Watergate Salad

Despite its name, Watergate salad is a summertime dessert consisting of a combination of mini marshmallows, pecans, and chunks of pineapple in a base of pistachio pudding. This dessert started its way to popularity in 1985 or 1986, when Kraft put a recipe for the dish on the box of JELL-O Pistachio Flavor Pudding. In 1993, the name of the recipe was changed to Watergate salad, and it has stuck until today. Nowadays, Watergate salad is especially popular at Thanksgiving dinners and Easter.