Great Grape Salad

The addition of Grape Nuts cereal sounds weird, but the caramelized affect they get when mixed with the brown sugar really is divine. This is a great salad to make in the summer when you want to dress up fruit a little. It's a good alternative to the old fruit tray with dip standby dish at barbeques. If you are too afraid to use the Grape Nuts, you can use chopped pecans or walnuts. But you should really try it as written. The Grape Nuts add an unexpected element to the salad that you can't get with nuts.

Ingredients:

• 4 lbs seedless grapes (green or red -- or a mixture)
• 8 oz brick of cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 c white sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 c Grape Nuts

Directions:

1. Wash and pat dry grapes, set aside.
2.  Mix together cream cheese, white sugar, sour cream and vanilla in a large bowl.
3. Add grapes and mix until they're evenly coated.
4. Sprinkle with brown sugar and Grape Nuts right before serving (it will get soggy so don't get ahead of yourself and add the Grape Nuts too early)
5. Toss the salad all together and enjoy!