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Patriotic Jello is a red, white and blue, hand-held finger jello that is perfect for serving for summer parties and holidays!
This is a re-post of RecipeBoy’s original post back in 2011. He was inspired by RecipeGirl’s Sea Glass Jell-O to make a red, white and blue version. Finger Jello happens to be a delicious treat to serve. Kids love it, but I must admit… adults love it too. This jello is a perfect recipe for summer barbecues and it’s a fun recipe to make with your kids too.
How to make Patriotic Jello:
Be sure to read the directions carefully and follow the steps one-by-one. Make red jello and blue jello in two separate pans. Let them set, then cut them into chunks and sprinkle both color jello chunks all into one pan.
The next step is mixing unflavored gelatin with cold water, and then adding in hot water. Then sweetened condensed milk is mixed in. This mixture is cooled down, and then it’s poured onto the jello chunks. The whole thing is refrigerated until set. Then you can cut the patriotic jello into pieces and serve.
NO utensils are required! Simply display the pieces of Jell-O on a platter and let people pick them up eat them with their hands!
They will be sturdy pieces, so they’re easy to pick up as a hand-held treat.
It’s such a fun dessert for 4th of July, Memorial Day or Labor Day weekend. The red, white and blue makes these the perfect patriotic treat!
Be prepared for questions about this recipe. Everyone will want to know how you made it. Patriotic Jello tends to be an impressive addition to your party table!
All kids who like jiggly foods will LOVE this one because it’s colorful and everybody likes Jell-O. And as I mentioned before, adults will like this one too! Be sure to make Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Pretzels as well for an additional super easy treat for summer parties!
Patriotic Jello
Ingredients
- One 6-ounce box red Jello gelatin (strawberry or raspberry)
- One 6-ounce box blue Jello gelatin (berry blue)
- 4 cups boiling water
- 2 envelopes Knox unflavored gelatin
- ½ cup cold water
- 1½ cups boiling water
- One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- In two separate rectangular pans (9x13-inch is fine), sprinkle each box of Jell-O gelatin. Add 2 cups of boiling water to each pan. Stir until the gelatin dissolves. Put in refrigerator for at least 3 hours, until the liquid turns into jiggly Jell-O.
- Cut each flavor into small blocks. Carefully mix the blocks in a 9x13-inch pan.
- In a different bowl, sprinkle 2 pouches of unflavored gelatin into ½ cup of cold water. When the gelatin blooms, add 1½ cups boiling water. Whisk it together until it dissolves. Add the can of sweetened condensed milk. Stir and cool.
- Pour the milk mixture over the Jell-O blocks and stick it in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours (or overnight). Then cut into squares and serve.
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This recipe comes from RecipeBoy.com
What a fun recipe! Perfect for this weekend too! Thanks for sharing! I am loving your posts!
Very neat recipe!! thanks for posting!
p.s added you to my google reader 🙂
Thank you for sharing your recipe. I can’t wait to show it to my 11-year-old. I know he’d love to make it!
This looks yummy and something my girls would love to try – especially for July 4 or Memorial Day! My oldest daughter, age 8, loved reading your Shirley Temple recipe so much that when she was finished, she read it out loud to her younger sister (age 4). Thanks for sharing – and they’ll be reading it today! 🙂
This looks awesome! I can’t wait to give it a try with my son who is 7. Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing more posts from you 🙂
This looks so wonderful and delicious! Thanks for sharing 🙂
How fun! I made this on my blog at Christmas time and used red and green Jello. It was a hit. Enjoy your weekend: )
What a fun recipe. I know my kids would love to make this with me. It could be their contribution to our Memorial Day barbecue. Way to go, Brooks!
I’m having fun over here, waiting to see each creative new post you do! This is so pretty, so I’m going to to make it for our BBQ this weekend. Thanks for the recipe! Oh, and the fedora- it rocks!
This looks sooo good! I’m going to make it for this weekend’s BBQ with family. Thanks, Brooks…can’t wait for the next recipe!!!
Looks yummy! I’m going to expect you to cook for me on my next visit.
Oh, this looks great! Making this for July 4!
This looks like a lot of fun. My boys are a bit older, 15 & 16, but they love to cook. Can’t wait to show this to them 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
So festive recipe boy! Love all the colorful pieces, nice work!! Happy Memorial Day Weekend!!
Looks yummy and I love the idea to use different color combos for different holidays, party celebrations! I am off to give it a try…thankz!
I love to see a young boy in the kitchen! Keep up the cool ideas and I plan on trying one of your recipies very soon! Love it!!
Such a clever idea! Love it just reposted it on facebook! Hope you have a great holiday and summer! congrats on your blog!
I love the colors in this recipe! Great jiggly dessert for Memorial Day or 4th of July!
Awesome! Saw Recipe Boy on tv today! How cool is that?!
looks yummy… i made a cathedral window jelly yesterday. congratz on your blog by the way. i’m a fan from the philippines 🙂
How cool! This looks like something my grandsons would love. They are 1 and 3. Can’t wait to try it with them for the 4th of July – thanks!
Looks like RecipeBoy is doing great! Maybe you can teach me a thing or two next time I come to see you.
O MY CUPCAKES!!!
How cool is this? I like seeing a man cooking in the kitchen, you go recipeboy. Love the post by your grandma..I am very thrilled to be a part of your website, and kudos to the women in your life..blessings, redraven.
Thats so pretty, So many different ways to mix colors. I see you have planned to go to Princeton and your next Jell-O will be Princeton colors??
Brooks! I am so proud of your writing and intrigued by these cool treats! I have some free time this summer, so I plan to check your blog occasionally for some yummy recipes. Can’t wait to make a batch of these for the 4th. 🙂
I like to know if anyone has tried this recipe. It looks great, and the condensed milk is interesting.
I am making this for our Patriot parties this football season!
I’m making these year-round! I’ll use green and red jell-o instead of red and blue!