Tropical Strawberry Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp butter melted
• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 1 cup ice cubes 
• 8 oz dole pineapple crushed drained canned
• 2 cups strawberries sliced
• 3 oz jell-o strawberry flavor gelatin 
• 0.3 cup sugar 
• 42  vanilla wafers divided
• 0.8 cup water boiling
• 2 cups cool whip whipped topping divided thawed

Equipment

• bowl
• blender

Directions

1. Crush 26 wafers; mix with butter until blended. Press onto bottom of 9-inch pie plate. Stand remaining wafers around edge of pie plate.
2. Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP and pineapple; spread over crust.
3. Add boiling water to gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved.
4. Add ice; stir until melted. Stir in strawberries. Refrigerate 5 min. or until slightly thickened; spoon over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Top with remaining COOL WHIP.