PRETZEL SALAD 
1/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. melted butter
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
3/4 c. sugar
9 oz. Cool Whip
1 (6 oz.) strawberry Jello
2 c. boiling water
1 qt. strawberries or 1 qt. cherries
2 c. heaping pretzels, broken thin or finer type are best

Mix 2 cups heaping of pretzels, broken to 1/4 cup sugar and 3/4 cup butter. Press into 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake 8-10 minutes at 400 degrees. Don't overbake. Cool!

Beat until creamy 1 (8 ounce) cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar fold in 9 ounce Cool Whip. Pour over your baked pretzels. Mix 1 (6 ounce) strawberry Jello with 2 cups boiling water. Add 1 quart strawberries or cherries (drain juice off fruit).

When Jello starts to set pour over cream cheese mixture. Refrigerate, don't cover or will get soggy. Can be made a day ahead.

P.S. This recipe is a good one to use if you have a pretzel bag nearly empty to use up broken thin pretzels.

 

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