Cranberry Orange Pretzel salad. This Orange Cranberry Pretzel Salad is sure to be a hit at your Thanksgiving table. Don't let the ingredients fool you, this pretzel jello salad is delicious. Thanksgiving for us usually means a trip to Utah for a Wilkes Family Thanksgiving.

It's a family favorite that is a slam-dunk at potlucks. This Cranberry Raspberry Pretzel Salad Dessert is an easy holiday dessert salad that will be a big hit at Christmas or Thanksgiving! Made with cream cheese, fresh fruit and real fruit juice instead of Jello and includes a step by step recipe video. You can have Cranberry Orange Pretzel salad using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cranberry Orange Pretzel salad

It's 2 (3 oz) of packages of strawberry jello.
You need 1 package of no bake jello cheesecake.
It's 2 1/2 sticks of butter.
You need 1/2 cup of + 2tbsp granulated sugar.
It's 8 ounces of cream cheese.
It's 8 ounces of sour cream.
It's 5 ounce of package of glazed or praline pecans.
Prepare 4 cups of crushed pretzels.
It's 2 cans of mandarin oranges.
Prepare 14 oz of can of whole berry cranberry sauce.

Add pretzels and pecans and toss to coat. Spread evenly onto prepared sheet pan and bake until golden and Beat whipping cream to medium peaks and set aside. Beat cream cheese, sugar, orange zest and vanilla together until smooth. A classic cranberry-pineapple gelatin salad expected on everyone's Thanksgiving menu, this version adds a flavor twist with orange zest and pecans.

Cranberry Orange Pretzel salad step by step

Start by preparing strawberry jello by package directions. Allow to set up in the refrigerator until it is like egg yolk texture otherwise the fruit will sink.
In your package of no bake jello cheesecake you will find a bag of Grahm cracker crust. Mix crushed pretzels, finely chopped praline pecans, and the package of Grahm cracker crumbs along with (1/4 cup of sugar + 2 tbsp) & 2 1/2 sticks of butter melted. Your mixture should stick together.
Place even amounts of mixture in the bottom of serving dishes..
Combine the package of cheesecake mix with 1 cup of milk. Cream together cream cheese and remaking 1/4 cup of sugar. Add in sour cream at the end.
Place on top of pretzel crust layer in even amounts. I recommend a piping bag. All is to set up for an hour before adding jello layer.
Take canned cranberries mix with chopped mandarin oranges and mix with strawberry jello. Place on top if cheesecake layer and allow plenty of time to set up overnight.

Cool and creamy, these colorful fruity treats can be served as a salad or dessert. Put cranberries, granulated sugar, and orange juice in a saucepan. Beat together softened cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla. Grind cranberries, oranges, rind and fold in the sugar. Add to the cranberry mixture, add nuts.