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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Cooking Thursday

This is a recipe I hadn't made for awhile, but my friend Jenny at I'm Having a Thought Here reminded me of it.  It was perfect for our July 4 celebration, so I finally made it again.  It's called a salad, but really it's a dessert. The recipe calls for strawberries, but since Bob isn't a fan, I make it with raspberries.  Either is good!



Strawberry Pretzel Salad

2 cups crushed pretzels
3/4 cup melted butter
4 tablespoons sugar
8 ounces softened cream cheese
8 ounces thawed Cool Whip
6 ounce package strawberry or raspberry jello
3/4 cup boiling water
10 ounces frozen sliced strawberries or raspberries

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Stir together pretzels, melted butter and 4 tablespoons sugar. Press into 9x13 pan and bake for 8 minutes. Cool.
Beat cream cheese and 1 cup sugar together until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip and spread over cooled pretzel crust.
Prepare jello using 3/4 cup boiling water. Stir frozen fruit into it and immediately spread over cream cheese layer.
Refrigerate 4 hours until set.

23 comments:

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Mari, this looks and sounds delicious 😋

Susan said...

I like this recipe! Do you think it would be okay to cut the sugar amount in half?

Chatty Crone said...

I love this - was thinking about putting it on one of my posts!

Deb J. in Utah said...

Looks yummy! I need to try this one!

Mandy said...

I have had this before and it is SOOOO good! You just reminded me that I need to make this soon! Perfect weather for it!

Carrie @ Cottage Cozy said...

I don't think I have ever seen that, Mari. A new cool dessert.

Miss Merry said...

I love pretzel salad!

Ginny Hartzler said...

And very healthy, because of the strawberries!

MELODY JACOB said...

I'm a huge fan of anything with pretzels and cream cheese, so this is definitely on my must-try list. And raspberries are a great call!

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Prims By The Water said...

I make this one with strawberries. Should try with raspberries now. Janice

Joyful in His Presence said...

I love pretzel salads. The first one I ever had was made with strawberries, but blueberries are good as well. Your raspberry one looks so good. And raspberries are coming on here now. So, I'll have to see if I can find some gluten-free pretzels.

Linda said...

Yummm!!!!! Thanks Mari, smiles

Phoebes World said...

Another recipe to add to my list... Thank you Mari

Catherine said...

Must be very good 😊

Debby @ My Shasta Home said...

I’ve been going through some vintage recipes and my mom used to make this. My husband had never tried it so I made it back in April and to my disappointment he did not like it at all. Bummer so I kept a little for myself and gave the rest away. I remember my mom would make this when she had Tupperware parties.

carrie@northwoods scrapbook said...

This is such nostalgia for me! My Gram made this all the time and it was an absolute favorite. I love raspberry best for it too! 💗

The Feminine Energy said...

Oh yes, Strawberry Pretzel Salad. That's a recipe in my stash too. It's an old one, as I remember my dear Aunt Tootie (RIP) making it when I was a little girl. I love it! Thank you for sharing. Love, Andrea xoxo

photowannabe said...

Oh my, I haven't had that for years. Its so easy and yummy...I sure don't know why I haven't made it. Strawberries or Raspberries ... both make me drool.
Sue

Cathy said...

This is a salad/dessert everyone likes at potlucks!
I am glad you are back. I am trying to work myself back too!😊

R's Rue said...

Yum.

Lowcarb team member said...

Looks good Mari, thank you for sharing your recipe.

All the best Jan

HappyK said...

Not a fan of cool whip but it does sound good. I guess you could use real whipped cream.

Coloring Outside the Lines said...

I made something like that at Christmas. It was delicious and yours looks yummy too.