Pretzel Salad

Recipe Rating:	64 Ratings5
Categories:	Fruit Desserts, Gelatin Salads, For Kids
Collections:	Member's Choice, Summer Desserts!
Prep Time:	35 Min
Cook Time:	10 Min

Ingredients

2 c	crushed pretzels
3/4 c	margarine, melted
3 Tbsp	sugar
1 pkg	cream cheese (8 oz)
1 c	sugar
1	(8 oz) frozen cool-whip topping, thawed
1 pkg	strawberry gelatin (6 oz)
2 c	boiling water
2 pkg	(10 oz) frozen strawberries

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Leslie Holt

Well Seasoned

Franklin, TN (pop. 62,487)

2holts

Member Since Nov 2009

Leslie's Notes:

Not your usual salad, but delicious nonetheless!

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

Salad? Dessert? Either! This sweet, fruity treat would be right at home with your meal or as the perfect dinnertime ending.

To keep the cream cheese mixture from sticking to your spatula as you spread it, just run it under hot water. Does the trick every time!

Directions

Mix crushed pretzels, margarine and 3 Tablespoons sugar together and press into a 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 400 for 8 minutes. Cool.

Mix softened cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Fold the 2 cups thawed whipping topping into cream cheese mixture and spread over cooled pretzel crust. Dissolve strawberry gelatin in bioling water and add frozen strawberries. Chill until syrupy, then pour over the cream cheese layer and refrigerate. Ccut into squares and garnish with whipped topping and a whole strawberry. Enjoy!

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Daisy Halcomb dsyh

Jul 8, 2010

I ate this salad for the first time last month. Yummy.

Susanne Indico SusanneI

Jul 16, 2010

I have been making this "salad" for years and it is always a favorite. Not really a salad, more like a dessert, but delicious. I like that we call it salad though....sounds so much healthier....

Adrianna Gerard awesomebaker

Aug 12, 2010

this recipe has been in my family as long as i have been on this earth and whenever i make it i get 2 thumbs up:)

Jenny Miller JennyandBooda

Aug 15, 2010

This recipe has been made for years in my family. It is always a hit!!!

d'Arcy Bostic studentmom

Aug 16, 2010

My husband will love this. He loves sweet and salty at the same time..

Norma Jung NJung

Aug 16, 2010

I have also been making this for several years. I use the glaze that is already made up. When I lived in Oregon I used the fresh berries. I still do but they don't have the flavor as the ones in Oregon. You can also use rasberries or any other berry. Wonderful recipe and people think it is nuts on the bottom instead of pretzels.

Claudia Kragrud Namastemom

Aug 16, 2010

This is so good. I wanted to stay true to the recipe for the first time, but I can see how you can change it to any fruit you want. I just love Jell-O recipes. Does anyone have a recipe for one called "Red Top Salad?" Someone made it for me when I was young and I've been trying to find the recipe ever since. It has cheddar cheese in it. Thanks!

mary hlav mahlavac

Aug 16, 2010

This is so retro...my mom used to make something very similar in the 60's and 70's but with graham crackers...I'd been bugging her for the recipe and what do you know, this one's so similar! Thanks :o)

Adrianna Gerard awesomebaker

Aug 17, 2010

Claudia,

i have the Classic Recipes of Jello and didnt find the Red Top Salad in it. are you sure that is the name of it? if you can describe whats i it i can look in my book again to see if its called something else.

Jan O-D deeohdee

Aug 19, 2010

I just Googled 'RED TOP SALAD' & FOUND IT!

Adrianna Gerard awesomebaker

Aug 19, 2010

great!!!! im glad you could find it and maybe you can make it and eat it as a reminder of when you were a kid. i have lots of recipes that i have that i will make just b/c it reminds me of when i was a kid:)