This Glorified Rice recipe is a popular dessert salad made with rice, sweetened cream, and marshmallows topped with candied maraschino cherries.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- A classic recipe, Glorified Rice is a creamy and delicious no bake dessert.
- Kids love this rice salad with the sweet cream and puffy rainbow marshmallows!
- It is perfect for summertime potluck and barbecues!
🥘 Ingredients
Cooked rice, use long grain white rice like jasmine or basmati rice. Long grain rice will stay separate after cooking making it perfect for this dessert salad.
Whipping cream, heavy cream that will be whipped with sugar for the dressing on the rice salad.
Confectioner's sugar, also known as powdered sugar.
Miniature marshmallows, rainbow marshmallows are traditional, but if you can't find them, regular ones can be sued.
🔪 Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine the cooked rice, cherries, and pineapple. Set aside.
- Add the whipping cream, confectioners sugar, and vanilla extract to a large bowl.
- Using a hand mixer, whip cream for 5 minutes, until stiff peaks form.
- Fold in whipped cream into rice mixture.
- Fold in marshmallows and chill up to 4 hours. To serve, top with extra maraschino cherries (if using).
🥄 Equipment
Mixing bowls
Electric hand mixer
Rubber spatula
🥫Storage
Store salad in the refrigerator up to 2 days. This salad will tend to get watery and loose if it sits much longer than that.
📖 Variations
- Substitute 2 cups of thawed cool whip topping.
- Substitute fresh pitted cherries for the maraschino cherries.
- Stir in ½ cup chopped roasted pecans
- Stir in a can of well drained fruit cocktail
- There are plenty of flavored marshmallows on the market. Substitute your favorite in place of regular.
💭 Tips
- Use leftover cold cooked rice or cook the rice the day before and store it in the fridge until ready to use.
- Use a long grain rice for a fluffier and better bite.
- Be sure to drain the pineapple well. I use a mesh strainer and press the pineapple to extract all the juice.
🙋 FAQ's
If you are in a hurry, yes. Just follow the instructions on the back of the packaging to cook the rice.
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🍽 Serve with…
Serve can be used as dessert or side dish to grilled chicken or pork.
📖 The Last Word
Marshmallows in a rice salad, and a sweet rice salad, sounds kind of crazy but there is something magical about marshmallows in this Glorified Rice salad! The longer the salad sits, the texture of the marshmallow changes. It doesn't disappear, but it kind of puffs up more and is not as firm!
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📖 Recipe
Glorified Rice
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Ingredients
- 1 cup cooked white rice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup miniature marshmallows
- 13.5 ounces crushed pineapple
- 1 cup heavy cream whipped
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons drained chopped maraschino cherries
- 6 whole maraschino cherries for garnish
Instructions
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, combine the cooked rice, cherries, and pineapple. Set aside.
- Add the whipping cream, confectioners sugar, and vanilla In a separate mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, blend until heavy cream is thickened.
- Fold in whipped cream.
- Stir in marshmallows and chill up to 4 hours. To serve, top with extra maraschino cherries.
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Tips and Substitutions
- I recommend cooking the rice the day before and store it in the fridge until ready to use so it is cold when you are ready to assemble the salad
- Use a long grain rice for a fluffier and better bite
- Be sure to drain the pineapple. I use a mesh strainer and press the pineapple to extract all the juice.
- Substitute 2 cups of non-dairy whipped topping.
- Substitute fresh pitted cherries for the maraschino cherries.
- Stir in ½ cup chopped roasted pecans
RCDinAZ says
This has been a holiday tradition in my family for 70+ years. We call it Heavenly Bliss. Only difference in our recipe is that while the rice is hot, we stir in the marshmallows, and they melt into the rice. This gets better and better day 2, 3, & 4 if it lasts that long. I like to stir a little cherry juice into the cold rice to tint this dessert a delicate pink.
Shelby Law Ruttan says
Love your variation! I will definitely do this the next time I make it. Thanks for sharing and for the review 🙂
Ruby says
So, when I was young, we used to go to my Aunt Pearls house, and we were served this every once in a while, as a dessert after dinner.
I was about 9 years old at the time. All I knew what that she called it "Glorified Rice" however, she never used marshmallows.
I have been looking for this recipe for years, I am now 61 and am so happy that I found this recipe!
When I found this recipe, I was so excited because the memories of this are so vivid in my mind and bring back such wonderful memories for me while visiting family.
When I made this the first time, I made it as it is however, I then made it as my Aunt Pearl made it by adding unsweetened shredded coconut, toasted walnuts (have used toasted pecans) and forego the marshmallows.
I love this and actually am making it to take to Easter dinner at my sister's house as a surprise because she talked about eating, "that rice stuff aunt Pearl used to make" but could never remember the name.
This is always a hit, delicious although I have never made it with non-daily topping and simply use whipping cream for it.
I cannot thank you enough for bringing this back into life for myself and my family. I am grateful that this creamy, sweet and yes, crunchy dessert has made an appearance back in my life.
It really is delicious, easy to make and I have never had leftovers.
Which is a good thing, or else I would eat it all myself!
Kristin says
Delicious! I took this dessert salad to a potluck and it was completely devoured. I got rave reviews from so many people. Plus it was really easy to make. Will definitely be making this again!
Lisa says
I was so happy to find this recipe when I had some leftover rice to use up. It kind of reminds me of ambrosia which is another dessert I love!
Kristina says
This is absolutely delicious. My kids love rice pudding, marshmallows and cherries but never had them together as one, so when I made this they were just crazy about it. I had to taste it for myself and it was so good! We have it as a dessert.
Eileen Kelly says
I traveled right back to my Mom's kitchen when I was a little girl when I saw this recipe. I just had to make it and yummo. My family loved it and it tasted delicious. Adding the crushed pineapple was new for me and really elevated the flavors.
Gwynn Galvin says
I'm loving the additions of marshmallows, pineapple and maraschino cherries to a rice pudding! Such a delicious explosion of flavors!
samantha r kennedy says
I was so curious when I saw this recipe. It's new to me but like a cross between rice pudding and ambrosia. Lovely!
Jen says
Thank you! This was SOOO Yummy! My dad passed away this past Jan 2023 and for Fathers Day as we gathered, I surprised my mom with a dessert she used to make us as kids that she had been reminiscing about and it was glorified rice. It turned out fantastic and she loved it. It made the day a little easier. Even though we live in the south we were born in Michigan and this was something i remember always being served in family gatherings.
Susie says
You're driving me NUTS with all of this food. 🙂 I mean that in the nicest way.
I'm in the process of losing my winter weight that I gain EVERY year and doing great but I had to try this recipe.
YUMMY! It is so very good. It was all gone in two days although I let my husband eat a big share. I will certainly make this again.
Thanks for driving us crazy.
Hug,
Susie in northern NY
susies@twcny.rr.com
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J.Danger says
this looks so good! I love how pretty it looks too!
Jerri - Simply Sweet Home says
Interesting combination. And it definitely looks good!
Kevin says
This sounds so good! Pineapple would be great in a rice pudding.
Creative One says
Looks yummy! You can't go wrong with extra cherries.