Strawberry Crack Salad.. Is That Legal?
The whole pretzel thing in salads? It has been around for as long as Jell-o! But the thing I didn’t care for was how soggy they got after sitting in whipped cream. With the whole toffee covering them, that is a game changer!
In fact, I could just make the toffee for an Ice cream topping and people would love it! Imagine adding in fresh strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries?
Strawberry Dessert Salad with Toffee
Ingredients:
- 8 oz or 1 package of cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 8 oz. whipped topping
- 1 cup pretzels, chopped
- ½ cup pecans, chopped
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup melted butter
- 2-3 cups strawberries, diced
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Wash and dice strawberries. Set aside.
- Chop pretzels and pecans and combine with melted butter and brown sugar.
- Spread on parchment paper on a cookie sheet with edges (otherwise you’ll have melted butter dripping off your pan…no Bueno!)
- Bake for 7-9 minutes, careful that it doesn’t burn.
- Pull out of oven and allow to cool while you mix up the cream cheese mixture.
- Whip cream cheese, vanilla and sugar together until fluffy.
- Gently fold in whipped topping.
- Right before you are ready to serve, fold in strawberries and pretzel, pecan crunch. (Make sure it has had plenty of time to cool) Enjoy!
Quick Tip: If you are not a huge fan of Cool whip, feel free to make real whipped cream. So yummy and rich, you could serve it in small champagne glasses with a pint leaf on top.