Aunt Georgia's Pineapple Pretzel Salad

This creamy fruit salad is made with cream cheese, crushed pineapple, cool whip and candied pretzels. The pretzels sticks give this salad a nice, sweet crunch.

I hope y'all had a wonderful Easter weekend. We usually visit our family, but since we've been out of town the last two weekends, there's no way we could afford another trip. We missed the Easter egg hunt with family as well as our big Easter Dinner.
 
We made the best of it and had Easter dinner on our own. I prepared all of our favorites, Copy Cat Honey Baked Ham. , Hash Brown Casserole, Rolls, Sweet & Sour Green Beans, Pasta Salad, Sweet Potatoes and my favorite Coconut Cake.

I made way too much food, but we love having leftovers so it wasn't a big deal. I always make some type of fruit salad because a holiday just isn't a holiday without a creamy fruit salad.

This year I tried a new recipe for a Pineapple Pretzel Salad. I found this recipe on one of my favorite food blogs, Tara Cooks. I initially saw this recipe on her face book page and thought that it would pair perfectly with Ham.

This creamy salad consists of cream cheese, crushed pineapple, cool whip and candied pretzels. If you ask me the pretzels give this salad a nice sweet crunch. I had a hard time controlling myself when it came to the candied pretzels, so I warn you now they are so addicting. 

I couldn't wait to share this recipe with y'all, because it was so good and everyone loved it.  Next time you need something yummy to serve with ham, this salad is it!

Lets get started and make this yummy salad. In usual fashion the full recipe is at the end of this post. Start by preheating the oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl add the pretzel sticks, melted butter and sugar. 

Stir until pretzels are well coated. Pour the mixture onto a 9×13 shallow cookie sheet or baking pan lined with foil. Bake the pretzels about 7 -9 minutes. 

Remove from oven and stir until the pretzels are well coated. Set the pretzels aside to cool completely.  

In a large mixing bowl blend the cream cheese and powdered sugar together using an electric mixer. Add the drained crushed pineapple and mix until combined. Fold in the whipped topping. 

Just before serving mix half the candied pretzels into salad right and use the remaining candied pretzels to garnish on top.   

Aunt Georgia's Pineapple Pretzel Salad

1 ½ - cups pretzel sticks (broken into inch long pieces)
½ - cup sugar 
1 - stick (1/2 cup) melted butter
1 - 8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 - cup powdered sugar
1 - 20 oz crushed pineapple, drained
1 - 8 oz whipped topping (cool whip)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl add pretzel sticks, melted butter and sugar together. Stir until pretzels are well coated. 

Pour mixture onto a 9×13 shallow cookie sheet or baking pan lined with foil. Bake the pretzels about 7 -9 minutes. 

Remove from oven and stir continually until pretzels have cooled. Set aside until salad is ready to serve.  

In a large mixing bowl blend the cream cheese and powdered sugar together using an electric mixer. Add the drained crushed pineapple and mix until combined. Fold in the whipped topping. 

Just before serving mix half the candied pretzels into salad right and use the remaining  pretzels on top for garnish.   

Recipe source: Tara Cooks