Lisa's Fruit Salad With Caramelized Pretzel Topping

Ingredients

CARAMELIZED PRETZEL TOPPING

• 3 cups pretzels, broken up into small pieces
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup brown sugar

SALAD

• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 cups Cool Whip Topping, thawed
• 8 ounces crushed pineapple, strained
• 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, crushed & strained

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2. 2

   Line a jelly roll pan with foil.

3. 3

   Break up pretzels on pan.

4. 4

   Melt butter in microwave, add brown sugar, stir together, and dump onto pretzels.

5. 5

   Stir until well coated.

6. 6

   Bake for 5 minutes.

7. 7

   Cool and break apart pretzels.

8. 8

   For the fruit salad put into large bowl: mix pudding and buttermilk together.

9. 9

   Fold in the whipped cream, crushed pineapple, and mandarin orange pulp.

10. 10

    Cover top of salad with caramelized pretzel topping right before serving.