Easy Strawberry Icebox Pie Recipe with Pretzel Pie Crust

Last Updated on May 9, 2023 by Diane Hoffmaster

This easy strawberry icebox pie is a delicious frozen dessert your whole family will love.  The fresh strawberries and sweet and salty pretzel crust will be a huge hit at your next family meal.   If you love icebox pies and no-bake summer desserts, this is the perfect choice!

Summer Is Perfect For Strawberry Pies!

Spring is just about starting in many parts of the country, but here in the south, the weather is already hot. We are getting an amazing selection of fresh produce in the stores from Florida.  Fresh strawberries are abundant and inexpensive and I am thrilled.  Berries of all sorts are my all time favorite fruit of summer.  This easy strawberry icebox pie is a delicious summer dessert recipe that is sweet and refreshing.

While you could certainly use a premade graham cracker crust, a pretzel pie crust is the perfect salty balance to this sweet strawberry icebox pie! Keep reading for the recipe as well as a few items that you might find helpful before you start cooking.

What is an Icebox Pie?

So, maybe you have never heard of an ice box pie.  What is it exactly?  Well, it is a traditional southern dessert that I just love! It was named after the ice box (or freezer) that these pies were kept cold in. Ice Box Pies are quick and easy to make, require no cooking (which is nice in the heat of summer!), and can be stored in the icebox until it is served.

Tips for Making Icebox Pies

The one kitchen item that is a huge help in making this icebox pie recipe is a high-quality Cuisinart food processor.  I used it to crush the pretzels for the crust, as well as to chop the fresh strawberries.  It is well worth the price and I use mine every week!

The other must have item for this easy strawberry icebox pie is a box of strawberry-flavored gelatin.  Now, you can use the regular stuff that you find at the grocery store but I don't really like the artificial colors or flavors.  I purchased natural strawberry gelatin and it worked out great.

When you are making up this pie, don't forget to save a few pretzels while you are making the pretzel pie crust.  You can use a few as decoration on top of each slice you serve.

You will want to remember to take this strawberry freezer pie out of the freezer about 10 or 15 minutes before you cut it so it won't be quite so hard to cut!

How to Make An Easy Pretzel Pie Crust

For this strawberry pretzel icebox pie, you obviously need to make the pretzel pie crust first!  Check out this video below for directions on how to make a pretzel pie crust!

Easy Strawberry Icebox Pie Recipe with Pretzel Pie Crust

This icebox pie recipe is made with fresh summer strawberries and a creamy filling!  What's your own favorite summer dessert recipe?

Yield: 8

Easy Strawberry Icebox Pie Recipe with Pretzel Pie Crust

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This easy strawberry icebox pie is a delicious frozen dessert your whole family will love.  The fresh strawberries and sweet and salty pretzel crust will be a huge hit at your next family meal.  

Prep Time 1 hour

Cook Time 10 minutes

Additional Time 8 hours

Total Time 9 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups finely crushed pretzels
• ¾ cup butter, melted
• ¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 pound fresh strawberries, tops removed
• 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
• 1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 [3-oz.] package strawberry gelatin
• 2 cups whipping cream, divided
• ⅓ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

1. In a food processor, crush pretzels. Add brown sugar and melted butter. Press crumbs into a pie dish and press them firmly against the sides and bottom. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until starting to brown lightly. Remove crust from oven and let cool.
2. In a food processor, combine strawberries and granulated sugar. Process until coarsely chopped. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sweetened condense milk and gelatin until smooth.
4. In a separate bowl, beat 1 cup of the heavy whipping cream until it forms stiff peaks.
5. Gently fold in the strawberries with juice and the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture. Mix until combined.
6. Pour filling into the cooled pie crust
7. Freeze the pie 8 to 12 hours.
8. Whip remaining 1 cup heavy cream with powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
9. Spread whipped cream over the pie and freeze again at least 1 hour.
10. Slice and serve!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 507Total Fat: 41gSaturated Fat: 26gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 118mgSodium: 329mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 2gSugar: 21gProtein: 5g

Nutrition information not always accurate

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Diane Hoffmaster

Diane is a professional blogger and nationally certified pharmacy technician at Good Pill Pharmacy.  She has two college aged kids, one husband and more pets than she will admit to. She earned her BS in Microbiology at the University of New Hampshire  but left her career in science to become a stay at home mom. Years of playing with LEGO and coloring with crayons had her craving a more grown up purpose to her life and she began blogging and freelance writing full time.  You can learn more about her HERE.