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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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.
Hi, I am going to do this for my daughter’s birthday.. just wondering how many cups this makes? I saw that you used 12 ounce cups, but am trying to figure out if I need to double or triple the recipe. Thanks!!
Yvette, Take a look at the jello boxes and see how much water is need for the “quick chill” method. Take that amount and multiply by the number of colors (in this case 6). This will give you a base to work off of. The Cool whip will add some additional volume, but I think just figuring out how many ounces of jello will give you a good idea. Then figure out how many ounces the cups you plan to use will hold, and you’ll know how many batches to make.
Fabulous recipe and presentation! Used these for our Canada Day party today :). Thanks again!
After you put the coolwhip layer down, so you have to put it back in the fridge for another 15 min, or can you go on to the next step right away?
Yes, between each layer (including the cool whip layer), it needs to be chilled to set up. It does take quite a bit of time to make this… but the results are so fun!
So I read how you did the purple layer, but how did you do the rest of the layers? Did you pour the liquid on top of the cool whip each time? Or did you just do the first layer in the cup. Thanks for more info!
About how many glasses did this make? I'm thinking of trying to make this for my daughter's preschool class and wanted to know how many boxes of jello this would take.
Thanks!
Christina
How large is the glass you used??
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW FAR IN ADVANCE YOU CAN MAKE THESE AND THEM LAST? 1 OR 2 DAYS? THANKS
@Christine
@Jag
The glasses shown are about 12 oz glasses I bought at a discount shop a while back. This dessert could be made in most any size glass or plastic cups.
I was wondering about the cups too. I think they are glass but was wondering how many ounces they are and where they were purchased. Thanks!!!
I was also wondering how many ounces are the glasses?Are they plastic or glass? I was thinking making these for my son's bday party…