Lisa'S Fruit Salad With Caramelized Pretzel Topping

• 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

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Line a jelly roll pan with foil.
3. Break up pretzels on pan.
4. Melt butter in microwave, add brown sugar, stir together, and dump onto pretzels.
5. Stir until well coated.
6. Bake for 5 minutes.
7. Cool and break apart pretzels.
8. For the fruit salad put into large bowl: mix pudding and buttermilk together.
9. Fold in the whipped cream, crushed pineapple, and mandarin orange pulp.
10. Cover top of salad with caramelized pretzel topping right before serving.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lisas-fruit-salad-with-caramelized-pretzel-topping-311639 (may not work)