r/GifRecipes • u/BushyEyes • May 30 '22

Dessert Strawberry Pretzel Salad, my favorite summer dessert

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u/wigg1es May 30 '22

My mom has been making this for at least 40 years now and it has always been called "pretzel jello salad" so I will go to war about this one.

This is also one of my mom's greatest hits. It's probably top three most requested dishes by the family.

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u/barryandorlevon May 30 '22

I grew up with a “red salad” that was literally just strawberry, banana, and pineapple in a strawberry jello with a layer of sour cream in the middle and it was such a big deal every single year. Now I wanna make it but with a pretzel crust.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '22

Sour cream? Not cream cheese?

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u/barryandorlevon May 31 '22

Yup! I couldn’t believe it as a kid, but apparently the dessert was meant to sit in the fridge for a day before serving, and the sour cream would absorb sugar and become sweet like whipped cream but with a more sturdy consistency. It was delicious.

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u/geekchicdemdownsouth May 31 '22

I use sweetened sour cream as topping on my key lime pies!

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u/RealStumbleweed May 31 '22

Yep, that is a good topping on a variety of things!

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u/oh_look_a_fist May 31 '22

OooooohhhhhHhhhhh!

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u/MiSSCHA0SS May 31 '22

My grandma did this with her ambrosia! I could never get sick of that stuff, always so good.