This colorful Rainbow Jello is pretty enough to brighten anyone’s day! Great for parties and summer get togethers! Kids absolutely go CRAZY for this fun no bake treat!
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Rainbow Jello
For quite some time I’ve had a rainbow cake on my “to bake” list, but so far I haven’t found the time or right excuse to make it. But after the ridiculously weird and rainy weather recently, I just needed to make something fun and colorful. So I headed to the store, and bought six boxes of jello and some cool whip, and made rainbow jello!
This is a bit of an all day project, but in general is quite easy and produces an eye catching dessert!
Obviously, the same general concept could be use with other color combinations… red, white and blue, school colors, team colors, you name it! If you want to do red “white” and blue, since there is no white jello, use lemon jello mixed with cool whip as the “white” layer, as I did with these 4th of July treats.)
How to Make Rainbow Jello
Rainbow Jello does take a little bit of time to make but the hands on time is actually really very minimal. Each layer has to chill and set before moving on so you’ll want to pick a day where you can be in the kitchen on and off.
If you need to, you can split up the work over two days. It’s totally fine to have the jello set up over night and start in on the second half the following day.
- You’ll need one small box of jello for each color you want… so in this case, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. And one large tub of cool whip.
- Prepare purple (or whatever color you want on the bottom) jello as directed, using the “quick chill” method, meaning add some ice.
- Pour jello into glasses, (or a 9’x13′ baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray), reserving about 1/3 of the liquid jello.
- Put glasses, or dish in the refrigerator and chill for 15-30 minutes, or until slightly set. Mix about 1/3 cup of cool whip into the remaining purple jello.
- Pour the jello/cool whip mixture on top of the slightly set purple jello already in the glasses (or dish).
- Repeat process for each color.
Variations To Try
- I’ve seen recipes that use sour cream, or yogurt in place of the cool whip, so feel free to do that if it saves you a trip to the store =)
- Try different color combinations for different holidays or party themes.
- Serve in smaller dishes or make in a 9 by 13 baking dish – it’s really up to you!
To Finish It Off
Once set, top with some additional cool whip and sprinkles if desired. You can absolutely eave the rainbow jello as is, it’s beautiful no matter how it’s served.
Have a delicious and colorful day!
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- Strawberry Yogurt Fruit Dip
How to Make Rainbow Jello!
Taste the Rainbow Jello
Ingredients
- 3 ounces red jello cherry or strawberry
- 3 ounces orange jello
- 3 ounces yellow jello lemon
- 3 ounces green jello lime
- 3 ounces blue jello
- 3 ounces purple jello grape
- 16 ounces cool whip
Instructions
- Prepare purple (or whatever color you want on the bottom) jello as directed, using the “quick chill” method, meaning add some ice.
- Pour jello into glasses, (or a 9’x13′ baking dish sprayed lightly with cooking spray), reserving about 1/3 of the liquid jello.
- Put glasses, or dish in the refrigerator and chill for 15-30 minutes, or until slightly set.
- Mix about 1/3 cup of cool whip into the remaining purple jello. Pour the jello/cool whip mixture on top of the slightly set purple jello already in the glasses (or dish).
- Repeat process for each color.
- Once set, top with some additional cool whip and sprinkles if desired.
Nutrition
Originally published May 29, 2011.
Where did you get the glasses, and how many ounces are they?
Tasty and colorful for sure! Thanks! Trackback: http://blog.joyhey.com/2012/01/17/inspiration-rainbow-party/
Did you pour the liquid jello on top of the already set jello in the cups?
thanks for this idea 🙂 i am not an expert in the kitchen but have managed to make your recipe and impress our guests 🙂
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Hi glory, I live in new zealand and in saying this I'm not sure what cool whip is. Is it cream in a can ? I love your blog and find new things all the time. My daughter is having a candy party after I saw your one I fell in love with it. We too will be having pink and green as a theme as my daughters favorite colour is green and we have to have pink. I must say Im finding it hard to find things over here though and was just wondering if you had food other than the candy cookies and pin wheel sammys. Once again love your blogs and love the parties
I've been making rainbow jello for special occasions and holidays for almost 20 years, having seen the recipe originally in a Susan Branch cookbook. Now my kids, 19 and 22, don't think it's a holiday without it. Of course, I change up the color combo depending on the occasion – Christmas was of course red and green. Yours, in the ultra thin layers in a glass, are beautiful!
This is a favorite tradition at our Thanksgiving (and any family get-together really) every year. Instead of mixing the jello with cool whip we use mayonnaise. Sounds nasty, but tastes so yummy!!
Its' a great idea, wonderful and congratulations for this.
xoxo
fabulous!
Love it love it love it! I about had a cow (looking @ price tag) when my hubby had a similar dessert at a local grocery store deli. I wanted to re-create it at home, but I think yours beats mine by about a mile, so thank you very much for the picture and explanation. Looks like rainbow jello will be our back-to-school family night treat 🙂