Take Along Pretzel Salads
This recipe sprang from my love of the Jello Pretzel Salad. I needed a take a cold salad to a function for my children and this is one of our favorites. I love that it can be made for individual servings.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups crushed pretzels
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 (8 oz) carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 (6 oz) package strawberry Jello
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 (20 oz) package frozen strawberries, sliced
Directions:
Step 1: Make your Pretzel Crust
- Pour crushed pretzels into a large bowl
- Mix in the sugar (3 TBLS) and melted butter
- Mix well and press the crumbles into the bottom of little serving cups. I like the plastic one with lids that can be packed in a lunch but you can use ice cream cups or anything you have on hand.
Step 2: Creamy Layer
- Combine cream cheese with 1 cup sugar with a mixer until smooth and sugar is dissolved
- Fold in the whipped topping
- Spread over the pretzel crust making sure to completely cover and seal the crust. I place in a biggie and pipe it in the cups. Seems to be the easiest way I have found to not make a mess all over the tops of the cups.
Step 3: Jello Layer
- Dissolve Jello into boiling water
- Slowly add the package of frozen strawberries
- Allow Jello mixture to thicken before you spoon it over the creamy layer in each cup. If you do not let thicken, it will seep through the creamy layer and you will no longer have a layer salad
- Refrigerate several hours or overnight to set – Top with whipped topping or any topping that your crew likes!
These are the most asked for treats around our house! This recipe will make about 12-15 mini treats using the dessert plastic cups from Walmart. If you are placing the top on them, allow room at the top or you will have the jello coming out around the edges.
I’d like to take these to work
Thanks for a great family recipe.
This would make a wonderful kunchbox surprise treat for the kids.
I never would have thought of this combination of flavors.
What an easy summertime dessert!!!
I love learning about new (to me) dishes – thanks!
Yummy cheesecake in a cup – bravo!
I didn’t know I could get little dessert cups at Walmart. Thanks!
I used to make molded jello treats for holidays because the kids liked them so much. I’ve never tried a jello dish like this.
We drive a semi for a living and these would be perfect for me to make and take with us.
I love anything sweet and salty combined! I’ll send this along to my friend in case she wants to make it for her daughter’s school events!
Ooh, the vanilla wafers suggestion by another commenter sounds good, too!
So fun! I honestly haven’t made a dessert with Jello in a long while…maybe I’ll give it a try!
I would do this with vanilla wafers.
Your lidded dessert cups make this ideal for a class party.
Great healthy snack 🙂
These would be a great idea for a school event–who doesn’t love pretzels and strawberries?! Cute!
Thanks for sharing one of your family favorites!
Thanks for all the tips your provide for this recipe.
THIS IS A GOOD HEALTHY SNACK THAT KIDS AND ADULTS BOTH WOULD LOVE. I WILL BE MAKING THIS ONE.
This is such a simple recipe that won’t take a lot of time when you’re trying to prepare other dishes for a cookout.
These are so cute and tasty! Strawberry desserts are also great…especially in warmer weather!
Looks good and easy to prepare. I will try it tomorrow!
My household loves pretzels though they’ve never tried them like this.
Looks like something that my nieces and nephews would love.
A popsicle version of this would be great!
I love the idea of putting this into individual cups for school events!
I love these as an “on the go” idea! Pretzels and strawberries are a classic American dessert combo!
I bet this is popular at summer gatherings.
I can see why these are a favorite treat in your house.
I’d love to take this to work for a snack
It would be so pretty to make these mini cups with different flavors of Jello.
Cute idea! My Mom used to make a pie very similar to this when I was young!
Thank you for sharing. This looks delicious and I would love to try it.
If you added gelatin to the Jello, you could turn this into a bar recipe.
I’ve been asking all my friends if they’ve ever had this kind of salad before! And if they have, why they’ve never made it for me!
I, too, like Pretzel Salad. Great idea, making individual ones is a great idea.
I haven’t tried pretzel salad, but it does look and sounds good. I would love to try it, something different.
Piggy-backing on another commenter, freezing this would be a great option for this treat.
Sweet and salty! Yummy
I think I’m going to ask my SIL to make this for me so I can try it for the first time.
I like that there’s cream cheese in the whipped topping.
I like that the strawberry jello adds a nice little tang to the creaminess of the whipped filling.
I would never have thought of this!
My SIL said she’s made this before but never for me!
I can see how this recipe could be adjusted to fit a pie pan or casserole if needed.
It’s such an interesting mix of textures, with the crunch from the pretzels, the softness of the cream and the jello-ness of the jello!
This sounds like a treat that would also be perfect served in shot glasses.
Packed in these plastic dessert cups, they’d make a great addition to a summer barbecue.
It seems like an easy recipe to make. I’m going to have to try it.
Not a pretzel fan, but the rest of it sounds yummy!
I’ve never had this type of salad before. It sounds like a great salty-sweet treat.
