Easy Grape Salad Recipe (2024)

Updated on July 3, 2023|By Kate|13 Comments

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This easy grape salad recipe combines fresh grapes, a sweet cream cheese mixture, and crunchy pecans in one delicious creamy fruit salad that’s always a crowd pleaser!

This Grape Salad recipe is made with just seven simple ingredients. It consists of fresh grapes, a cheesecake-like dressing, and a brown sugar/crunchy pecan topping.

It’s also a great recipe to use the fresh red grapes or green grapes when they come into season and are plentiful in the grocery store.

Since you can make this creamy grape salad recipe ahead of time (notes below), it’s an easy side dish or dessert for barbecues, potlucks, cookouts, and more. And it’s always a huge hit!

Ingredient notes and substitutions

Grapes: Feel free to use seedless red grapes or seedless green grapes or a combination of the two.
Greek yogurt: You can use 0%, 2%, or full-fat plain Greek yogurt. Sour cream (full-fat sour cream or lite sour cream) can also be used. I don’t recommend using fat-free sour cream.
Cream cheese: Full-fat, reduced-fat, or Greek yogurt-style cream cheese will work. I don’t recommend using fat-free.
Granulated sugar (white sugar)
Vanilla extract
Brown sugar: Light or dark brown sugar will work.
Pecans:Pecans can be omitted.

How to make grape salad

Step 1: Wash grapes, and set aside.

Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, stir yogurt, cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract together. You can use a hand mixer or just mix by hand.

Tip >> It’s important that the cream cheese be at room temperature so that everything will mix together properly.

Step 3: Fold the grapes into the cream cheese mixture.

Step 4: Top the grape mixture with a sprinkling of brown sugar and pecans.

Serve immediately, or cover and chill until ready to use.

Recipe Tips!

Flexible recipe: This recipe is really flexible! Please check out the ingredient notes and substitutions above for ideas on customizing the recipe.
Making this salad for kids: Grapes are a potential choking hazard for small kids. I highly recommend cutting the whole grapes into halves or quarters if serving to younger kids.

Recipe FAQs

Can you make grape salad ahead of time?

You can! I think that it’s best served chilled, so I make the salad either the day before or the morning that I plan to serve it.
If you’re making this salad ahead of time, you’ll want to use crisp grapes. Also, wait until just before serving it to add the brown sugar and the pecans. Otherwise, the pecans can lose their crunch

Can I omit the nuts?

You can! Feel free to omit the nuts on top of the grape salad.

Storage

This creamy grape salad should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. It will keep for up to 4 days when properly stored.

More easy salad recipes

Ambrosia Salad
Snickers Salad
Watergate Salad
Fruit Salad

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5 from 2 votes

Easy Grape Salad Recipe

Author Kate @ I Heart Eating

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Creamy grape salad is an easy fruit salad that takes just minutes to make.

Ingredients

▢ 4 pounds red or green seedless grapes
▢ 8 ounces plain Greek yogurt
▢ 8 ounces cream cheese softened
▢ 1/4 cup granulated sugar
▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
▢ 1/4 cup brown sugar packed
▢ 1/4 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Wash grapes, and set aside.
In a large bowl, mix yogurt, cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla together.
Fold in grapes.
Sprinkle brown sugar and pecans on top.
Serve immediately, or cover and chill until ready to use.
See Also
Easy Brussels Sprouts Recipe with Kimchi and Pancetta

Notes

Grapes: Feel free to use red or green grapes or a combination of the two.
Greek yogurt: You can use 0%, 2% or full-fat Greek yogurt. Sour cream (full-fat or lite) can also be used. I don’t recommend using fat-free sour cream.
Cream cheese: Full-fat, reduced-fat, or Greek yogurt-style cream cheese will work. I don’t recommend using fat-free.
Brown sugar: Light or dark brown sugar will work.
Pecans:Pecans can be omitted.
Nutrition values are estimates.

Nutrition

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Originally published 7/11/14. Updated with new photos, tips, and information 7/8/21.

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