• Preheat the oven to 375° and lightly spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with a non-stick cooking spray.

Pretzel Crust

• Using a food processor, or large baggie, add pretzels and crush into small pieces.
• In a large bowl, add coarsely crushed pretzel, brown sugar, flour and vanilla. Stir.
• Melt butter and add to the pretzel mixture. Stir to combine.
• Spread mixture into prepared baking dish. Press into an even layer, reserving ½ cup of pretzel mixture to use for the topping.
• Bake for 8 minutes. Remove and let cool.

Cherry Toppling

• In a medium saucepan, add cherries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch. Stir.
• Heat over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
• Remove from heat and let cool.

Cream Cheese Mixture

• In a medium mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add the powdered sugar. Beat.
• Next, add the cool whip and mix just until combined.
• Once the pretzel crust has cooled completely, spread the cream cheese mixture evenly over the pretzel crust.
• Add the cherry topping over the cream cheese mixture.
• Sprinkle reserved pretzel mixture on top of the cherry topping.
• Cover with aluminum foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.