This easy recipe is one of those old school recipes that's a potluck favorite anywhere you happen to take it!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- This pineapple dessert is a great side dish or perfect dessert to have at potlucks or bring to summer picnics!
- It's easy to make, looks delicious, and is bursting with tropical flavors plus it only needs simple ingredients.
- This is one of my favorite old-school desserts that you'll be wanting to make this recipe again and again!
🧾 Ingredients
This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
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🔪 Instructions
This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.
- Cream together cream cheese and granulated sugar.
- Fold in pineapple and whipped topping.
- Bake pretzels, melted butter, and brown sugar for 7 minutes in a preheated oven.
- Once the crust is cool, top with cream cheese mixture and then chill for at least one hour.
🥄 Equipment
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🥫 Storage
Store this pineapple pretzel fluff in the fridge for up to three days in an airtight container or in a bowl covered with plastic wrap.
Pineapple fluff doesn't freeze well at all!
📖 Variations
- Fold in mini marshmallows to add some additional sweetness to this sweet treat.
- Toasted coconut or sweetened coconut flakes are some fun ways to add more flavor to this dessert.
- Add protein to this dish by putting cottage cheese into the cream cheese and sugar mixture.
- Change up the flavor of this dish by using maraschino cherries, mandarin oranges, or even strawberries instead of pineapple.
💭 Tips
Expert Tip: Be sure to use canned pineapple instead of fresh pineapple for this recipe.
- A dash of lemon juice would add a bright flavor to this recipe.
- Make sure that the cream cheese is at room temperature before you start making your filling.
- Top this pineapple fluff salad with more crushed pretzels, toasted pecans or your favorite crunchy topping.
👩🍳 FAQs
It can be stored in the fridge for up to three days.
No, it will not work with fresh pineapple.
Yes, homemade whipped cream is a great healthy substitution for this recipe.
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- Strawberry Butter is sweet, creamy, and tastes amazing on a biscuit or piece of toast.
🍽️ Serve with...
- Bacon-Wrapped BBQ Chicken is a delicious grill night recipe that the entire family will enjoy.
- Cheesy Ranch Foil Grilled Potatoes are a simple side dish that makes for easy clean-up.
- Cucumber Salad is a fresh, no-cook side dish that is perfect for potlucks and cookouts.
📞 The last word
My mom was from Michigan and to her this was a side dish - and honestly that was just fine with me. In fact, on the very stained recipe card the title reads, Pineapple Fluff Salad recipe.
I tend to consider it a dessert but either way it's delicious!
If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need. Don't forget that you can click on "add to collection" to save it to your own, private recipe box!
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📖 Recipe
Pineapple Fluff
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Ingredients
- 1 cup pretzels, coarsely crushed
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 20 ounces crushed pineapple, well drained
- 4-½ cups Cool Whip, thawed
Instructions
Pretzel Brittle
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mix pretzels, melted butter and ½ cup brown sugar.
- Press into a 13x9-inch pan that's been sprayed with no stick spray or lined with parchment.
- Bake 7 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack.
Pineapple Fluff
- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and granulated sugar until well blended and the sugar crystals are mostly gone.
- Gently fold in pineapple and whipped topping.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least an hour.
- Just before serving crumble the pretzel mixture.
- Stir into the fluff, saving some for garnishing the top.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- A dash of lemon juice would add a bright flavor to this recipe.
- Make sure that the cream cheese is at room temperature before you start making your filling.
- Top this pineapple fluff salad with more crushed pretzels, toasted pecans or your favorite crunchy topping.
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