CHERRY PRETZEL SQUARES

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Chopped pretzels and brown sugar make a perfect salty-sweet crust for these creamy layered cherry bars.

Provided by Lucky Leaf Fruit Filling

Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Lucky Leaf®

Time 4h10m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 (21 ounce) cans LUCKY LEAF® Regular or Premium Cherry Fruit Filling
3 cups chopped pretzels
¾ cup brown sugar
¼ cup butter, melted
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped dessert topping, thawed

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, combine crushed pretzels, brown sugar and butter. Spread half of this pretzel mixture in bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 10 minutes. Cool.
While the pretzel mixture is baking, combine the cream cheese and powdered sugar in large mixing bowl. Fold in whipped topping.
Spread half of this cream cheese mixture on top of the cooled baked pretzel crust. Spread 2 cans of LUCKY LEAF Cherry Fruit Filling over the cream cheese layer, then spread the remaining half of the cream cheese mixture over the pie filling.
Sprinkle with the remaining pretzel mixture. Refrigerate at least 4 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 424.5 calories, Carbohydrate 67.9 g, Cholesterol 30.7 mg, Fat 15.5 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 3.4 g, SaturatedFat 10.8 g, Sodium 503.4 mg, Sugar 45.6 g