This is an old, typical Hawaii potluck recipe for Layered Jello. Always gorgeous for parties!
Ingredients:
4 packages JELLO (3 oz each) -
orange, lime, blue rasberry, strawberry
6 envelopes KNOX unflavored gelatin
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
Mix 1 cup condensed milk with 1 cup hot water. Set aside. Mix 2 envelopes Knox gelatin with 1 cup hot water; combine with milk mixture and set aside
Combine Orange JELLO, 1 envelope Knox gelatin and 1-1/2 cups hot water. Cool, then pour into a 9×13 pyrex. Place in refrigerator to set for about 30 minutes.
*Note – the Hawaii version says to grease pan with mayonnaise – the thought of that makes me want to vomit. I hate mayonaisse. We just poured it in as is and it didn’t stick, thank god, cause everyone knows – mayonaisse=barf. HA!
Pour about 1 cup of the milk mixture for the next later. Refrigerate to set. Now each layer will only take 15 minutes to set – yay – much faster!
Combine lime JELLO, 1 envelope Knox gelatin and 1-1/2 cup hot water. Cook, and pour carefully over the milk mixture, then place in the refridgerator for another 15 minutes.
Repeat the milk mixture….
Now the blue raspberry…
Then the milk mixture…(I know this is boring but the payoff is worth it…)
Finally end with the strawberry! And set til you’re ready to serve…
The final product looks like this, and when you cut it…GORGEOUS!!
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AMAZING & DELICIOUS! I just finished my first attempt at this layered Jello- PERFECT!
QUICK NOTES FOR TROUBLESHOOTING:
- For those worried of your hard work sticking~ Although mayo is yucky, a light spray of Pam is great and doesn’t affect the taste or texture of the Jello.
- While pouring in the layers, make sure the jello is cooled as close to room temp as possible (Certainly never more than lukewarm) I found that mixing the next colored jello just after pouring in a colored layer worked well and allowed my colored jello to cool down on counter in half hour.
- For milk mixture, if it gets too cool, it can solidify before it’s time to pour. To avoid jelling, I brought my milk mixture temp back up to lukewarm by setting my bowl over the steam some boiling water in a pan- like a double boiler. However, please note that the mixture was never over continuous heat. I simply boiled some water in a medium pan, took off the heat, and put the milk mixture bowl on top until I needed to use it next. I did this twice, after I added each milk layer. (But I can see that you might need to do more frequently if on the mainland, since it’s generally colder than Hawaii)
Good luck! The reward is totally worth the process : )
: ) LOL- I was just reading the comments- and I think my rommie Eve made the comment just before me. We’ve been talking about making your jello for over a week now, and I just got motivated today right after midnight. She has been fast alseep during the whole process and will be delighted to wake up to this masterpiece in the morning! THANK YOU SO MUCH for the recipe!!!
My grandma makes this except she uses vanilla or plain yogurt instead of sweetened condensed milk. We all love it! Three years ago my oldest was diagnosed with a milk and egg allergy, two years ago her sister joined her. Now we make it with either soy yogurt (which doesn’t set as well) or just leave the white layer out entirely. It looks really cool as just jello (each color fades into the next just like a rainbow) and the different flavors combining together are a lot of fun! I may have to try a sweetened condensed soy milk. Thanks!
Oh no, it didn’t work at ALL — it was way too hard to eat. We put the jello in clear plastic cups to serve easily to my daughter’s Brownies troop. They looked beautiful but you couldn’t get a spoon through them. Yich. Not sure what went wrong — any thoughts? The microwave trick for keeping the milk from solidifying worked but overall they were a disaster.
@Julie&June – every time I have seen this dessert, it is served cut into rectangles. I’ve seen it called Finger Jello. I think maybe you didn’t do anything wrong, it is just not like normal jello that you eat with a spoon. Sorry it didn’t go well.