Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie Recipe

5 from 4 votes

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

Chill Time2

Total Time2 30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 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.

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