Description
This layered peach pretzel salad combines sweet peaches, tangy cream cheese, fluffy whipped cream, and a salty pretzel crust — perfect for hot summer days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups crushed pretzels (about 50 pretzels)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped
- 2 (15 oz) cans peach slices, drained (reserve juice)
- 1 package (3.4 oz) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup milk
- Optional: fresh peach slices or mint for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Mix crushed pretzels, melted butter, and granulated sugar. Press into a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Bake for 8–10 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar until smooth. Fold in 1 cup of whipped cream.
- Spread cream cheese layer over cooled crust.
- Whisk milk, reserved peach juice (up to 1 cup total), and pudding mix until thickened.
- Fold in drained peach slices.
- Spread peach pudding mixture over cream cheese layer.
- Top with remaining whipped cream and smooth the surface.
- Refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight before serving. Garnish if desired.
Notes
- Make sure the pretzel crust is completely cool before adding layers.
- Use fresh peaches when in season for even better flavor.
- Whipped topping can be substituted for homemade whipped cream if needed.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Layered, No-Bake (with baked crust)
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 310
- Sugar: 21g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
Keywords: peach pretzel salad, layered peach dessert, no-bake summer recipe, peach pudding cream cheese dessert