Frog Eye Salad

Just because I'm not making dinner for us tonight doesn't mean I'm still not cooking for tonight! For my meetings we are having potluck dinner tonight and I was assigned a salad so I decided to make Frog Eye Salad. I was always amazed when people made this because it looked complicated but it is not!

Here is the recipe:

Frog Eye Salad
1 (16oz) pkg Acine de Pepe Pasta, cooked and drained
**Just a note: Our Wal-Mart does not carry this so I have to go to Smith's
3/4 C Sugar
2 Eggs
1 1/4 C Pineapple Juice
1/4 tsp Salt
3 T Flour
1 Can Crushed Pineapple, Drained (use for the juice needed above)
1 Can Chunk Pineapple, Drained (use above)
2 Can Mandarin Oranges, Drained
3 C Marshmallows
12oz Cool Whip
1 C Coconut (I omit this)

Cook the following ingredients on low-med heat until thick: Sugar, Eggs, Pineapple Juice, Salt, and Flour. Pour this sauce over Acini De Pepe and chill overnight. Add the following before serving: crushed and chunked pineapple, madarin oranges, marshmallows and Cool Whip. Also, Coconut if you use it. Makes 20 servings.

Here is the final product. I like to add the fruit and stuff a few hours before serving so the Cool Whip mixes in for a little while. I know there is a recipe that uses pudding instead of making the sauce but I don't have it and someone told me it is not as good. Let me know if anyone has tried that recipe and what you think.