This delicious Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a dessert salad with a pretzel crust, a cream cheese filling topped with fresh strawberries and jello. It is delicious!
The first time I tried this dessert I fell head over heels in love. My sis-in-law made it for a dutch oven cookout we had over Easter weekend. It was sooo good! It’s a cheesecake-like filling over a salty-sweet pretzel crust, topped off with fresh strawberries and jello. This salad screams summer! (I’m still wondering why it’s called a salad… but oh well)
Strawberry Pretzel Salad
A delicious dessert salad with a pretzel crust, a cream cheese filling topped with fresh strawberries and jello!
Ingredients
- 2 -1/2 cups pretzels crushed
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter melted
- 1 6 ounce box instant strawberry jello
- 1 16 ounce container of fresh strawberries, sliced
- OR 1 10 ounce package frozen strawberries
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 8 ounce container of cool whip
Instructions
- Combine crushed pretzels, brown sugar and melted butter together. Press into a lightly greased 9x13-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees, for 8-9 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely.
- Make the jello according to package directions. Add in the fresh strawberries. Place jello into the refrigerator until it's partially set. About an hour or so.
- Beat the cream cheese and sugar until creamy. Fold in the cool whip. Spread mixture over the cooled crust, making sure to cover crust entirely. You want to make sure it goes all the way to the edges of pan. (This will help the jello not leak through to the crust)
- Pour jello over the cream cheese layer. Refrigerate at least 2-3 hours before serving! Enjoy 🙂
Oh my, too delicious. Never heard of a Dutch oven cookout even though I am Dutch. Off to google it.
YUM! I will be printing this one out..Thanks!
Try it in raspberry, too. It’s my favorite version. Now I’m craving this..Thanks, Holly!
This is such a classic…can’t be beat. It will always remind me of summer holidays at the lake as a kid!
This is one of my favorite summer time desserts!!! love it!!!
I love this salad. It really is my kind of vegetable. And the next time someone asks me to bring a salad to a pot luck, this is what they’re getting, ha!
I have always wanted to try this…glad I came across your site!
I had this for the first time in 1977 – incredible, right? It so impressed me that I have never forgotten it because of the amazing flavor combo. Thanks for the reminder – it looks delicious.
This looks wonderful! Can’t wait to try it. I think I might have to use the crust in some other of my desserts, my husband doesn’t like the traditional graham cracker crust that most desserts call for. Thanks for this recipe!
These colors are just gorgeous!
Love the look of that strawberry layer!
I love this salad and make it a lot for my kiddies. So good. Love your pics.
There should be one of these desserts at every potluck! Just a true comfort food and so festive for the holiday 🙂
I made this for dinner the other night and it was so delicious. We couldn’t stop eating it! Thank you so much.
This is a delicoius desert! Wish I had some right now.
Made this last night but I used Snyder’s salted caramel pretzels for another layer of flavor. Absolutely delish!! 😉
Ok, call me stupid, but where does the brown sugar come into play? 1 cup of sugar for the crust? 1 cup of sugar to blend with cool whip? where does the brown sugar go? LOL
It goes with the pretzel crust 🙂
thank you so much.
did you use salty preztels or unsalty preztels?
what the bloody hell is “instant jello”?????? Also, 2.5 cup of pretzels, crushed is a lot different than 2.5 cups of crushed pretzels. Which should it be?
2 1/2 cups of crushed pretzels
Would strawberry glaze work in place of jello? Just wondering.
I have never tried the glaze, but I think it could work. Let me know if you try it! Good luck! 🙂
I love this type of salad. Pinning this one to try!