Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2009

I mixed in a little milk and cider vinegar with the mayo (Helmann's) don't use Miracle Whip. I also added a little bit of finely minced green onion and a pinch of celery seed. It's like potatoe salad...It's always better the next day!

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Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2009

Great coleslaw dressing. We love the sweet style. I buy bagged coleslaw mix and chop it finer in the food processor. Simple and delicious!

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Donna

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Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2009

Very good coleslaw, just the way we like it. I wouldn't recommend adding or taking away a thing! Dont fuss it up, this is one of those recipes where simpler is better. If you are looking for a non sweet slaw, this one is NOT for you!

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Angela W

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Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2009

All this recipe is missing is white vinegar balanced to taste with the sugar and little chunks of tomatoes.

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Sharon

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Reviewed: Jun. 25, 2009

This is the way we like our coleslaw with the following additions: For ease I buy the pre-shredded cabbage w/carrots. Add milk to the Mayo for a lighter consistency, a diced onion and only two teaspoons of sugar. I also add several slices of bacon, cooked and cut into small pieces. When everything is mixed together I sprinkle the top with paprika. After chilling for several hours the flavors blend so well. Everyone that I have served this to always asked for the recipe and can't believe it was so easy to put together.

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Sharon

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Reviewed: May 22, 2009

Normally, I like coleslaw almost any way you can fix it. But.... this was over the top way too sweet. All you taste is sugar. I even tried to modify it a little to get away from the sugary taste, but nothing helped it. It was edible , but barely. I won't be making it this way again.

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Reviewed: May 19, 2009

cut down on the sugar and use chopped pineapple chunks less mayo and use italian dressing.

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barbara

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Reviewed: May 18, 2009

WAY too sweet and no vinegar or acid to counter balance the flavor. We did not like this at all.

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CJ McD

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Reviewed: May 18, 2009

Make this a 5 star recipe by adding 1/4 cup red wine vinegar to the sugar and mayo and whip with wire whisk before tossing with the cabbage and carrots.

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Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2009

This is the typical slaw you'll find in most of the south. We usually add a little salt to it around here. And we usually add more mayo than this recipe calls for. It's a good, cheap side dish.

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2009

I have been using this recipe for years. I use less sugar (1/4 c.)instead of 1/2 c.of sugar.You can use splenda instead of sugar. I also add salt & pepper to taste and sometimes add chopped green bell pepper & celery seed to add different flavors. It is a very basic and good recipe...the only thing is that it does not keep well.

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Marsha R.

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2009

The key to this recipe is to use Miracle Whip instead of mayonnaise. It makes a sweet and sour taste. It's also good to add a little celery seed. My mother used to make a cooked slaw dressing and this recipe (using miracle whip) is very similar to it. I wouldn't like it with mayonnaise. I do think you need to use sugar to YOUR taste. PS I'm 73 years young and like things cooked the "old" way but with modern convenience.

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Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2009

I LOVE sweet slaw from KFC and had looked everywhere for a recipe. I've found it!!! The only change to the recipe was that I added vinegar for that tanginess. PERFECT!!!!

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Reviewed: Jan. 7, 2009

Good start, simple & easy: great after 2 modifications-I gave it 3 & a half stars. I followed other suggestions- cut mayo & sugar in half. Almost perfect, but a bit bland. Added a touch of distilled white vinegar & perfecto!! Great even after couple days!! Thanks for sharing. A definate keeper!!

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Reviewed: Jan. 2, 2009

It is delicious if you like sweetness in slaw. I thought it was delicious for what it is--SWEET slaw. If I didn't care for sweet, I would search for another recipe. The sheer simplicity of this slaw recipe is what attracted me most. Thanks so much to its creator. I would love to publish all of my grandmother's recipes (of course, I will have to get them from my mother first). Her delicious recipes should immortalize her (perhaps you felt the same way about posting this). Grandmas knew how to cook! Perhaps yours, as well as mine, were cooks prior to refrigeration and even preserved foods by themselves--they knew everything about cooking and everything was fresh (of course... I'm referring to my great grandparents). GREAT JOB!!!

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Reviewed: Nov. 18, 2008

This was my first attempt at making cole slaw and it came out very well! I used a review's suggestion and used 1/4 cup salad dressing and 1/4 cup mayonnaise, instead of the full 1/2 cup mayonnaise. I also used a little bit of lemon juice and white and black peppers. Turned out fine, will use this recipe again!

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Emily

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2008

This was my first attempt at cole slaw and it was extrememly easy to make. I would reccomen this for beginners. I thought that it was way too sweet, although that may have been because I sustituted sugar for splenda. I guess it does say sweet in the title. I would also reccomend adding pepper and maybe some red onion to balance out the flavor.

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Mish

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Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2008

a little too sweet for me, so I dressed it up with some sour cream, red wine vinegar and some celery seed. So I guess it's not the same recipe anymore? It still gave me a good "base" to work with.

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Reviewed: May 27, 2008

My 84 yr old Dad wanted slaw for the Memorial Day cookout so I wanted to make it special. This recipe seemed like what we had when I was a kid. I used 1/4 cup Miracle Whip and 1/4 cup mayonnaise, "somewhat less than" 1/2 cup sugar, perhaps 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar, 1 cupped handful of celery seeds, and one package of Dole preshredded cabbage and carrot mix. Both my Dad and my husband declared it excellent so I guess I'll be making it again.

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Reviewed: May 25, 2008

This recipe is easy and WONDERFUL! I had tried a buttermilk recipe on here and it was okay, but definitely lacking something. I think the tanginess the vinegar gives is really delicious. I did add about a teaspoon of celery seed, but that was the only thing I changed. Enjoy!!

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