A festive layered Jello dessert recipe perfect for the 4th of July!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword 4th of July, jello, Memorial Day
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Chilling Tie 3 hourshours
Total Time 4 hourshours
Servings 12
Calories 118kcal
Author Stacey aka the Soccer Mom
Cost $10
Equipment
Saucepan
Oblong Baking Dish
Ingredients
1boxCherry Jello6oz box
1boxBlue Raspberry Jello6oz box
2packetsunflavored gelatintwo 1oz packets
1/3cupCoco Lopezsweetened coconut milk
1 2/3cupsour cream
Instructions
Add half packet of blue raspberry Jello (3oz) to 1 cup boiling water and mix until Jello is dissolved. Remove 1/3 cup of Jello mixture and put in a separate mixing bowl, adding 2TB cold water. Pour this plain blue Jello into an 8"x11" clear baking dish and allow to set in fridge for 30 minutes. While this layer is chilling, mix 1/3 cup sour cream to remaining liquid Jello until it becomes a cloudy blue color. Pour over into dish to create the next layer (once the previous layer has set).
Add one packet of plain gelatin to 1 cup boiling water and mix until dissolved. Fill a 1/3 cup measure halfway with Coco Lopez and the rest of the way with sour cream. Combine with plain liquid gelatin until mixture is smooth and white in color. Pour into baking dish on top of the two set blue layers. Allow to chill for 30 minutes.
Repeat step one, but this time with cherry Jello.
Repeat steps one through three, so there will be 10 layers total. (Clear blue, cloudy blue, white, clear red, cloudy red, clear blue, cloudy blue, white, clear red, cloudy red.
Cut, serve and enjoy the "oooohs" and "ahhhs!" You've earned them if you took the time to make this showstopper!
Notes
Note: Nutrition values are an estimate only and will vary based on exact ingredients used and serving size.