7-Up Salad with Lime Jello and Marshmallows

Name: 7-Up Salad with Lime Jello and Marshmallows
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 8 oz cream cheese, softened; 3 oz box lime Jello gelatin mix; 12 oz 7-Up soda; 15 large marshmallows; 30 oz fruit cocktail, canned, drained; 8 oz container cool whip, thawed; Optional: walnuts, crushed

7-Up Salad with Lime Jello is a retro recipe that my mother-in-law passed on to me. If you're looking for a delicious lime jello recipe, this one is an old school family favorite! 7 Up Salad is the best of all lime jello recipes because of the super creamy texture you get from the cream cheese and that sweet tang you get from the 7 Up soda. With lots of fruit cocktail and marshmallows that work their melting-magic, this green lime jello salad recipe is fun to make and is the perfect sweet holiday side dish or dessert.

My husband demanded for years that I learn how to make his favorite 7 Up Salad lime jello recipe. He grew up eating it every holiday season. His mother used to serve it every year on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The light green color of this lime jello recipe is perfect for the holidays, especially if you add a few red cherries on top. You will be proud to display a big bowl of 7 Up Salad at your Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday feasts. Enjoy its beauty while it lasts because this dish never lasts long!

Is 7 Up Salad with Lime Jello a side dish or a dessert?

Most people eat 7 Up Salad as a sweet side dish, but if you're like me, you want to save the best for last and have it for dessert. However, you'll want to put a couple of big spoonfuls on your dinner plate just to be sure you get some before it is gone! Retro 7-Up Salad is popular with all ages, from kids to great grandparents. Each person gets to decide whether to eat it alongside the turkey and stuffing or save it for dessert! Heck, I've been know to eat it for breakfast!

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If you like this recipe, you should check out my cherry jello twist on 7 Up Salad that is great for summertime barbecues and pool parties:

Cherry 7 Up Salad (Pretty in Pink Summer Salad)

Steps for how to make Retro 7-Up Salad - A lime jello recipe with cream cheese and marshmallows:

First, soften your cream cheese in the microwave (about a minute). Then add the packet of lime jello (or lime gelatin) powder.

Stir the lime jello and cream cheese until smooth. Use a whisk if needed.

Pour a can of 7-Up soda into a saucepan over medium heat. Add 15 marshmallows. Stir frequently until they melt and are completely dissolved into the 7 Up.

Slowly pour the 7-Up marshmallow mixture into the bowl with the cream cheese lime jello mixture.

Whisk it up until smooth.

Next, mix in the drained fruit cocktail (two 15-oz cans). You can substitute or add in any type of fruit you'd like here. Fruit cocktail is a childhood favorite of mine.

I added a handful of red cherries because they're so vibrant. They give a nice plump texture to a spoonful of this delicious dessert.

Mandarin oranges would also be a great addition. Those little orange sweeties are another kid-favorite!

Cover it with a lid or plastic wrap. Pop it into the fridge overnight or until the jello is set. If you're like my kids and can't wait until tomorrow to dig in to this scrumptious treat, just wait about 4 hours for the jello mixture to set.

Looking for some vintage-inspired mixing/serving bowls? I have two of these sets below. Each bowl in the set has a lid. The large bowl is the perfect size for storing and serving 7 Up Salad. The set with the blue, yellow, and red dots is my fave. So retro.

After the jello mixture has had time to firm up, stir in the thawed cool whip and serve! You'll need to use a little elbow grease to really get that cool whip incorporated into the lime jello mixture. Just keep stirring until it is creamy and fluffy!

We love this dessert even more the following day when we pull out all the holiday leftovers. The 7 Up and lime jello flavors strengthen overnight and provide a nice flavor punch to help us adults get through our post-holiday food-hangover (Ahem...couldn't have been the drinks).

Here's the complete, printable recipe for Retro 7-Up Salad with Lime Jello:

7 Up Salad recipe - A lime jello salad with marshmallows and cream cheese.

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