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
• 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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My kids would love this! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. 🙂