My mom made this kind of dressing for cole slaw, too. Also used it on mixed green salads. As I recall, she thinned it a bit with a little milk, at least for green salad.

Here's a link to a Taste of Home recipe that uses mustard but no milk:

Miracle Whip Salad 'Dressing'

My MIL's secret ingredient was a little sugar, and always sprinkled plain (not hot, not Hungarian, not smoked) paprika over everything that had MW in it.

She also made a layered molded salad that everyone loved (but me) red Jell-O mixed with MW and marshmallows, yellow Jell-O mixed with pineapple, shredded cabbage and carrots. Gives me shivers just thinking about it.

Sour cream? My yummiest cole slaw dressing is about half sour cream & half mayo w/ added sugar to sweeten it. I'd think you could skip the added sugar if using Miracle Whip. I buy sour cream that is lower in fat, since there is plenty in the mayo - same for MW, I would think....

My mom added cider vinegar, sugar, celery seed , salt, pepper and a tad of mustard to MW.....that's how I make a creamy slaw dressing to this day.

My "Memphis-style" coleslaw dressing is the same as Chase's, except with mayo. I'd add less sugar (to taste) since MW is so sweet compared to mayo. And I use dijon mustard.

I had to open this just to see even though I never learned to like MW. I do like sweet coleslaw dressing, however, unless I'm going the peppery vinaigrette route. I use a poppyseed/honey/mayonnaise dressing for broccoli slaw because it needs the stronger flavor, but I have a 1960's (or before?) coleslaw recipe that's 2:1 mayo to sour cream, a large spoon of vinegar, a good measure of sugar and salt. There's no other sweet in the slaw (no pineapple), just cabbage, carrots, scallions and a little green pepper. Starting with MW you'd need less sugar, but the amount of sugar isn't specified to begin with. :) Just until it tastes right.

I don't hate it; I just don't use it. It's all I knew growing up. Now I prefer Duke's or Hellman's.

My slaw dressing is mayo, a little milk, white balsamic vinegar, grated onion, S&P.

I know we are talking mayo based slaw dressing but my very favorite recipe is LindaC's vinegar based recipe....yummers

I like MW on sandwiches.

I have a coleslaw dressing recipe that sounds very much like what you have. Here are the proportions

1/8 c. sugar
1/2 c. vinegar
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. Miracle Whip
1/2 c. oil (not olive oil)

LOL, I don't care for miracle whip, and still had to read this because I love slaw! ...sorry I'm a Best Foods/Hellman's guy ;)
I also do one similar to plllog's with sour cream

Like Chase, Grandma always added celery seeds to her cole slaw. Her dressing was MW, sugar, vinegar, with salt and pepper to taste. If I use MW, I use less sugar, mayo requires more. (shrug)

I don't love it or hate it, but it's what I want on a fresh tomato sandwich. My grandson eats the stuff by the spoonful, though. Really. No sandwich, no salad, just a big old spoonful of MW.

Annie

I used Hellman's mayonnaise for years and recently, in the last year or so, switched to Duke's. It is really superior in my mind. I also have MW in my refrigerator because there is a place or two where I think it is a better choice. We have the luxury of so many choices. I have lived in the Midwest and the northeast and now the south so maybe I am more flexible than some.