Jell-O Salad Recipes | Taste of Home (2024)

Who Knew You Could Do That with Jell-O?

We love these old-school Jell-O salad recipes straight from Grandma's cookbook!

Strawberry Lime Pretzel Salad

4 reviews

I gave a classic summer salad a holiday twist by making green, white and red layers. The combination of salty,...

Apricot Fluff

15 reviews

When we were young mothers, I asked my best friend if she had a recipe for an easy ambrosia salad...

Fluffy Cranberry Mousse

12 reviews

This is a delicious and pretty salad for the holidays, but it's so good that I serve it at other...

Refreshing Rhubarb Salad

2 reviews

Nearly everyone I know has rhubarb in their garden, so it is indeed plentiful each spring. I've had this recipe...

Orange Gelatin Salad

Our six kids love helping me peel, measure, pour and stir in the kitchen. With sweet orange segments, tangy pineapple...

Berry Gelatin Mold

6 reviews

This refreshing gelatin mold is delicious and always a big hit! For a patriotic buffet, I add a scoop of...

Layered Christmas Gelatin

22 reviews

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Grandmother’s Orange Salad

11 reviews

This orange salad dessert is slightly sweet and tangy, too. It adds beautiful color to any meal and appeals to...

Molded Cranberry Nut Salad

2 reviews

We try lots of cranberry recipes, and this one is always requested when we have family get-togethers at Thanksgiving and...

Pear Lime Gelatin

13 reviews

Packed with pears, this jolly gelatin salad is a light and refreshing treat. My mom knew that fruit served in...

Cottage Cheese Fluff

3 reviews

Canned fruit and packaged gelatin are the convenient keys to this dish. It's not your ordinary salad. You can vary...

Patriotic Gelatin Salad

22 reviews

Almost as spectacular as the fireworks, this lovely salad makes quite a "bang" at our July Fourth meal. It's exciting...

Circus Peanut Gelatin

1 review

Circus peanuts are one of the most popular candies in my hometown's old-fashioned candy shop. When I saw this circus...

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Jell-O Salad Recipes | Taste of Home (2024)

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What happened to Jello salads? ›

Jell-O even introduced savory flavors, like celery, mixed vegetable, and "Italian salad," during the 1960s. By the mid-1970s, though, their popularity had declined so much that they were pulled from shelves.

How do you make a Jello salad for Christmas? ›

Dissolve red jello in 1 cup boiling water and stir in half the can of pineapple and all of the can of whole berry cranberry sauce. Spread in bottom of 9x13 glass dish and chill until partially set. Combine sour cream and cream cheese and spread over red jello layer.

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What is the best fruit to put in Jell-O? ›

Slice a banana into coins. Your Jell-O dessert will look gorgeous if you choose types of fruit that have different colors, like green grapes, raspberries, and banana slices. Avoid fresh pineapple, kiwi, mango, ginger root, papaya, figs or guava.

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Why did people eat jello salad? ›

Jello salads are a common feature of US communal meals such as potlucks, most probably because they are inexpensive and easy to prepare. The salad has a strong regional presence in Utah and surrounding states (the Mormon Corridor), especially among members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Why wouldn t you want to use pineapple in a Jell-O salad? ›

Bromolain in pineapple, papain in papaya and actinidin in kiwi are all enzymes capable of breaking down proteins, hence the warning that these fruits cannot be used in Jell-O. But canned fruits are fine because the pasteurization process they undergo destroys the proteolytic enzymes.

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Why is Jell-O not popular anymore? ›

A lack of nutritional value does not stop other products from being popular, but the fact that Jell-O is regularly marketed toward children as a snack food rather than as a dessert means that some parents choose to stick with healthier options.

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What should not be added to gelatin salad? ›

Too much sugar in the recipe can weaken or inhibit the gel so never add more than the recipe states. Likewise, an enzyme called bromelain, found in fresh or frozen pineapple, kiwi, and papaya can cause the gelatin to break. Use only canned versions, since the enzyme is deactivated during cooking.

What happened to Jell-O 1-2-3? ›

Jell-O 1-2-3 was a Jell-O gelatin product introduced in 1969 and discontinued in 1996. The product was one 4.3 ounce (121 g) powdered mix that, when properly prepared, separated and solidified into three distinct layers: a creamy top, a mousse-like middle, and regular Jell-O bottom.

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What state eats the most green Jell-O? ›

Green Jell-o is the official state snack of Utah and Utahans consume the most Jell-o per year in the world!!!

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