Pretzel Strawberry Salad

By cbayack

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups thin pretzels, crushed (crush them before you measure)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 8 ounces light cream cheese
• 12 ounces Cool Whip (light or fat free is fine)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 6 ounces strawberry Jell-O gelatin dessert
• 20 ounces strawberries, sliced (fresh or frozen, I used closer to 10 oz)

Details

Servings 12
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.2Place pretzels in ziplock bag and crush into small pieces using rolling pin. Measure pretzels after crushing.3Mix together pretzels, 3 tbsp sugar, and butter.4Pat pretzel mixture into a 9 x 11 pan and bake for 10 minutes.5When the crust is cool, mix cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar and Cool Whip together and spread on crust.6Bring 2 cups water to a boil and stir in strawberry Jello. Add cold water and mix well.7Add strawberries.8Let mixture set until slightly thickened, then pour over cream cheese mixture.9Refrigerate until jello is firm.