STRAWBERRY PRETZEL SURPRISE

By CheeseDiva

Prep: 15 minutes
Bake: at 350 for 10 minutes
Refrigerate: 4 hours

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 2 cups crushed pretzels (4 c. uncrushed)
• 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
• 3 Tbsp. sugar
• Filling and Topping:
• 1 pkg.(8oz.) cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 pkg.(10oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 pkgs.(3oz. each) strawberry flavored gelatin
• 2 cups boiling pineapple juice
• 1 pkg.(16oz.) frozen strawberries, thawed

Details

Servings 16
Adapted from epicurious.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Heat over to 350 degrees
2. Crust: Mix together pretzels, melted butter, and sugar. Coat a 13x9x2 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Pat the pretzel mixture into the bottom of the dish. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
3. Filling and Topping: Ina large bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in thawed whipped topping. Spread mixture over cool crust.
4. Ina large bowl, dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water. Stir in thawed strawberries. Place over large bowl of ice water and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, unitl mixture starts to thicken slightly.
5. Spoon Strawberry mixture over cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate for 4 hours.

To serve, cut into 16 sqaures.