The butter binds the ingredients together and the sugar balances out the saltiness from the pretzels. Butter, Brown Sugar, and Crushed Pretzels – makes up the salty, crunchy crust.This ingredient list is short, but makes such a delicious side dish or dessert! Fair warning: the crunchy, salty crust with the fluffy, tangy cream cheese filling, and sweet strawberry topping is more than just a little addicting. But after one bite, they were hooked! Ingredients When I introduced a few of my friends to this recipe, I described it as a “strawberry jello cheesecake-like dish with pretzel crust” and, I’ll be honest, they weren’t too sure about it. If you’re making this for anyone that hasn’t heard of it before, you might get some looks. Most recipes you’ll see call for frozen strawberries, but MY secret ingredient is fresh strawberries, because the texture is so much better. Now, THIS is a “salad” I can get on board with. Strawberry pretzel salad is a dessert or side dish made with a pretzel crust, cream cheese filling, and strawberry jello topping. But when I met Trevor and was introduced to his family traditions, it became one of my favorites! What is strawberry pretzel salad? This side dish isn’t one that I was served growing up. along with creamy corn casserole, instant pot mashed potatoes, and crockpot vegetarian stuffing, of course. Trust me these small changes will make all the difference in the world when making this timeless dessert.This old fashioned strawberry pretzel salad is one of my favorite holiday side dishes. This yummy Southern Concoction requires Southern love, juicy fresh organic sliced strawberries, brand name Strawberry Jello, quality cream cheese, homemade whipped-topping, unsalted butter, and only super salty, crunchy pretzels will do when making a proper batch of Strawberry Pretzel Salad. I know some of you love your frozen Cool Whip topping, but just come to the dark side and try making homemade once, I swear it’s easy peasy to make. No wonder that their Strawberry Pretzel Salad came out looking and feeling so darn sad and depressing. Cool Whip? Off Brand gelatin? Frozen strawberries? Margarine? Oh, no, Ma’me, that isn’t how we do things down here in the South. I usually also look at the recipe and sometimes and think, well damn, no wonder they were disappointed with the results. Bless their little hearts, and they know no better. I have read rave reviews, and then I have learned that they more or less thought it was a white trash dessert from below the depths of the earth. Plain and straightforward Y’all, straight to the point. I always chuckle to myself when I read blog posts concerning this Jello dessert, either you read that non-Southerners love it and were pleasantly surprised or they don’t. The first recipe for Strawberry Pretzel Salad is said to have originated in a 1960s cookbook, called “ The Joys of Jell-O™” From there, Strawberry Pretzel Salad took off like a well-oiled machine and became an iconic southern tradition. What is Strawberry Pretzel Salad, you might ask? Well, it’s not a salad at all, it’s what we call an Iconic Southern Dessert that reminds folks of a Jello-like Cheesecake, with a sweet, yet salty crust, made with hard pretzels, sugar, unsalted butter, topped with juicy ripe sliced strawberries, strawberry Jello, and a big dollop of homemade whipped cream to serve.įor many Southern households, this fantastic dessert has been a tradition at potlucks, barbecues, bridal showers, church luncheons, and Southern holiday tables throughout the year. This nostalgic recipe for Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a creamy, fruity, and crunchy Southern classic.
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