Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello Recipe

Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello Recipe
By Ann
An easy to make, festive Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello Recipe is perfect for a holiday dinner dessert or side dish. This old-fashioned recipe dates back over 35 years! Your entire family will love it.

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 3 Minutes
Total Time: 7 Hours 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 3oz box Cherry Gelatin
• 1 3oz box Lime Gelatin
• 1 3oz box Lemon Gelatin
• 5¼ cups Water, divided
• ¾ cup Commercial Eggnog
• 2 TBSP Rum (or use ¼ tsp rum extract)
• 2 cups Cool Whip, thawed

Directions:

• Separately prepare the cherry and lime gelatins as directed on package, but reduce the code water for each one to ½ cup.
• Pour the cherry gelatin into a 8″x8″x2″ baking pan, chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
• Pour the lime gelatin into a 8″x8″x2″ baking pan, chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
• Dissolve lemon gelatin in ¾ cup boiling water; add rum and eggnog. Chill until thickened (not firm).
• Cut firm cherry and lime gelatin into ½” x ½” cubes. Measure out ½ cup of each flavor and set these gelatin cubes aside to use as garnish.
• Blend whipped topping into the thickened eggnog gelatin.
• Fold in gelatin cubes that are not set aside for garnish.
• Spoon gelatin mixture into silicone mold.
• Chill until firm, at least 4 hours.
• Un-mold onto a serving dish.
• Garnish with reserved gelatin cubes.

• Makes 12 servings Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello

Many years ago when I was grocery shopping, Jello was giving away plastic star or bell molds when you purchased xx packages of Jello. I decided to do the deal, and picked up a star. There was also a recipe booklet.

Inside that recipe booklet was a Kaleidoscope Dessert recipe. I made that dessert for 10+ years, every year to take to Christmas dinner at my parent’s house. Everyone loved it!!

At some point (probably during a move) that star mold got lost. But I kept the recipe.

Last year at Christmas dinner I decided to make this dessert again (I served it as a side dish actually), and bought another star mold online. Silicone Star on Amazon – I “think” this is the same one on Ali Express – first time I had made this in a good 15 years! And it was still wonderful. (While I have never tried it, I am sure any large silicone mold will work.)

• Note: You can use the extra cubes as garnish if you like. I usually do, but for some reason they did not make the photos.

Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello Ingredients:

• 1 3oz box Cherry Gelatin
• 1 3oz box Lime Gelatin
• 1 3oz box Lemon Gelatin
• 5¼ cups Water, divided
• ¾ cup Commercial Eggnog
• 2 TBSP Rum (or use ¼ tsp rum extract)
• 2 cups Cool Whip, thawed

Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello Mise en Place:

• Pot (to boil water)
• Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons
• Bowl
• Silicon Spatula or Spoon
• 8″x8″x2″ Baking Pans
• Silicone Star Mold
• Serving Platter

Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello Directions:

• Separately prepare the cherry and lime gelatins as directed on package, but reduce the code water for each one to ½ cup.
• Pour the cherry gelatin into a 8″x8″x2″ baking pan, chill until firm, at least 3 hours.
• Pour the lime gelatin into a 8″x8″x2″ baking pan, chill until firm, at least 3 hours.

• Dissolve lemon gelatin in ¾ cup boiling water; add rum and eggnog. Chill until thickened (not firm).

• Cut firm cherry and lime gelatin into ½” x ½” cubes. Measure out ½ cup of each flavor and set these gelatin cubes aside to use as garnish.
• Blend whipped topping into the thickened eggnog gelatin.
• Fold in gelatin cubes that are not set aside for garnish.

• Spoon gelatin mixture into silicone mold.
• Chill until firm, at least 4 hours.

• Un-mold onto a serving dish.
• Garnish with reserved gelatin cubes.

• Makes 12 servings Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello

• To print the Eggnog Kaleidoscope Jello recipe, click here.

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