Cookie salad

{{Short description|Type of dessert salad}}

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| name = Cookie salad

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| caption = Cookie salad at a supermarket in Minnesota

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| country = United States

| region = Midwest

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| course = Dessert

| served = Cold

| main_ingredient = Fudge stripe shortbread cookies, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, mandarin oranges

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Cookie salad is a dessert salad from the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota made with buttermilk, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, and fudge stripe shortbread cookies.{{Cite web|last=Yagoda|first=Maria|date=June 14, 2018|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/news/cookie-salad-molly-yeh|title=Molly Yeh Loves Cookie Salad, and You Should, Too|website=Food & Wine|accessdate=September 14, 2020|publisher=Meredith Corporation|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927172159/https://www.foodandwine.com/news/cookie-salad-molly-yeh|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/11/25/upshot/thanksgiving-recipes-googled-in-every-state.html|title=The Upshot: The Thanksgiving Recipes Googled in Every State|author=The Upshot Staff|date=November 25, 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=September 14, 2020}}{{cite book|last=Johnson|first=Patty|publisher=L.J. Wilderness Publications|title=Minnesota Keeper Recipes|date=28 July 2008 |isbn=978-1-4357-5044-9|page=97}} Dessert salads, like glorified rice and cookie salad, are more common in the cuisine of the Midwestern United States than other parts of the country.{{cite news |title=Taste: Cookie salad is a Midwestern crowd-pleaser |url=https://www.aberdeennews.com/story/lifestyle/food/recipes/2022/04/12/cookie-salad-can-last-minute-easter-dessert-option/7283551001/ |access-date=3 August 2022 |date=April 12, 2022}} They are popular with children and a common contribution to holiday tables and potlucks. Berries can also be added. The salad is also prepared in other areas of the Midwestern United States.{{cite book|last=Yeh|first=Molly|title=Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from an Unlikely Life on a Farm|publisher=Rodale Books|year=2016|isbn=978-1-62336-695-7|pages=224–225}}