Pretzel Berry Dessert

Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups crushed pretzels


• 3 teaspoons sugar


• 3/4 cup melted butter


• 8 oz. cream cheese, softened (lower fat works fine)


• 1 cup sugar


• 1 large container Cool Whip


• 2 small packages cranberry or raspberry Jell-O


• 2 cups boiling water


• 20 ounces frozen raspberries or boysenberries

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine pretzel crumbs, sugar, and butter in 9 x 13 pan. Press lightly. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely.


2. In large mixing bowl whip cream cheese and sugar. Fold in Cool Whip. Spread over pretzel crust.


3. In another large bowl, combine Jell-O and hot water, stirring until dissolved. Stir in berries. Allow to partially set. You don’t want it too thin, but if it gels too quickly you will have a very lumpy dessert. It shouldn’t take very long if the berries are frozen. Pour over cream cheese layer.


4. Refrigerate, uncovered, until hardened. After completely set, refrigerate covered.