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holiday six-layer gelatin salad

MaryKaygirl avatar
Recipe by
Tracy McBurney
@MaryKaygirl
The Villages, FL

This is a great dessert. It's fresh and light and not heavy after a big meal. You can add your own twist, I use sugar free jello but feel free to use the regular if you'd like.

yield 16 -20
prep time 5 Hr
method Refrigerate/Freeze

Ingredients For holiday six-layer gelatin salad

  • 2 pkg
    (3 oz ea) sugar free lime gelatin
  • 4 1/2 c
    boiling water, divided
  • 4 1/2 c
    cold water, divided
  • 1 c
    heavy whipping cream
  • 3 Tbsp
    confectioners sugar
  • 2 pkg
    (3 oz ea) sugar free orange gelatin
  • 1 can
    (11 oz) mandarin oranges, drained
  • 1 pkg
    (3 oz) sugar free lemon gelatin
  • 1 can
    (8 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
  • 1 pkg
    (3 oz) sugar free strawberry gelatin
  • 1-2 md
    firm bananas, thinly sliced

How To Make holiday six-layer gelatin salad

  • 1
    In a bowl, dissolve one package of lime gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water; stir in 3/4 cup cold water. Refrigerate until slightly thickened. In a small mixing bowl, beat cream until slightly thickened. Add sugar; beat until soft peaks form. Fold in one third of the whipped cream into the lime gelatin. Spoon into a 4 qt bowl Refrigerate until firm. Refrigerate remaining whipped cream.
  • 2
    In a bowl, dissolve one package of orange gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water; stir in 3/4 cup cold water. Refrigerate until slightly thickened. Fold in mandarin oranges. Spoon over creamy lime layer. Refrigerate until firm.
  • 3
    In a bowl, dissolve lemon gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water; stir in 2/3 cup cold water. Refrigerate until slightly thickened. Fold in one third of the whipped cream. Spoon over orange layer. Refrigerate until firm.
  • 4
    In a bowl, dissolve remaining package of lime gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water; stir in 3/4 cup cold water. Refrigerate until slightly thickened. Fold in pineapple. Spoon over creamy lemon layer. Refrigerate until firm.
  • 5
    In a bowl, dissolve remaining package of orange gelatin in 3/4 cup boiling water; stir in 3/4 cup cold water. Refrigerate until slightly thickened. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Spoon over lime layer. Refrigerate until firm.
  • 6
    In a bowl, dissolve strawberry gelatin in remaining boiling water; stir in remaining cold water. Refrigerate until slightly thickened. Fold in bananas. Spoon over creamy orange layer. You can garnish the top with sliced bananas and pipe fresh whipped cream for decoration.
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