This Old Fashioned Strawberry Pretzel Salad starts with a buttery crushed pretzel crust topped with sweetened cream cheese layer and strawberry Jell-O filled with fresh strawberries.
These individual strawberry pretzel desserts combine the flavors and textures of sweet, salty, creamy, and crunchy! This small batch recipe makes a great side dish or dessert for two.
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You can swap out the flavors if you don’t want strawberry. Use orange Jello mix with drained mandarin oranges, or pineapple Jello mix with drained chunk pineapples, raspberry Jello mix and fresh halved raspberries, etc.
How to make Strawberry Pretzel Dessert
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Finely crush the pretzels to fill 1/3 cup.
In a small bowl, combine the crushed pretzels and melted butter.
Press the pretzel mixture onto the bottom of two 10-oz. oven-safe glass custard cups. Click for 10-ounce oven-safe custard cups.
Bake for 6 – 8 minutes.
Cool on a wire rack.
In a small bowl, combine the softened cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
Gently fold in the whipped topping.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the pretzel crust.
Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
At the same time, boil the water in a small saucepan.
Dissolve the strawberry gelatin in the boiling water.
Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
While the Jell-O chills, slice the strawberries.
When the Jell-O is done chilling, fold the sliced strawberries into the gelatin.
Carefully pour the gelatin and strawberries over the cream cheese filling.
Cover and chill in the fridge for at least 2 – 3 hours.
Optional – top each with whipped cream and a pretzel twist.
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Old Fashioned Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Ingredients
- 1 ⅓ ounces mini pretzel twists (about 20 mini pretzels)
- 2 Tablespoons butter (melted)
- 2 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- ¼ cup sugar
- ¾ cup whipped topping
- 1 cup fresh strawberries
- 3 Tablespoons strawberry Jello mix
- ⅓ cup water
- Optional: extra whipped topping and pretzel twists for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Finely crush the pretzels to fill 1/3 cup.
- In a small bowl, combine the crushed pretzels and melted butter.
- Press the pretzel mixture onto the bottom of two 10-oz. oven safe glass custard cups. Click for 10 ounce oven safe custard cups.
- Bake 6 – 8 minutes.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, combine the softened cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
- Gently fold in the whipped topping.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the pretzel crust.
- Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- At the same time, boil the water in a small sauce pan.
- Dissolve the strawberry gelatin in the boiling water.
- Cover and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- While the Jell-O chills, slice the strawberries.
- When the Jell-O is done chilling, fold the sliced strawberries into the gelatin.
- Carefully pour the gelatin and strawberries over the cream cheese filling.
- Cover and chill in the fridge at least 2 – 3 hours.
- Optional – top each with whipped cream and a pretzel twist.
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Notes
- You can swap out the flavors if you don’t want strawberry. Use orange Jello mix with drained mandarin oranges, or pineapple Jello mix with drained chunk pineapples, raspberry Jello mix and fresh halved raspberries, etc.
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Bonnie
Thursday 15th of July 2021
Hubby said this looks good. We have never heard of it. Can you do it with any other fruit? Allergic to Strawberries
Zona
Thursday 15th of July 2021
Hi Bonnie, yes you can make it with other flavors. Use orange Jello mix with drained mandarin oranges, or pineapple Jello mix with drained chunk pineapples, raspberry Jello mix and fresh halved raspberries, etc. The measurement ratios should be the same. Thanks for your question and I hope you enjoy which ever flavor you try :)