Lisas Fruit Salad With Caramelized Pretzel Topping Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Line a jelly roll pan with foil.
• Break up pretzels on pan.
• Melt butter in microwave, add brown sugar, stir together, and dump onto pretzels.
• Stir until well coated.
• Bake for 5 minutes.
• Cool and break apart pretzels.
• For the fruit salad put into large bowl: mix pudding and buttermilk together.
• Fold in the whipped cream, crushed pineapple, and mandarin orange pulp.
• Cover top of salad with caramelized pretzel topping right before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Mix melted butter and sugar; stir in pretzels. Press onto bottom of an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake 10 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. , Meanwhile, for lime layer, in a large bowl, add boiling water to lime gelatin; stir 2 minutes to completely dissolve. Refrigerate until partially set, about 1 hour. In a bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add cooled lime gelatin mixture; beat until smooth. Fold in whipped topping; if desired, add green food coloring. Spread over crust. Refrigerate until set but not firm, 25-30 minutes. , For cream cheese layer, in a bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over lime layer. Refrigerate until set., For strawberry layer, in a large bowl, add boiling water to strawberry gelatin; stir 2 minutes to completely dissolve. Refrigerate until partially set, about 1 hour. Stir in strawberries. Gently spoon over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate, covered, until firm, 2-4 hours. To serve, cut into squares. If desired, top with additional whipped topping and miniature pretzels.

Steps:

• Whip the cream with an electric mixer until stiff.
• Add sugar and vanilla.
• Fold in fruit cocktail, bananas, and nuts.
• Chill for at least two hours.