Raspberry Salad

Submitted by NaNa BKM

"This is an awesome fruit/jello salad, could be served as a dessert if you choose to. I am asked to bring this salad to all our family holiday gatherings. My sister-in law got it from a co-worker several years ago. Recently I have experimented using strawberries & strawberry jello or cans of mandarin oranges & orange jello & it is always good!!"

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• First layer

• 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen raspberries
• 1 (6 ounce) package raspberry Jell-O gelatin
• 2 cups boiling water

• Second layer

• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip
• 1⁄2 cup powdered sugar

• Third layer

• 3⁄4 cup melted butter
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 cups crushed pretzels

directions

1. First layer: Dissolve jello in the boiling water.
2. Add the raspberries, which have been partially thawed.
3. Pour into a bundt pan & refrigerate until set, approx 2-3 hours.
4. Second layer: Whip cream cheese with mixer (it is best to have the cream cheese at room temp, I take it out of fridge when I put the jello in to set).
5. Mix in the powdered sugar & Cool Whip and whip well.
6. Spread over set jello & place in refrigerator.
7. Third layer: I crush the pretzels in a gallon size ziploc bag & use a rolling pin. Could also crush using a blender & doing 1/2 at a time, making sure not to make them too fine.
8. Mix melted butter, sugar & pretzels together.
9. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
10. Stir & cool slightly then sprinkle over the second layer.
11. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Place bundt pan in sink of warm water for a minute, slip a knife around the edges in a couple spots to loosen from pan, place serving plate on top & flip to unmold the salad. Slice & serve.
12. Hint-If you choose to make this in a 9x13 cake pan instead of a bundt pan, you could reverse the layers & just bake the pretzel layer in the bottom of the cake pan for 10 minutes without stirring & cool slightly. You need to be very careful spreading the second layer over the pretzel layer. Then the jello layer goes on top & refrigerate overnight. This way you don't have to wait for the jello to set before completing the other 2 layers & you would not unmold. This way works best if bringing to a potluck.

Reviews

[Gruenes]

Excellent recipe!!! Thanks for posting Mom. We have been eating this since I was a kid and it is the best!!!

 

[karencooks]

Very Yummy Jello Dessert. I made for Father's Day and everyone (my 75 yr old Dad to my 9 yo DD) enjoyed this. Made just as directed except used Splenda in the pretzel layer to cut down on the sugar a little. It was very pretty done in the bundt pan.

 

[Ceezie]

Wonderful ... so good I ate it as dessert instead of with the meal. This is kind of like no bake cheese cake tasting. I made a few adjustments. I used raspberry jello, fresh strawberries and low fat cream cheese. Putting it in the bundt pan also made for a great presentation - I will def make this again- Thanks!

 

[nkoprince08]

One of my absolute favorite salads. I prefer to make it with strawberry jello and frozen strawberries as I don't like the seeds in the raspberries. Yummy!!