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
Reeni♥ says
It's so pretty!!! I bet it tastes as good as it looks. I used to pretend like I had a stomachache so I would get to have Pepto. I thought it was candy or something.
Katy says
HoneyB, you are a sweetie, and it's reflected in all the goodies you cook! You're right. More cherries!
Clumbsy Cookie says
That's the most darling rice pudding ever!
Stephanie says
That's the fanciest, Valentiniest rice pudding I've ever seen! How fun. 🙂
Laura says
My kids would LOVE this.
Ingrid says
I've never heard of Glorified rice. Interesting recipe!
~ingrid
Ros says
I like adding cinnamon, sugar and a little milk to my leftover rice. This looks so good that I think I'll try it next time instead!
Pam says
Mmmm. This looks so light, fluffy and delicious. Extra cherries please.
Laura says
I have never been a rice pudding fan, but this totally sounds like something I can do. It's seems more of a fruit salad with rice in it.
Bob says
Oooo, that looks good! I bet my girlfriend would love it.
recipes2share says
looks fantastic - I love cherries too!
Cami @ Creating Myself says
It's Caeden's turn to spend the night tonight, he loves pineapple & I have left-over rice in teh fridge. Guess what he's getting for dessert tonight?
Hope Grumpy had a good birthday! And you are so sweet to make Bub (are you sure you don't live in Texas? *grins*) a birthday treat!
Spryte says
Minus the marshmallows & cherries, my mom used to make that for me on Easter... She called it rice pudding. YUM! Thanks for sharing!
Barbara Bakes says
I would love this version of rice pudding!
shellyfish says
I was just thinking about glorified rice...it was one of my dad's favourites when I was little and my mum made it often. I loved the stuff, and have been thinking about it for the past week! Yours looks fabu!
CookiePie says
I love this - it's like ambrosia and rice pudding rolled into one! Looks so pretty too 🙂
Jessie says
this reminds me of rice pudding! your version is ten times better than the traditional rice pudding 🙂 so yummy!
Tangled Noodle says
I love rice in any form but sweet, creamy rice is a particular favorite. Thanks for this easy recipe!
Medena (-Melitta-) says
I read the title, and the first I thought was "heaven". Love how it sounds, and looks, yummy!
pigpigscorner says
I'm always a bit skeptical about sweet rice. But your creation sounds really delicious!