Fruit Salad With Pretzel Topping Recipes

RASPBERRY PRETZEL SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil and whisk in raspberry jello. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
• In a mixing bowl, combine crushed pretzels, brown sugar, and melted butter. Press into a lightly greased 9x13 pan. Bake for 8 minutes and remove from oven. Let cool completely.
• Beat the cream cheese and white sugar together until creamy. Fold in the cool whip. Spread the mixture over the top of the pretzel crust completely to the edges so the jello won't leak through.
• Pour the jello over the cream cheese layer add raspberries on top and refrigerate for 2-3 hours before serving!

PRETZEL SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, mix crushed pretzels, margarine and sugar.
• Press crushed pretzel mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish, and bake in the preheated oven 8 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
• Blend together the cream cheese and sugar. Fold in whipped topping and spread evenly over cooled pretzel mixture.
• In a medium bowl, dissolve the strawberry flavored gelatin in boiling water. Mix in strawberries and set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
• Pour gelatin mixture over cream cheese mixture and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.

LISA'S FRUIT SALAD WITH CARAMELIZED PRETZEL TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Line a jelly roll pan with foil.
• Break up pretzels on pan.
• Melt butter in microwave, add brown sugar, stir together, and dump onto pretzels.
• Stir until well coated.
• Bake for 5 minutes.
• Cool and break apart pretzels.
• For the fruit salad put into large bowl: mix pudding and buttermilk together.
• Fold in the whipped cream, crushed pineapple, and mandarin orange pulp.
• Cover top of salad with caramelized pretzel topping right before serving.

STRAWBERRY LIME PRETZEL SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Mix melted butter and sugar; stir in pretzels. Press onto bottom of an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. , Meanwhile, for lime layer, in a large bowl, add boiling water to lime gelatin; stir 2 minutes to completely dissolve. Refrigerate until partially set, about 1 hour. In a bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add cooled lime gelatin mixture; beat until smooth. Fold in whipped topping; if desired, add green food coloring. Spread over crust. Refrigerate until set but not firm, 25-30 minutes. , For cream cheese layer, in a bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over lime layer. Refrigerate until set., For strawberry layer, in a large bowl, add boiling water to strawberry gelatin; stir 2 minutes to completely dissolve. Refrigerate until partially set, about 1 hour. Stir in strawberries. Gently spoon over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate, covered, until firm, 2-4 hours. To serve, cut into squares. If desired, top with additional whipped topping and miniature pretzels.

PRETZEL SALAD FOR 100

Steps:

• Prepare gelatin according to package directions. Add frozen fruit. Refrigerate until partially congealed.
• Place graham pretzel crumbs, melted margarine, and sugar into a mixing bowl.
• Blend together. Sprinkle mixture into a sheet pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 10 minutes.
• Follow package directions for whipped topping. Mix with cream cheese. Spread over pretzel crust.
• Spread congealed gelatin mixture on top of cream cheese and crust.
• Refrigerate until firm.
• Cut into 2"x 2" squares. OPTIONAL: GARNISH WITH 1 teaspoons WHIPPED TOPPING.