This recipe has also been our family for years! Grandma use to make it for Thanksgiving. I double the recipe because it is so good, it is put on our dessert table. It is wonderful!!!!

My mother also made this recipe - in the 60's - only for Christmas. She called it "Christmas Salad." I'd lost the recipe in a move 10 years ago..but found it here today! She also made a creamy sort of dressing that was a bit tangy.

My mother had made this dessert a family tradition at Thanksgiving and I called her every year I wasn't with her, to get the recipe. We lost her last Christmas and I miss giving her that phone call, but I am very happy to see it posted here. The only differences that I do are that I add the cherry juice to the cream cheese to help mash it up and I have experimented and added mandarin oranges too. Thanks again for posting this. Happy Thanksgiving.

We had this at a wedding reception in 1980. It was so nice it has become a part of our Christmas meal. Post Katrina my recipe binder was lost. Now, preparing for our first family gathering for Thanksgiving, I asked relatives if anyone had a "gotta have" item for dinner. The green bean casserole was a hot item but it was second to the Sweetheart Salad. I was grateful for finding it on this site! (All this time I thought it was my mother-in-law's! lol) This makes a pretty presentation, especially if served in a pretty glass bowl. We serve in dessert dishes. For the last ten years or so I've used the low fat whipped topping and cream cheese and no one has noticed. Enjoy!

My aunt made this recipe sometime in the early 60's for Thanksgiving. It has been on our Thanksgiving table every year since! Everyone loves it.