My jello/strawberry mixture was set in around 30-35 minutes

My husband's daughter-in-law made this at a gathering years ago, I was hooked and am pleased when she kept bringing it. It is an all time favorite!!!!!

My aunt makes this for the holidays. But instead of using pretzels, she uses chopped pecans. Delicious!!

When assembling don't pour, SPOON the strawberry pineapple and jello mix on top. Mom made this in the 1960's and now I'm asked to make by my great-nephews & -nieces!

I think it's kind of sweet so I use lemon juice for 1/4 the water in the jello & I add grated lemon zest to the cream cheese section. And when raspberries are on sale I use them instead of strawberries.

Excellent, but how to add jello to desert without the cream cheese/cool whip mix being washed up into the Jello? I poured the cooled jello onto some plastic wrap that I put on top of the mixture, but it still indented it slightly. Tried freezing mixture, did not harden much. Any good ideas?

I acquired this recipe about 40 years.....oh, my. That makes me sound very old! Anyway, this is one of my favorite dishes. When I'm to take something for a party, I never thi nk about this!!

This is great! I haven't tried the other suggestions yet but I will have plenty of opportunity to try them out, since I will be making this so much!!!

My family has been making this recipe for many years. Not only is it good for dessert but try serving it with spicy foods like chicken enchilada's, etc. as a side dish. Very refreshing and delish. Try it!

Just made this tonight. I cut way back on the sugar though. Seemed like an awful lot to me. And it tastes just as good! And I used sugar free jello. But I did not use light coolwhip.

I use berry blue jello itch frozen strawberries and blueberries. It's a very big hit at our pot lucks!!

We keep pretzels in separate container and add on top as we eat it. They are always crisp. Keep any extra in container.

I used Pork Rinds in place of the pretzels and Splenda in place of sugar and sugar free Jello and the lightest coolwhip and plain frozen strawberries with no sugar. It turned out very well. It is low carb and low sugar

I use pineapple juice instead of water.

My mom made this for years and now I do. We also make it with the Graham cracker bottom with choc pudding on top.