Fruit Gelatin Mold
Impress your guests with a colorful Fruit Gelatin Mold. This dessert is bursting with delicious fruit and nuts! This easy to make and take with you vintage recipe has been around for decades.
Servings 6
Equipment
- small heavy-bottomed sauce pan
- Measuring cup
- Spoon
- gelatin mold
- cutting board
- Knife
Ingredients
- 3 ounces Strawberry gelatin you can use lemon
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup syrup from the can of fruit and cold water you need enough water to make it a full cup.
- 2 mandarin oranges diced
- 1 cup pineapple chunks drained
- 1 banana sliced
- 1 apple peeled and diced
- ½ cup walnuts chopped
- maraschino cherries optional
- orange slices optional
- lettuce optional
- whipped cream optional
- favorite cooking spray
Instructions
- In a heavy bottomed saucepan, add in the packet of gelatin.
- Next, add in the boiling hot water and stir until the gelatin is dissolved.
- Slowly add in the water and syrup mixture and stir until well combined.
- Lightly spray the mold with the cooking spray and wipe out any excess. You just want it lightly coated.
- Pour in the gelatin and place in the fridge until it starts to set. This will depend on your fridge. You will need to keep checking it because you don't want it to get to set up or you won't be able to add in the fruit.
- Chop up the fruit and nuts while the gelatin is in the fridge.
- Once it has started to set, remove the mold from the fridge and add in the nuts and fruits.
- Place back into the fridge and let it set until it's firm. This should be about 45 minutes or so.
- Unmold and decorate with maraschino cherries and orange slices. You can also add a dollop of whipped cream to each serving.
Notes
You can omit the walnuts. When we make this again, we will. The walnuts are okay, but I think it really is a bit much. You can chop some up though and let each person top their dessert with it.