Easy Creamy Mandarin Orange Salad With Ritz Crust
This Mandarin Orange Salad with Ritz Crust is bursting with flavor, packed with simple ingredients, and super easy to make, this dish is delightfully refreshing! A refrigerator dessert that is popular all year long whether it's a family gathering or potluck.
Servings: 18 servings
Calories: 241kcal
Ingredients
Ritz cracker crust:
- 60 Ritz crackers about 2 tubes rolled fine
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
- ¼ cup sugar
Orange fluff filling:
- 6 oz. orange juice concentrate thawed but still icy
- 14 oz Sweetened condensed milk we like to use Eagle Brand
- 8 oz frozen whipped topping thawed
- 28 oz. Mandarin oranges*** see notes drained and divided (2 cans at about 14 oz. each)
Instructions
Ritz cracker crust:
- Mix melted butter, crackers and sugar in a mixing bowl until well combined.
- Press the crackers into the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch glass pan (reserving ¼ cup of the mixture to sprinkle on top).
- Place the glass pan in the fridge.
Orange salad filling:
- Mix orange juice concentrate with the Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk.
- Fold in the thawed whipped topping.
- Mix in the mandarin oranges. Remember to save some to put on top.
- Pour the filling on top of the cracker layer. Chill for 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle the remaining cracker crumbs on top. Lay some of the save mandarin orange segments on top.
- Chill for another hour. Serve chilled.
Nutrition
Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 128mg | Potassium: 241mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 562IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 1mg