Description
A chilled layered peach pretzel dessert with a salty baked pretzel crust, fluffy cream cheese filling, and sweet peach gelatin topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/3 cups boiling water
- 1 6-ounce box peach gelatin
- 4 cups sliced peaches, fresh or canned and drained
- 2 1/2 cups crushed pretzels
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 3/4 cup melted butter
- 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 8-ounce carton whipped topping, thawed
- 1 pasteurized egg, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Add peach gelatin to a medium heat-safe bowl, then pour in the boiling water.
- Whisk until the gelatin fully dissolves.
- Roughly chop the peaches, then stir them into the gelatin mixture.
- Let the gelatin cool until it reaches a soft-set texture but still pours easily.
- Place the pretzels in a resealable bag and crush them with a rolling pin into small pieces.
- Add crushed pretzels, 3 tablespoons powdered sugar, and melted butter to a medium bowl.
- Stir until the pretzels are evenly coated.
- Press the pretzel mixture firmly into the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Bake the crust for 10 minutes, then let it cool fully.
- Beat the cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, and optional pasteurized egg until smooth.
- Gently fold in the whipped topping.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the cooled pretzel crust, sealing it to every edge of the pan.
- Pour the soft-set peach gelatin mixture over the cream cheese layer.
- Refrigerate until the gelatin fully sets.
- Slice into squares and serve chilled.
Notes
- Let the pretzel crust cool fully before adding the cream cheese layer.
- Spread the cream cheese filling all the way to the pan edges to protect the crust from the gelatin.
- Use drained canned peaches when fresh peaches are not in season.
- For cleaner slices, chill the dessert overnight before serving.
- Use only a pasteurized egg if adding the optional egg.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Chilling Time: 4 hours
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked and Chilled
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square
- Calories: 356
- Sugar: 31
- Sodium: 428
- Fat: 18
- Saturated Fat: 11
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 46
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 41