This cherry limeade pretzel pie has a sweet cherry limeade citrus filling in a crisp, salty pretzel pie crust. It's a great no-bake dessert.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
6 hourshours
Servings 8servings
Equipment
pie plate
Rolling Pin or other heavy object to crush the pretzels
mixer
Ingredients
Pretzel Crust
1-1/4cuppretzelscrushed
1/2cupbuttermelted
1/4cupsugar
Cherry Limeade Filling
14 ouncesweetened condensed milk
1juice of lime(or 1 tbs lime juice)
1/4cuplemon juice
1/4 cupCherry Limeade
8ouncesfrozen whipped toppingthawed
Instructions
Pretzel Crust
Take half of a 16-ounce bag crushed roughly equals the 1-1/4 cup you need for the recipe. Add pretzels to a plastic bag and use a rolling pin to crush the pieces.
1-1/4 cup pretzels
Melt 1/2 cup butter, then add the pretzels, sugar, and melted butter to a greased pie plate.
1/2 cup butter, 1/4 cup sugar
Mix it all together and form the crust on the bottom and around the sides of the pie plate.
Cherry Limeade Filling
In a separate bowl, you are going to combine everything BUT your whipped topping. Using a handheld or stand mixer, combined the ingredients.
14 ounce sweetened condensed milk, 1 juice of lime, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup Cherry Limeade
Using a spoon or spatula fold in the whipped topping.
8 ounces frozen whipped topping
Pour the pie filling into the prepared pretzel crust.
Refrigerate until chilled, which takes a good 4-6 hours.
Before serving, zest lime over the top and add a cherry for presentation. Enjoy!
Notes
Tips for making this recipe:
If you want finer pieces of pretzel, you can mix the pretzel crust ingredients in a food processor.
Whipped topping can be found in your grocer's freezer next to the frozen desserts.
To store: You can leave this dessert uncovered in the refrigerator. Eat within 3 days.