Strawberry Pretzel Salad

It's been quite sometime since I've posted a recipe up for What I Ate Wednesday!  Since last weekend was Easter, I made a delicious recipe that I just HAD to share with you all!  :) 



You read that title correctly, however; you're probably thinking that this is a salad (green) with strawberries and pretzel's in it.  If you are thinking that, then you are wrong.  But I will say, what I am about to post about, is something so delicious and amazing.  It sweet and salty and is the perfect amount of both!  To find the original recipe, click here.

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) container of frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 (3 ounce) packages of strawberry flavored Jell-O
• 2 cups of boiling water
• 2 (10 ounce) packages of frozen strawberries
• 2 cups of crushed pretels
• 3/4 cup of butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons of white sugar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup of white sugar

Directions

1. Get out a 9x13 baking dish.
2. Preheat over to 400 degrees F
3. Crush pretzels into crumbs (like you would with graham crackers), I like to leave the pretzels a little in tact, but mostly crushed.
4. Mix together crushed pretzels, butter and 3 tbsp of sugar.  Press this mixture into the bottom of your pan.
5. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until set.  Set aside to cool.
6. In a large mixing bowl cream together cream cheese and 1 cup of sugar.  Then mix by hand with spatula the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture.  Spread this mixture onto the cooled crust.
7. Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water (2 cups water).  Stir in still frozen strawberries and all to sit for a couple minutes.  When the mixture is the consistency of egg whites, pour and spread over the cream cheese mixture.
8. Place in refrigerator to set the Jell-O (takes about an hour)
9. Eat and enjoy the deliciousness of the salty and sweet mixture!

Layer 1, pretzel mixture

Layer 2, cream cheese mixture

Layer 3, strawberries and Jell-O mixture

Final product:

DELICIOUS!!