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Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie Recipe

This No-Bake Strawberry Pretzel Salad Pie turns the popular Jell-O salad recipe into a pie! No bake cheesecake, pretzel crust, and strawberry topping!
Prep Time30 minutes
Chill Time2 hours
Total Time2 hours 30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 301kcal
Author: Dorothy Kern
Cost: $7

Ingredients

For the Crust:

  • 1 ½ cups (150g) finely crushed pretzels (about 3 cups pretzel twists)
  • ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
  • 8 tablespoons (113g) unsalted Challenge Butter , melted

For the filling:

  • 8 ounces (226g) cream cheese
  • ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 8 ounces (226g) whipped topping
  • 1 20 ounce can Strawberry Pie Filling or use fresh strawberries

Instructions

  • Make the crust: stir finely crushed pretzels and sugar with melted butter. Press into a 9” pie plate. Chill until ready to fill.
  • Make the filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Whisk or fold in whipped topping until no lumps remain. Spread in prepared crust.
  • Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
  • When ready to serve: top with strawberry pie filling or chopped strawberries.

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Notes

  • Make sure your pretzels are finely crushed so they stick together - the larger the pieces the harder it is to get them to form a crust and it will be more crumbly.
  • Skip the pie filling and top this with fresh berries if you prefer.
  • Not all pie fillings are the same color! If you find that your can of strawberry pie filling isn't as vibrant as you'd like, add a few drops of red food coloring to it before topping the pie. 
  • To substitute whipped cream in placed of the Cool Whip, beat 1 1/2 cups cold heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form and gently fold it into the cream cheese mixture (by hand, not with a mixer).
  • Always start with room temperature cream cheese to aovid lumps in your cream pie.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 238mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 617IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg