Strawberry Pretzel Dessert

by Diana Rattray

This strawberry pretzel dessert is often called a salad. It’s a wonderful layered dish with a sweet-salty pretzel layer, a cream cheese and whipped topping layer, and a gelatin and strawberry layer. This is a great dessert/salad for a Thanksgiving dinner!

Recipe Variations

• Add chopped pecans or walnuts to the pretzel base layer.
• Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1/4 teaspoon of almond flavoring to the cream cheese mixture.
• Add a dash of cinnamon to the pretzel crust mixture.

Strawberry Pretzel Dessert

Diana

This sweet-salty strawberry pretzel dessert—sometimes called salad—is made with cream cheese and strawberry layers on a pretzel crust.

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Servings 12 servings

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Course Desserts, Strawberries

Cuisine Southern

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes minutes

Ingredients

  

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Strawberry Layer

• 2 packages, 4-serving size strawberry-flavored gelatin
• 2 cups boiling water
• 2 tubs or boxes, 15 or 16 ounces each frozen sweetened strawberries

Pretzel Crust

• 2 cups crushed pretzels, about 6 ounces of pretzels
• 3/4 cup butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar

Cream Cheese Layer

• 1 tub, 8 ounces frozen whipped topping, thawed, plus more for serving
• 1 package, 8 ounces cream cheese, softened

Instructions

• Put the gelatin powder in a bowl and add the boiling water; stir until dissolved. Refrigerate the mixture for about 1 1/2 hours, or until partially set.
• Heat the oven to 350 F.
• In a large bowl, combine the crushed pretzels with the melted butter and sugar; mix well. Press the pretzel mixture into the bottom of an ungreased 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool completely.
• In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the thawed whipped topping with the cream cheese until well blended.
• Spoon the cream cheese mixture over the prepared crust and spread evenly.
• Sp0on the gelatin evenly over the cream cheese layer.
• Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled and firm, about 4 hours.
• If desired, cut into squares and serve with more whipped topping or freshly whipped cream and freshly sliced strawberries.

Keyword pretzels, strawberry dessert

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