Strawberry pretzel salad is an easy dessert with lots of contrasting textures and flavors. It isn't too sweet, nor too salty, and looks really pretty when you make it in a glass dish.
Ingredients
- pretzels: 2 cups (crushed)
- butter: 0.75 cup (melted)
- white sugar: 3 Tbsp
- cream cheese: 1 pack (8 ounce pack, softened)
- white sugar: 1 cup
- frozen whipped topping: 1 container (8 ounce container, thawed)
- strawberry flavored Jell-O: 2 packages (3 ounce packages)
- boiling water: 2 cups
- frozen strawberries: 2 packages (10 ounce packages)
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients and preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Stir crushed pretzels, melted butter, and 3 tablespoons sugar together until well-combined; mix well and press mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 8 to 10 minutes; set aside to cool. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Place cream cheese and 1 cup sugar in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth; fold in whipped topping. Spread mixture onto cooled crust. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in still-frozen strawberries and allow to set briefly. Pour and spread over cream cheese layer; refrigerate until set, at least 2 hours. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Serve and enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
