It's sweet. It's salty. It's oh so good. Strawberry Pretzel Salad is one of my favorite fruit salads or desserts. Many people will think strawberry pretzel salad is a dessert with it's pretzel crust, cream cheese middle layer, and strawberry jello topping.
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
I can also tell you that if you don't have a food processor, look into getting one. I used my KitchenAid food processor
for the crust and the filling. Made it so quick and easy.
Dumped 2 cups of pretzels, a tablespoon of sugar and ¾ cup of melted butter into the KitchenAid food processor and pulsated for a few seconds. Then dumped the mixture into a 9 x 13 pan.
Bake on 350 for about 8 minutes and then let the crust cool. Wash out that food processor bowl and blade a get ready for the filling.
Put an 8-ounce block of cream cheese that is at room temperature and a thawed cool whip in the food processor with a cup of sugar.
Pulsate a few times till it is all incorporated.
Pour over top of the cooled pretzel crust and get your strawberry topping ready.
Mix 2 cups of boiling water with two packages of strawberry jello. Then pour 20 ounces of sliced frozen strawberries into the mixture. I didn't have mine completely thawed. This actually helped the jello set up a little. If the strawberries are thawed then pop them in the freezer for a few minutes to set up a bit.
Pour over the top of the filling and refrigerate the strawberry pretzel dessert until you are ready to serve.
Trust me, everyone will love it! It's a classic!
Fruit Salad and Dessert Recipes
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Ingredients
Crust
- 2 cups pretzels
- 1 Tbsp. sugar
- ¾ cup melted butter
Topping
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 1 container of thawed cool whip
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups water
- 2 small packages strawberry jello
- 20 oz. bag of frozen strawberries
Instructions
- Place pretzels, 1 T. of sugar and melted butter in food processor and pulse until incorporated.
- Press mixture into a 9 x 13 glass pan and bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
- Mix cream cheese, cool whip and sugar until incorporated.
- Pour over the baked pretzel crust.
- Mix 2 cups of boiling water with the strawberry jello.
- Mix in the frozen strawberries.
- Pour strawberry mixture over the cream cheese mixture and refrigerate until set.
Nutrition
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A co-worker made this for our Christmas potluck last year, and I was wowed! I'm not really a jello fan, but this was so tasty and different! I'm glad to have your recipe.
This has been a staple at Rader Family Gatherings for 30+ years. Maybe not the exact same recipe, but we LOVE it!!!
.... and how do I win this cookbook?????
This is such a great recipe. It's a favorite of mine and sometimes with pineapple on top.
Mmm this looks really tasty!
I have been making the same recipe for years. However, I add 1 large can of drained crushed pineapple to the strawberry jello mixture. It's delish, and everyone just loves it.