🥦 Sweet & Spicy Cauliflower Broccoli Salad with Maple-Bacon Dressing

Albert Wood
🥦 Sweet & Spicy Cauliflower Broccoli Salad with Maple-Bacon Dressing

This is the salad that upstages the main course — bursting with texture, flavor, and a maple-sweet, bacon-rich dressing everyone will ask about.

Say goodbye to boring salads. This one’s crunchy, creamy, smoky, tangy, and just a little sweet thanks to Wood’s Maple Sugar and a dash of Ghosted Maple Syrup. Toss in crispy bacon, mozzarella, and juicy grapes, and you've got a cold veggie salad so good even the carnivores will fight for seconds.

 

💡 Notes & Tips

  • Feeds a crowd — great for weddings, church suppers, and holiday tables
  • To make ahead: prep the salad and dressing separately and mix just before serving
  • Use vanilla or bourbon maple syrup if you want a milder version (less heat)
  • Add toasted pecans or sunflower seeds for crunch!

🍁 Why Use Wood’s Maple Sugar & Ghosted Syrup?

  • ✅ Natural sweetness with no refined sugar
  • ✅ Dissolves easily into creamy dressings
  • ✅ Ghosted Syrup adds flavor-forward heat, not burn-your-face spice
  • ✅ Made in small batches from 100% Vermont maple syrup

Shop Maple Sugar & Ghosted Syrup →

💬 Final Forkful

This isn’t your grandma’s broccoli salad (but she’ll want the recipe). It’s bold, sweet, smoky, and just a little wild — perfect for feeding the masses or hoarding for leftovers.

📸 Show us your version! Tag @woodssyrupco and use #MapleSaladMagic — we’ll be over here celebrating your crunchy masterpiece.

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🥦 Sweet & Smoky Cauliflower Broccoli Salad with Maple-Bacon Dressing

Servings

20

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

15 minutes

🥦 Sweet & Smoky Cauliflower Broccoli Salad with Maple-Bacon Dressing

Ingredients

  • 1 medium head cauliflower, broken into florets (about 7-½ cups)
  • 1 medium bunch broccoli, cut into florets (about 4 cups)
  • 2 cups seedless red grapes
  • 6 green onions with tops, sliced
  • 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Dressing—

  • 2 cups mayonnaise
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 Wood's Vermont Maple Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar(or cider vinegar)
  • 2 tablespoons Wood's Vermont Ghosted Maple Syrup
  • ½ to 1 pound sliced bacon, cooked and crumbled

Directions

  1. Combine the main salad ingredients
  2. In a large bowl, combine the cauliflower, broccoli, grapes, onions and mozzarella cheese.

Dressing—


  1. In a separate bowl, combine the mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, maple sugar, vinegar, and Ghosted Maple Syrup. Pour this over the vegetable mixture, and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours.
  2. Just before serving, stir in the cooked and crumbled bacon.
  3. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Just before serving, stir in bacon.
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