My mom has made this recipe for years and I doubt she remembers where it came from. It’s one of my favorite summer time treats. It’s versatile in that you can change the Jell-O flavor and the fruit, though I tend to use the same ones.
Jello Fruit Dessert
Author: Linda Etherton
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Jell-O (large box)
- 16 ounces canned fruit
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 8 ounces cool whip
Instructions
- Dissolve the jello in two cups hot water. Use juice from the fruit and enough water to make 1½ cups. (I add ice to the juice to help speed the cooling process.) Add the juice/water mix to the Jell-O. Stir and chill until slightly firm. It shouldn’t be watery any more, but not well set.
- In a blender, combine about 1 cup of the Jell-O and the cream cheese. Add the remaining Jell-O and mix well.
- Cut the fruit into bite size pieces. Add to the Jell-O.
- Stir in the cool whip. You have to stir it well so the cool whip doesn’t stay in big lumps. A few small ones are fine.
- Put into serving dishes, a large bowl, or a rectangular dish and chill.
Notes
I like using canned pears the best. They go well with most flavors, but I particularly like them with cherry or raspberry.
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Your recipe brings back delicious memories of my childhood when my mother made a recipe very much like yours. Thanks for hosting the blog carnival.
When I was growing up, my family had a variation on this that we had at every get-together. We called it Pink Jello. Whenever one of us started dating someone new, used to joke and say that they really didn't belong there unless they ate Pink Jello. Everyone always loved it.
I have an angel food cake variation posted on my site: Strawberry Angel Food Cake Dessert
Haha! We call it pink salad, and always make it with strawberries and strawberry Jell-o. My mom told me that her mom got the recipe either from the Good Housekeeping magazine or from the Jell-o box itself!
We can't have a holiday without pink salad!
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jello recipes always remind me of my grandma. this one has me intrigued. thanks for sharing.
erin @ glutenfreewithapurpose