MomsMenu.com Recipe Finder Sweetheart Salad

1 can crushed pineapple
1/2 cup sugar
1 pkg. unflavored gelatin
12-15 maraschino cherries, diced
2 pkg. cream cheese
1 tub of Cool Whip Whipped topping
1 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice

Set aside sugar and diced maraschino cherries until needed. Put the pineapple and sugar on the stove on medium heat until it gets to a boil. After a couple of minutes, add the sugar into the mixture. Stir until well mixed. Wait until it gets to a boil. Meanwhile, mash in the diced maraschino cherries into the cream cheese into a bowl.

When pineapple reaches a boil, slowly put the mixture with the unflavored gelatin, lemon juice and cherry juice. Slowly pour the pineapple into the cream cheese mixture, stirring constantly. Refrigerate 2 hrs. and mix Cool Whip Whipped topping after two hours is complete. Refrigerate for another two hours or until set. Serve and enjoy this family favorite!