FRUIT SALAD WITH PRETZEL TOPPING

Fruit Salad With Pretzel Topping image

This pretzel topping is so good, I use it for other dessert toppings as well. This is a wonderful fruit salad.

Provided by Small Town Cook

Categories Dessert

Time 20m

Yield 6 cups, 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

3 cups pretzels, broken into small pieces
4 tablespoons butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar
2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding
2 cups buttermilk
2 cups whipped topping, thawed
8 ounces pineapple, crushed, drained well
2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, crushed, drained well

Steps:

Preheat oven to 450 and line a jelly roll pan with foil.
For topping:.
Place broken pretzels on pan.
Mix melted butter and brown sugar together.
Dump over pretzels.
Stir until well coated.
Bake 5 minutes.
Cool and break apart.
For salad:.
Mix pudding and buttermilk together in large bowl.
Fold in whipped topping, pineapple and mandarin oranges.
Cover top of salad with pretzel topping just before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 919.6, Fat 16.4, SaturatedFat 8.8, Cholesterol 38.8, Sodium 2197.9, Carbohydrate 182.1, Fiber 5.8, Sugar 89.2, Protein 16.2