Strawberry Pretzel Salad
This strawberry pretzel salad is a delicious and refreshing dessert for any family get-together! This old-fashioned recipe tastes just how grandma used to make it and will send you back to childhood summers. I mean- it's strawberries and pretzels... what's not to love?
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Medium mixing bowl
- 9 x 13 inch baking pan
- Hand mixer (or stand mixer)
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups pretzels, coarsely crushed
- ⅓ cup butter
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup sugar
- 8 oz. container of whipped topping
- 6 oz. strawberry Jello (2 - 3 oz. packages)
- 20 oz. frozen sliced strawberries (sweetened)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine crushed pretzels, softened butter and 3 Tbs of sugar. Mix well.
- Press in the bottom of a 9" x 13" pan and bake at 350 deg for 10 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- While the crust is baking and cooling, cream the softened cream cheese and 1 cup of sugar in a medium mixing bowl.
- Gently fold in the 8 oz. whipped topping, mixing well.
- Spread cream mixture over the cooled pretzels.
- In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the Jello into 2 cups of boiling water.
- Add the frozen strawberries to the Jello, breaking them up with a fork as you stir.
- Chill strawberry Jellow mixture until slightly thickened.
- Pour over the Cool Whip layer.
- Refrigerate for 4 hours, until completely set.
Notes
- This is the perfect dish to make ahead of time since you need to chill it for 4 hours after making it!