Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is an easy dessert salad that will be perfect for your next party. Our strawberry layered dessert recipe is a perfect combination of sweet, tart and salty. Everyone will devour it and be requesting the recipe!
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cup Pretzels measure before crushing
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 8 tbsp Butter
- 6 oz Strawberry Jello 2 boxes
- 2 cup boiling Water
- 1 lb Strawberries hulled and sliced
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
- 8 oz Cool Whip thawed
Garnish (optional)
- 4 oz Cool Whip
- 12 Strawberry slices
- 12 Pretzels
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Place pretzels in a zippered bag and crush with a rolling pin.
- Melt butter in microwave by cooking for 30-45 seconds.
- Stir in 1/4 cup sugar until dissolved.
- Add in pretzels and mix.
- Press pretzel mixture into the bottom of 13x9" glass baking dish.
- Bake for 10 min and then set aside to cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, combine strawberry gelatin and boiling water and stir until dissolved.
- Set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Add sliced strawberries to the gelatin and stir to mix. Set aside.
- In another bowl, combine 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla extract and softened cream cheese.
- Beat until fluffy.
- Fold in Cool Whip until uniform.
- Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over pretzel crust.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Pour/spread strawberry Jello mixture evenly over your cooled cream cheese layer and refrigerate until set (about 2 hours).
- Cut into 12 pieces and optional garnish each with a dollop of Cool Whip, a strawberry slice and a pretzel.
Notes
DO NOT FOLLOW JELLO PACKAGE INSTRUCTIONS! Instead follow along with my recipe for preparing the Jell-O filling.
Make sure you spread the cream cheese filling along the sides of your baking dish. This will help seal off the pretzel crust from the strawberry Jell-O topping and keep your Strawberry Pretzel Salad from becoming a mushy mess.
Make sure you spread the cream cheese filling along the sides of your baking dish. This will help seal off the pretzel crust from the strawberry Jell-O topping and keep your Strawberry Pretzel Salad from becoming a mushy mess.
Nutrition
Calories: 362kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 428mg | Potassium: 175mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 543IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 1mg