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"Jello" Parfait w/Pretzels (D)
Source: Snyder's Pretzel web site
Serves: 8

1-1/2 cups hard sourdough pretzels, crushed
1-1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter, melted
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
5 ounces whipped topping
1 3-ounce package red fruit gelatin
1 3-ounce package green fruit gelatin

Combine first three ingredients. Spread on cookie sheet and bake 5 minutes in preheated 400°F oven. Set aside to cool.

Combine cream cheese and sugar; whip until fluffy. Fold in the whipped topping.

Prepare each package of fruit gelatin separately according to directions on box. Set aside to cool.

Begin to layer into glass container in this order: pretzel mixture, cheese, red fruit gelatin, pretzel mixture, cheese, and green fruit gelatin. Refrigerate after each addition of cheese and fruit gelatin layer.

Garnish with whipped topping and a cherry, if desired.

Poster's Notes:
I've never tried this, but there are a number of versions of this on the web, most of them exactly alike. This one is from the Snyder's Pretzel web site. (Usually companies make sure that a recipe is good before posting it, since their reputation goes with it).

Posted by Maxine Wolfson

Nutritional Info Per Serving: N/A