A 5 cup dessert? Just 5 ingredients? 5 minutes to prepare?
Today’s discussion, for this Grandma’s Super Simple 5 Cup Dessert post, is brought to you by DairyPure Sour Cream.

My Grandma’s recipe for 5 cup dessert (other common names include Sour Cream Dessert or Ambrosia) was a staple at our family holidays. She could whip it up in under 5 minutes. It would often be gone in under 2 minutes when myself and my 7 cousins dug in.
I worked with DairyPure to re-create Grandma’s recipe. I hope you enjoy it as much as my cousins and I did!
I have improved on Grandma’s recipe by using DairyPure Sour Cream as it is is made with fresh cream and milk from their own dairy, with no artificial growth hormones. I also love that I can make the recipe with either variety: All Natural Sour Cream or Light Sour Cream ( PSST: the Light version contains 50% less fat and 41% fewer calories).
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Try my Grandma’s recipe for Super Simple 5 Cup Dessert today! Let me know what you think of the improvements.
- 1 cup Mandarin orangers (drained)
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup small marshmallows (can be white or muitl-color)
- 1 cup Dean's DairyPure sour cream (regular or light)
- Drain Pineapple and Mandarine oranges.
- Mix all 5 ingredients together.
- Refrigerate 24 hours.
- Serve in bowl or single serve dessert cups.
- Enjoy
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I can buy it at my local Family Dollar and at Walmart. They are both minutes from my house.
These products are found in quite a few stores in my area. The closest is the Dollar General just .8 miles away (when my minivan broke down on the way to Detroit and was stuck in Detroit for three weeks waiting on parts, even though we managed to get a ride home, I went three weeks without a vehicle and the options were either wait for a family member to get home to drive me to the grocery store, or walk to Dollar General – I ended up making quite a few dinners from items I bought there). They are also carried by the main grocery store I shop at – just 2.5 miles from my house.
I can buy it at Pilot Travel Center or Kovak’s. They are both just over 20 miles away.
I can buy at WALMART 2812 MAIN STREET, NEWBERRY, SC 29108. Just a few miles from me.
I am surrounded by stores selling DairyPure! From CVS .6 miles from me to Publix, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Kroger, Walmart, Target, Quiktrip & Shell gas stations, all within 2 miles of me! So easy to find!
I can buy at freedom gas station which is right across the street from my home or cvs that is a block away.
I can buy it at Meijer!
Northern Cambria, PA
Casey’s
Windmill Farms
6386 Del Cerro Blvd.
San Diego CA 22120
The place nearest to me I can buy is SUPER 1 FOODS COUER D’ALENE.
I can buy it at many stores near me! Bilo, Ingles, CVS and dollar general!
I can buy Dairy Pure at the local Piggly Wiggly.
Piggly Wiggly in Waupun, Wi
I can buy Dairy Pure sour cream at Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens and a ton of corner stores near me. Btw, that recipe sounds yummy. Before I read the ingredients I thought that it was whipped topping in the photo lol. This is similar to the Ambrosia recipe that I have made before but I also add in nuts such as pecans or walnuts and some maraschino cherries. Thanks for the chance at this giveaway. Best of luck to all! Have a safe and blessed 4th everyone!
Thanks Kelly, it is a form of ambrosia! Shelley
I can buy it at Walgreens.
The closest place is a circle K less than a mile from my house! lol
I can buy it at CVS.
Dollar General
They sell it all over the place where I live in SC… Dollar General, CVS, Corner Pantry, Pop’s, Buzz Thru, Pitt Stop and more. Your recipe looks delish Shelley!
Let me know if you try it. Shelley