Instant pudding makes the filling a breeze to whip up. We’d recommend going with vanilla or cheesecake flavored pudding mix, but you could always get creative with other options. Cream cheese and cool whip bump the creaminess all the way up, and a hefty two cans of crushed pineapple ensure that there will be plenty of tang in every bite. The filling is spread in the dish first, then a layer of additional cool whip, and finally the crunchy pretzel topping.
Ingredients
1 ½ cups crushed pretzel pieces
½ cup roughly chopped pecans
½ cup butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
½ cup granulated sugar
1 (3.4 oz) box instant pudding, vanilla or cheesecake flavor
2 cup cold milk
2 (8 oz) tubs cool whip
2 (20 oz) cans crushed pineapple, drained.
Preparation
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Combine pretzel pieces, pecans, melted butter, and brown sugar in a large bowl and mix until well combined.
Pour pretzel mixture onto the prepared baking sheet and spread into an even layer. Bake for 7-9 minutes, then allow to fully cool.
In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add in pudding mix, milk, and sugar. Continue mixing until mixture thickens.
Fold in 1 tub of cool whip and both cans of drained pineapple, then spread cream mixture in a 9×13-inch pan.
Spread the remaining tub of cool whip over the top, then sprinkle with the pretzel mixture.
Chill until ready to serve and garnish with additional pineapple if desired.
