Caramel Apple Salad

I realized calling this a 'salad' is a far stretch, but there are at least 2 healthy ingredients in there, and a salad is a salad is a salad, so.....leave your judge-eeee opinions on some other place.
I've been determined to make one of everything caramel apple right now, and so I had a lot of left overs from the last 17 caramel apple recipes and realized I could make this recipe (originally from The Gunny Sack).
It says it serves 12, but....who are these people?  They need to learn to up their portion size.  Maybe 8?
So if you are looking for a non-salad salad that could be called a dessert, but doesn't have to be, so let's not go there, try this one!

Caramel Apple Salad

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Ingredients:  
Sugared Pretzels:  1 c. pretzels (roughly chopped-measure after chopping), 1/2 c. chopped pecans, 3/4 c. brown sugar 3/4 c. melted butter
Cream Cheese Mix:  8 oz cream cheese (softened), 3 c. diced apples (I peeled mine), 1/2 c. caramel sauce (I just grabbed the already made kind in the tub near the apples), 3 c. whipped cream
Instructions:  
Sugared Pretzels:
1.  Mix together the pretzels, pecans, brown sugar, and butter.
2.  Spread on a large baking sheet (I lined mine with foil).  Bake at 400 for 7 minutes.
3.  Cool and then break into small pieces.
Cream Cheese Mix:
1.  Beat softened cream cheese until smooth.  Add in caramel sauce until smooth.
2.  Fold in whipped topping, apples, and sugared pretzels.