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Red White and Blue Stained Glass Jello

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This fun red white and blue stained glass Jello is perfect for patriotic summer holidays like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. However you can mix and match the colors to make it perfect for any holiday or event.

White gelatin with cubes of red and blue jello showing through.

Broken or stained glass jello is such a fun and striking dessert. It is the ultimate in no bake and make ahead recipes with that vintage vibe.

That nostalgic vibe is part of what makes it so cool. This red, white and blue version has that berries and cream vibe in a fun jiggly package.

It is perfect for summer potlucks and bbqs. Plus it is sure to put smiles on the faces of kids and kids at heart.

Prepping Your Jello

The process for making stained glass jello is super simple, but it does take a little time to let everything set fully. So be prepared to start a day or two in advance if you can.

It is as easy as making a batch of red jello, feel free to use your favorite flavor. Cherry, raspberry and strawberry gelatin would all be amazing.

Make another batch of blue gelatin in a second pan. Let both set up completely, at least a few hours.

Now cut that jello into little cubes and scatter them on the bottom of a larger pan. The cubes don’t have to be perfect, just get lots of small bits that will show through the white jello later.

To make the white layer that holds it all together you get to reach for a can of one of our favorite ingredients, good old sweetened condensed milk! Just stir in some dissolved plain gelatin and pour it over your colorful cubes.

Give it a few more hours in the refrigerator to set up. Then it will be ready to cut into shapes or cubes.

It’s really that simple, so give it a go!

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Salty pretzel crust, vanilla cream cheese center and a blast of orange on top, orange creamsicle pretzel salad has it all.

Plate of red white and blue broken glass jello cut into star shapes.

Cherry cheesecake pretzel salad, layers of sweet and salty, crunchy and creamy all come together in this fun treat. Check out my full collection of Jello recipes for more ideas.

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Yield: 12 Servings

Red White and Blue Stained Glass Jello

Patriotic broken glass jello jigglers cut into star shapes.

This fun red white and blue stained glass jello is perfect for patriotic summer holidays like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. However you can mix and match the colors to make it perfect for any holiday or event.

Prep Time 8 hours
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 8 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 6 ounce box strawberry Jello
  • 6 ounce box berry blue Jello
  • 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin

Instructions

  1. Mix blue jello with 2 cups boiling water and pour into a small baking dish (a square or loaf pan would work great). Mix red jello with 2 cups boiling water and pour into a different baking dish. Chill both for at least 3 hours or overnight.
  2. Cut up jello into cubes. Scatter cubes of red and blue jello in 9x13 pan.
  3. In a separate large bowl, sprinkle 2 envelopes of unflavored gelatin into 1/2 cup cold water and allow to sit for 5 minutes. After the gelatin blooms (it will look mostly dissolved and get wrinkly on the surface), add 1 1/2 cups boiling water and stir to dissolve. Add the can of condensed milk and stir to combine; set aside to cool to room temperature.
  4. Pour the cooled sweeten condensed milk mixture over the red and blue jello blocks in the baking dish. Chill overnight.
  5. If desired, cut with star cookie cutters. I like to use the medium cutter as it works best with a spatula to help scoop out the star.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 172Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 80mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 1gSugar: 29gProtein: 5g

All nutritional information is estimated and will depend on the exact ingredients you use.

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This fun red white and blue stained glass jello is perfect for patriotic summer holidays like Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. However you can mix and match the colors to make it perfect for any holiday or event.

Thanks for sharing!

Kris

Sunday 6th of June 2021

I'll be making these for the 4th! So fun!

Carlee

Sunday 6th of June 2021

YAY! I hope you love them!

Julia

Thursday 20th of May 2021

These are so pretty and festive!

Carlee

Thursday 20th of May 2021

Thank you!

Karen @karenskitchenstories

Thursday 20th of May 2021

I bet Little Dude loved these! They are sooooo pretty.

Carlee

Thursday 20th of May 2021

Thank you!

Andrea Nine

Wednesday 19th of May 2021

You just amaze me friend! Talk about festive and fun and unique! This is so cool and I cannot wait to try it!

Carlee

Wednesday 19th of May 2021

Thank you!

Sandy

Wednesday 19th of May 2021

Such a fun treat. Those would be perfect for our July 4 celebration

Carlee

Wednesday 19th of May 2021

Aren't they festive?

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