
We love making this delicious orange pretzel salad during the hot summer months, but it also shows up at family parties in the winter as well. It’s so easy to make and feeds a crowd. You can customize this recipe by swapping out the jello for another flavor or using a different fruit.

Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our mandarin orange pretzel salad, you will need the following ingredients:
- Pretzel sticks
- Butter
- Sugar
- Cream cheese
- Cool Whip
- Sugar
- Orange jello
- Boiling water
- Mandarin oranges
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:


How to Make Our Mandarin Orange Pretzel Salad
- Pre-heat oven to 350℉.
- For the first layer, combine broken pretzels, melted butter and sugar. Stir together until well blended. Press in 9 x 13 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes. Cool completely.
- For the second layer, beat sugar and cream cheese together until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip.
- Spread cream mixture over pretzel layer (be sure to seal the cream cheese layer against the sides of the pan so that the jello mixture will not be able to leak through when added).
- For the Jell-o layer, mix orange Jell-o and boiling water together until Jello is completely dissolved. Add mandarin oranges and let cool until slightly set.
- Pour Jell-o over cream cheese layer and refrigerate until firm.
- Cut into squares and serve.
Recipe Notes
You can make this pretzel salad a day before or the night before. Make sure to cover it well, and keep it stored in the refrigerator. We have eaten the leftovers (if there are any) for an extra day, and it is delicious. After a few days, the pretzel crust becomes soggy.
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Mandarin Orange Pretzel Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups pretzels sticks, (broken into fourths)
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 3 Tablespoons sugar
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 8 ounces Cool-Whip, (non-dairy whipped topping)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 (6 ounce) box orange jello
- 2 cups boiling water
- 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, (drained)
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350℉.
- For the first layer, combine broken pretzels, melted butter and sugar. Stir together until well blended. Press in 9 x 13 inch baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for 7 minutes. Cool completely.
- For the second layer, beat sugar and cream cheese together until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip.
- Spread cream mixture over pretzel layer (be sure to seal the cream cheese layer against the sides of the pan so that the jello mixture will not be able to leak through when added).
- For the Jell-o layer, mix orange Jell-o and boiling water together until Jello is completely dissolved. Add mandarin oranges and let cool until slightly set.
- Pour Jell-o over cream cheese layer and refrigerate until firm.
- Cut into squares and serve.
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