Have you picked your Fall producing Raspberries from your Raspberry Bush and they are ready to be eaten or frozen? If so this is a good recipe to use some of them up. Also at the bottom of this post it tells you how to freeze them. I know it’s a simple process but I was freezing some Raspberries anyway so I thought I would add it to this post.

Raspberry Pretzel Dessert Salad:

*Frozen Raspberries
*Blackberries fresh or frozen, for topping

*1 (6 ounce) package Raspberry Jell-O or gelatin dessert

Bring to boil water in Sauce Pan on medium heat and add 2 cups of the boiling water in glass bowl with the Raspberry Jell-O and set aside to dissolve and cool. (Then just before pouring the Jell-O onto Yogurt Cream Cheese mixture add the slightly thawed Raspberries.)

Meanwhile make the Pretzel Crust.

Pretzel Crust:

*2-3 cups Pretzels, crushed into small pieces

In Sauce Pan melt the butter with sugar and bring to a boil on medium heat and then add crushed Pretzels.

* 4 tablespoons Sugar
* 12 tablespoons Butter

Place in 9×13 Baking Dish or two 11″ x 7″ Baking Dishes or two 8×8 Baking Dishes. Spray bottoms of Baking Dishes with Cooking Spray and add put in the Pretzel mixture.

Bake in a 350* F. oven for 7-9 minutes. Remove and allow to cool.

Meanwhile make the Yogurt Cream Cheese Filling.

Yogurt Cream Cheese Filling:

*1 cup Sugar
*1 package 8-ounce Yogurt Cream Cheese or 1/3 less Cream Cheese (Then mix into the whipped topping easier than regular Cream Cheese.)

Cream together the Sugar and Yogurt Cream Cheese. Then fold in Whipped Topping.

* 8 to 16 ounces Whipped Topping, I used only 8 ounces but if you would like the fluffiest filling add the 16 ounces or for an even creamier raspberry pretzel dessert salad:  Whip in a bowl with hand mixer on medium speed, 2 cups heavy whipping cream with 6 tablespoons confectioners sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until stiff peeks.  **Being careful not to over mix and or you will make butter.

After Pretzel Crust is cooled, layer on the Cream Cheese Mixture and then the Raspberry Jell-O mixture and refrigerate until set or overnight.

Recipe and Ingredients Pictures:

Jell-O Topping

Pretzel Crust

Cream Cheese Filling

Pictured is the Cooked and cooled Pretzel Crust and then putting on the Cream Cheese Filling.

Add the fruit to the Jello for the top layer.

If you have fresh raspberries or have some from your garden you can freeze them.

Freezing Fresh Raspberries

Place fresh picked Raspberries in a (single layer works best) in gallon Ziploc Baggie and remove all the air by sucking the air out of the bag with a straw and then freeze them laying raspberries flat in the freezer.

You can use them to make this salad or use again at a later date, also use for smoothies etc…

Enjoy!

Lindy