Gelatin Summer Recipes

"I have been making this dessert for years, and it never fails to draw praise. While some people look down their noses at Jello desserts as being too kitsch, I believe taste comes first. This is light, refreshing, and it makes a beautiful, patriotic presentation. Preparation time does not include chilling time, which is at least 3 hours, so plan..."

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Ingredients: berries, fresh blueberries...

"Summer easy and summer tasty with almost no calories. Whats not to like? Add chill time to the times listed below."

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Ingredients: evaporated skim milk, fresh orange juice...

"I saw Sunny Anderson make this on her show today and it looked so good!! You can use sugar-free jello mix for a low-sugar pie and sugar-free whipped topping to make for low-sugar dessert! This is great to make for potlucks or other get-togethers and be made in advanced and just chill out until it's ready to serve! This dessert is made in layers, the..."

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Ingredients: cocoa powder, cream cheese...

"A crisp salty pretzel crust complements the creamy marshmallow-fluff-like "white" layer, with a tangy topping of strawberries in gelatin. Much like a strawberry cheesecake, but with the surprise of pretzels! For best results, make Strawberry Pretzel Jell-O only one day in advance, to preserve the crunchy texture of the pretzels."

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Ingredients: strawberry Jell-O gelatin dessert, Cool Whip...

":) This would be even better with fresh raspberries since the frozen tend to get mushy when they thaw out. You could make the raspberry sauce thicker by adding just 3/4 cup water to the Danish dessert."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, frozen raspberries...

"A good old standby and another way to get kids to eat some vegetables. Besides, it always looks good on the table especially when the center is filled with green seedless grapes."

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Ingredients: lime Jell-O gelatin, pecans...

"Little wibbly-wobbly ruby red jellies with mixed summer berries, so cooling and great with ice cream. There is nothing I love more than taking a basket to the end of my garden to pick an assortment of ripe summer berries when they are in season! The sense of satisfaction at picking your own fruit is wonderful. Although I have called these little jellies..."

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Ingredients: cream, raspberry juice...

"To make jello a little more interesting, I added my favourite tropical fruits and it worked beautifully! This is so refreshing on a hot day and the low sugar version is great for waistline-watchers. I use sugar free jello but feel free to use a small packet of regular peach jello. I have been told that fresh pineapple prevents gelatin from setting so..."

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Ingredients: fresh mango, cold water...