold.

I was just thinking...I wonder how those silly Cotton Candy Grapes we found last year would taste in this? Interesting!

Re: Grape Salad

mustang66lady — Sat, 07 May 2016 00:31:08 GMT

@RespectLife wrote:
@Snicks1 wrote:
@RespectLife...I'm not LilBit, but, yes leave them whole, the salad would get watery if you sliced them, imo.

@Snicks1 @mustang66lady

Thank you for your reply! I thought so...and that does make a lot of sense that it would get watery! Thanks again!

Great tips mustang! I will make sure they are dry and cold.

I was just thinking...I wonder how those silly Cotton Candy Grapes we found last year would taste in this? Interesting!

I have no clue, Respect. I have failed to find the Cotton Candy Grapes so can't quite get the taste in my mind. Grapes are pretty sweet to me and the dressing on this salad is sweet. I don't know if I would use all cotton candy grapes-would they mix with either green or red grapes? A lot of the time the green grapes are a tad more tart to me and if the cotton candy grapes are real sweet, it might work to mix those two.

Re: Grape Salad

rrpell — Tue, 10 May 2016 00:07:26 GMT

@LilBitMissty Thank you for posting this recipe. I made it last night and we had it for dessert, this evening. It was delicious! I think if I were to take this to a pot luck, I would make it in a flat casserole dish so everyone can get some of the terrific topping. This is a very good dish to have in my recipe file!

Re: Grape Salad

Brittany-QVC — Tue, 10 May 2016 02:26:53 GMT

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Re: Grape Salad

DiamondGirly — Fri, 27 May 2016 13:21:47 GMT

LilBitMissty - thanks so much for yet another great recipe!

I made your recipe (doubled) for a school staff potluck, and many were raving over it and asking for the recipe. One teacher commented/complaining-~~she's usually "that one"~~ it was really sugary sweet, and I believe that's because of the 2 cups of packed brown sugar on top (I used a rectangle aluminum pan...so more would get the topping (thank you, rrpel, for that suggestion!).

Some were already using it to vary with other fruits, and I think it would be great with others, also! It's fun to make the original recipe and find out it is wonderful and also be able to vary it! Trying it makes this possible!

Just a note: Other recipes I found varied from 2 Tbsp of brown sugar and up....now I can see it would be TO TASTE? Also they use less vanilla, but I liked the vanilla taste!

Thanks again - I will be making this on Sunday for a BBQ we are going to! I got grapes at Costco, and they come in 2-lb tubs of each color, so I thought ahead haha! I'll let you know how THAT group likes it, if I remember!

Re: Grape Salad

DiamondGirly — Fri, 27 May 2016 13:34:50 GMT

Hello again, LilBitMissty - I know you've made tons of wonderful recipes, to include your wonderful Mom's.... Would you know if the below recipe with DOUBLE the grapes would sound right to you?? It is from food.com...

TIA!!

Grape Salad

Ingredients

Servings 15

2 lbs green seedless grapes

2 lbs red seedless grapes

8 ounces sour cream

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1⁄2 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract, to taste

Topping Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar, packed, to taste

1 cup crushed pecans, to taste

Directions

Wash and stem grapes.
Set aside.
Mix sour cream, cream cheese, white sugar and vanilla by hand until blended.
Stir grapes into mixture, and pour in large serving bowl.

For topping:

Combine brown sugar, and crushed pecans.
Sprinkle over top of grapes to cover completely.
Chill overnight.

Re: Grape Salad

Mebe — Sat, 28 May 2016 03:32:21 GMT

We have found it much easier to eat if the grapes are cut in half. Never had a problem with it becoming watery.

Re: Grape Salad

spix — Sat, 28 May 2016 13:46:08 GMT

@Mebe wrote:
We have found it much easier to eat if the grapes are cut in half. Never had a problem with it becoming watery.

@Mebe My original recipe, from years ago, calls for cutting the grapes in half, never had a problem either, always delicious.

Re: Grape Salad

Nomore — Sun, 29 May 2016 18:32:23 GMT

@LilBitMissty

My husband has heard of this and I haven't. (he's from OH and I'm from TX). So I'm making it for tomorrow, he will be very surprised!

THANKS!