Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Mosaic Jello

I saw this recipe on Our Best Bites a while ago and have been looking for an occasion to make it. The opportunity finally came up! I love how you can customize the colors for any holiday (Christmas, Halloween, birthdays, football season, ect). My mom suggested I make it for Easter with pastel colors. I'm thinking about making it for Independence Day with red and blue jello. It was a little sweet, though, so I'm thinking about 1: using sugar free jello next time (although there's less color and flavor options) and 2: maybe substituting the sweetened condensed milk for something else (like coconut milk?).

What You'll Need:
4-5 boxes of Jell-O
2 pkgs Unflavored Gelatin (2 Tbps)
14 oz. can of Sweetened Condensed Milk

Before you start: leave yourself enough time to make this dish. The Jell-O takes 4+ hours to set, and it needs to set twice. I started the first step in the morning, and did step 2 later that night. The following day it was ready to cut into squares.

Step 1: 
Boil a pot of water on the stove. You'll need 4-5 cups (depending on how many packages of Jell-O you prepare), and a little extra to compensate for evaporation while it's boiling. I just boiled a large pot of water; it was easier to dip my measuring cup into it to get what I needed, rather than pouring it out of the pot.
Prepare your tupperware. Once the Jell-O is mixed, it will be roughly 1 1/3 cups of liquid, so you don't need anything too large. I used random sizes of tupperware that I had sitting around. Spray the tupperware lightly with pan spray. 
Once your water has come to a boil, measure out 1 cup. Mix in a packet of Jell-O and stir to dissolve. Once it has completely dissolved (I gave it a good 5 minutes, stirring randomly), pour it into one of your lightly sprayed tupperware containers. Repeat this step for all of your packages of Jell-O. 
Place in the fridge to set for at least 4 hours, preferably over night.

Step 2: 
Sprinkle your gelatin over 1/2 cup of cold water. 
Let it sit for 5 or more minutes to bloom.
While that's sitting, boil 1 1/2 cups of water. When the water comes to a boil, mix it with the bloomed gelatin. Let it dissolve, roughly 5 minutes.
Add in the sweetened condensed milk and stir to combine. Set aside to cool.
Take your set Jell-O from the fridge. Cut each color into cubes. 
Prepare a 9x13 pan by lightly spraying it with pan spray. Dump each color of Jell-O into the prepared pan. Mix the colors by lightly tossing with your hands.
Once the milk mixture has cooled, pour it on top of your cubed Jell-O. Let it set in the fridge for 4+ hours. 
Once it's set, cut into cubes and serve.

20 comments:

  1. I just saw your post at "Hoo's got Talent" and wanted to stop by. The mosaic jello looks great! Awesome idea! I wish they would sell that many colors of jello here in Germany.. :)
    Greetings from {nifty thrifty things}

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  2. So Cute, now I want to come up with an occasion to make it too! :)

    Alisa
    sweetpeasandbb@gmail.com

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  3. This is so weird looking. I LOVE IT!!!

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  4. I love all the colors! So pretty, I will be trying this one for sure. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Oh my gosh, that is so beautiful!!!
    I'd love to have you share at my For the Kids Friday Link Party! I'm sure you'll find some fun ideas while you are there! Come join the fun!

    http://sunscholars.blogspot.com/2011/03/for-kids-friday-3.html

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  6. That is so cool! I will definitely have to make that soon! Thanks so much for sharing! I'll bookmark that right now. :)

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  7. I LOVE that!! I shared it on my TT&J FB page :)

    xoxo
    Jen

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  8. LOVE it!! Can't wait to try it myself~!!

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  9. Oh my gosh! How pretty and creative. Even the pictures are so cool! I love the picture of the all the rainbow colors in your pan before adding the milk mixture. I need to make this. Thanks for the tutorial.
    xo,
    Sena

    p.s you're right, you can make it for so many occasions: pink and red for valentines day, red and green for christmas, even Halloween colors!

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  10. Very cool! I love the picture of the cubes before pouring the milk in!

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  11. What a clever idea! I am a new follower and I would love if you linked this up to my Made by Little Hands linky party [for kids] tomorrow! Thanks so much!
    Michelle
    www.delicateconstruction.blogspot.com

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  12. That turned out SO pretty! I made the sweetened condensed jellp for the first time last week, and I agree: too sweet. Previously, we have always used yogurt my aunt uses sour cream... But they all have dairy, which will be hard for you now... The sugar free jello might help.
    Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie! I can't wait to see what you have for next week!
    AllieMakes.Blogspot.com

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  13. That looks so cool. I love love love Jello. I even have a first edition of "The Joys of Jello" and "More Joys of Jello". haha.

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  14. How fun! The kids would love that!

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  15. Ooooooooh!!! I can't wait to make this! Not only does it look delicious, it looks SO pretty too! Thanks for sharing!

    Ps. I found your site from TT&J's FB post :)

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  16. I made this recipe! I am now a follower. Come visit me and see your link to your fun post about colorful Jell-O.

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  17. OM goodness...that is beautiful!! I'm crazy, but I thought it was soap at first... That is the coolest jello I have ever seen! I would love it if you could share it at my first Eats and treats party going on right now.

    http://bargainhoot.com/2011/03/24/join-my-first-link-up-party-share-your-eats-treats/

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  18. Hi from DimplePrints! We shared this post with our readers for Easter...such a cool idea!

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