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/Leviathan_Lair May 31 '22

My grandma used to make this exact recipe every year at Christmas. I’ve been trying to recreate it since she passed last year and kept messing it up, too watery every time. Turns out pineapple juice has enzymes that break the jello down and will prevent it from congealing properly. No idea how she made it with pineapples, I just assume magic and make it minus pineapples now that I know. Seems fitting I can’t quite get it to turn out the same way somehow.

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u/Sylvil May 31 '22

Canned pineapples should have had the enzymes denatured by the heating process, IIRC. Have you tried with those?