Apricot Fluff

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 oz. pkg. apricot jello
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup cold water
• 5.1 oz. pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix
• 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese

  softened (one block)
• 8 oz. container Cool Whip
• 2 cups miniature marshmallows

  divided use
• 20 oz. can crushed pineapple

  drained well in colander
• 15 oz. can apricots

  drained and diced
• 15 oz. can apricots

  drained and sliced
• 1/2 cup pecans

  finely diced (measure after chopping) divided use
• 12 maraschino cherries

  for garnish, if desired

Instructions

• 1 Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water in a large mixing bowl until fully dissolved.
• 2 Add cold water and stir to combine.
• 3 Place bowl in refrigerator and refrigerate mixture approximately 15 minutes.
• 4 Add pudding mix and whisk into Jell-O mixture until pudding mix is completely
  dissolved.
• 5 Refrigerate mixture an additional 20 minutes.
• 6 Beat in softened cream cheese, whipped topping, ¾ of the marshmallows, drained,
  diced apricots, crushed, drained pineapple, and all but two tablespoons of the
  diced pecans with a whisk until the cream cheese is totally dissolved into the
  mixture.
• 7 Refrigerate mixture for 2 hours.
• 8 Transfer mixture to a trifle dish, glass bowl or individual parfait dishes.
• 9 Garnish fluff with remaining miniature marshmallows, drained apricot slices,
  diced pecans and maraschino cherries.
• 10 Serve fluff with a large serving spoon.
• 11 Or, scoop fluff into individual parfait glasses and top individual servings with
  remaining marshmallows, drained, sliced apricots and diced pecans.
• 12 Top each individual serving with a maraschino cherry for garnish. 

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