Pinned this one. How great for a picnic, or anywhere.
Pretzel salads are usually a staple at our family pitch-ins!
Reminds me of cheese cake, because of the cream cheese, it freezes nicely
This looks good never heard of this
I love Strawberry Pretzel Salad!
These look very yummy. I am excited to give them a try
These look so good! I can’t wait to try them.
Seen this at a pot luck, put by the time I got to it was all gone. Now that I have the recipe I can make it myself and try it. Thanks for the recipe.
This sounds so good and looks yummy, I will eventually have to try this out
This looks delicious, I can’t wait to try this, thanks for sharing with us.
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it, Thanks for sharing with us.
I’ve never heard of pretzel salad. Do the pretzels get soggy in this?
Excellent Idea!
This looks so good. I’m going to have to make this for my son this weekend.
I love making Jello and the different salads you can make with it! I make Jello a lot. We love it! Your Recipe looks so yummy! This is a new one for me. I am excited to have a new Jello recipe to post on my pinterest Board. I will be making this one soon. Thank you so much for sharing you recipe!! 🙂 🙂
I am so making this today!!!! Thank you!!
Oh excellent idea! I remember a few years back we used to have this at all the bridal and baby showers.
I love pretzel salad. I love this idea to make it easy to take along with you. Thanks for sharing
Fun to make and fun to eat! Thank you for sharing.
that looks so amazine,,would love to try it
This is brilliant! I love making (and eating!) jello salad, but never thought to make individual portions. I know my kids would love this tucked into their lunch boxes. Can’t wait to try this.
Never would have thought of this combo!
Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing…I love the salty addition of the Pretzels 🙂
I have been looking for a recipe for pretzel salad thank you so much. This one sounds great we will be given it a try.
I am trying this using Cherry Jello (it’s what I have). I love that pretzels are in the mix! Salty and sweet, this salad is going to be a treat!
I will have to make this for the grandkids bet they would love it.
This is so cute, and looks good. All those crumbles on the bottom make it look bigger than it is, calorie wise, so hopefully one is enough to satisfy a little one’s sweet tooth!
This sounds like a wonderful treat. My grandson would love it!
What a great recipe!! Looks & sounds so GOOD!!! I just had to PIN it – THANKS!! My grandkids will LOVE it!!
I love pretzels.
I’ve never tried jello pretzel salad before, it sounds delicious; thanks for sharing the recipe!
This looks yummy! I will be making these!
This take along salad looks very yummy and I( am now going to have to try to make it, but I hope I do as good of a job as you did in that fine photo.
This is a nice idea and I bet it is really good too.
This is one of my favorite desserts. Not only is it visually appealing, it’s not too heavy and I like the flavors and texture.
Made this delicious treat yesterday but used raspberries. As always a HIT n our household.
I think my kids would love this. They love all the ingredients in this recipe.
I love that they are small portions. Looks delicious!
Love that these are portable.
Just reading the ingredients makes me want to make it right now. Thanks for sharing with us.
I’m not sure if I closed this before posting. If so, delete one, or keep in mind that I’m ditzy. My comment was that this is delicious. The flavors, colors and textures all work well together.
What a great idea! I love this recipe in the ‘bigger’ serving form and this would be wonderful to pack in lunches or to take along for a quick snack. Thanks for the idea!
I keep meaning to try this. It sounds delicious. I’ll have to pin it so I remember.
Had never heard of a pretzel salad until now, but I’m glad you posted this. YUM!!! Easy to make and looks amazing.
These look and sound delicious. I love pretzel salads and haven’t had them for years. I’m definitely going to make this for my grandchildren.
Oh I love the jello salads– this one sounds amazing. Doesn’t sound to difficult,so I will be trying this one soon. Thank you for sharing
Yum something salty and sweet…my husband would love these in his lunch and I wouldnt have to worry about keeping it cold since he works in a cooler lol Ill have to look at our grocery store to see if they have any of those dessert cups if not ill have to improvise.
Looks really yummy! Would love to try to make a vegan rendition of this. What an interesting light snack.
This looks delicious.
This looks absolutely amazing. My grandma makes this salad every summer, so I have great memories of it. This would help me with small portion size 🙂
This is awesome, never thought of doing little ones of this.. i have this same recipe on my blog.. this is a huge hit with our family!
I have never heard of pretzel salad before reading about it here, but this looks absolutely amazing. I cannot wait to give this a try. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
This sounds really good, thank you for sharing with us!!!!!
That sounds pretty good. I really like the sweet-salty combo.
Oh this looks great, and I bet my kids would LOVE to find this in their lunchbags at school (something besides yogurt or applesauce). I am pinning and I’m going to try it out next week!
Pinning! This looks divine!
I can say these take along pretzel salads are delicious!
I loved the mix of the salty pretzel layer with the jello and creamy layer.
Yum!