Pineapple Pretzel Salad

Followed all recommendations about pineapple juice but we just didn’t like it. Wont make again.

I got rave reviews at the cookout with this refreshing dessert! It has become a new easy favorite to make and take!

Loved this recipe! I wasn’t sure at first I was a little worried but it was simple to make and tasted very yummy! I made it for Easter and am going to make it for the 4th of July tomorrow!! 5 stars

Amazing I added another tub of whipped cream to the pineapple and then topped it with roasted almonds and coconut! Talk about a summery cool dessert!

REALLY wanted to like this since I made it for the first time to serve as dessert to six dinner guests. Made it as written and let it chill overnight. Dished up a slice in the morning, closed my eyes, and tasted… but NO flavors came through! At all (it IS possible that store brand pineapple could account for not even tasting pineapple). I couldn’t even detect the salt/sweet combo mentioned, and would have sworn the crust on the bottom was nuts, not pretzels. Thinking my sense of taste was definitely off (gone!), I handed my husband a piece and waited for his feedback without sharing my own thoughts. His ‘review’ mirrored my own exactly — and this is a man who loves sweets. Sadly, it was all scraped into the garbage (have NEVER done that in my life). Thankfully, I had a backup plan and served slices of lemon cake (from bakery) with raspberry sorbet drizzled with raspberries in syrup. A hit! Note: I have never written a negative review of a recipe, but hope to spare others the time and wasted ingredients.

I like pineapples but didn’t care for the pineapples with the pudding mix. The pretzel crust is good, (I added pecans pieces) and the filling is good. I’m going to try Supreme Strawberry Topping next time.

This recipe was a disappointment and we’ll unlikely be able to eat the whole thing. Went exactly by the recipe. The crust was almost indiscernible; needed to be thicker. The cream cheese layer was too thin and also indiscernible. The pineapple overpowered everything; way to much pineapple. We had to add walnuts to each serving before we could eat it.

Such a good and easy recipe. Everyone loved it and I will definitely be making it again.

Made it for book club group of over 20 people and they ALL loved it! So easy to make. You can change the type of fruit if you don’t care for pineapple. Enjoy!

This dish was a big hit on Thanksgiving even though I thought I had ruined it. I crushed the pretzels and poured the butter in to bake. After baking I let it cool for awhile. I whipped the sugar and cream cheese together. Here’s where the issue starts. As I put on the whipped cream cheese sugar mix my pretzels are sticking to it and lifting up. I’m just about to throw in the towel. I decide to just go with it and mixed the pretzels with the cream cheese and flatten down on the bottom of the baking dish. I then proceed to apply the pineapple/vanilla pudding. I look over and see the cool whip unopened. I can’t believe I forgot to put it on. So I put it on top of the pineapple instead. Set it in fridge to cool. Like I said earlier it went from a flop to the hit of the party, I think I actually like it better made this way.

I didn’t make any changes, I think next time I will mix the butter and pretzels together and then pat them in the dish. I loved it, I used it for a pot luck. It went over well.

Yes, it was soon good. Making it again for Thanksgiving!

Delicious flavor combinations. I only used one can of pineapple and as another reviewer suggested, I made the pudding, full pk., with the juice, and then added the pineapple. I really liked this consistency. Of course, I had to add maraschino cherries on top for color as well as for taste. Then I added crushed walnuts. Probably overkill, but I do like walnuts.

Awesome

no changes and yes I will make it again

This was disappointing. I tried this because I like strawberry pretzel salad, but this was just… no. Mixing pineapple with pudding mix is not analogous to the strawberry / jello layer that offered some tartness and variety of texture. Canned pineapple just isn’t that tart. It tastes ok because it’s all tasty stuff in there, but this is not something I’ll take to a barbecue to share.

This got rave reviews at our family dinner. I made the pudding with 1/4 to 1/2 cup of pineapple juice and then stirred in the drained pineapple which seemed to be a little juicy. Worked perfectly.

Followed the directions and turned out perfect. My husband loves pineapple so he and the rest of the family loved it.

My 4 year old and I made this today. Very easy to make. I used 3/4 cup of sugar, drained. PinePple and mixed pudding with 1 & 3/4 c of pineapple juice. Maybe will try again w/ two blocks of cream cheese. Thank you for a fun recipe!

This is good, but the recipe with strawberries is classic and it can’t be beat. I did change it a bit. First, I always use heavy cream and whip it up myself with an egg beater. Cool Whip is fine if you like that. Second, I thought that was too much butter for the amount of pretzels. My strawberry pretzel recipe uses less and I followed that recipe for the crust. Third, I used fresh pineapple. I chopped it up and I did not drain it. I used the entire amount of vanilla pudding and even with undrained pineapple it was too thick to spread.

Taste good but the pretzels get soggy. I think maybe next time I’ll try it with graham cracker crumbs.