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17 Horrifyingly Disgusting Retro Gelatin Recipes

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Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad is one of the easiest jello recipes you will ever make and it is perfect as a side dish or a dessert. This recipe only requires 4 ingredients and 5 minutes to make and then it is immediately ready to serve!

We LOVE jello! I'm guessing you feel the same too! Be sure to check out our amazing collection of Jello recipes here!

Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad is simply amazing! I just recently found this jello salad recipe and LOVE it! It only has 4 ingredients and it literally takes just a couple of minutes to make. It's absolutely the easiest (and fastest!) jello salad recipe you will ever make! Not only that, but it can be eaten immediately after preparing (or saved for later!)...and it's delicious too! As a matter of fact, the recipe tastes wonderful minutes after making it, but I actually prefer to eat this the next day because the raspberry flavor gets to be a bit stronger and mixed in with the rest of the salad better.

What berries can you use in our JELLO SALAD?

My family loves raspberries the best in this recipe, but I have also tried it with mixed berries, blackberries, blueberries - one reader gave me the idea of using peaches and I created this version of the salad as a result! I usually use frozen fruit because I keep quite a bit of it on hand, but you can definitely use fresh fruit as well.

You can even mix a few different kinds of fruit together. I think raspberries and peaches would be wonderful together! I have even added bananas to the salad right before serving and that adds a wonderful flavor as well.

Where do you serve Jello Salad?

Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad makes for a great side dish to take to a potluck, but is sweet enough that it could work as a dessert also. I have used this recipe on multiple occasions when I needed to whip something up quickly to take somewhere, and it has always been a HUGE hit with adults and kids alike.

I love that this recipe is cool and refreshing in the summer, but also is a family favorite at Thanksgiving, Christmas and even Valentine's Day - it works for pretty much any holiday! You'll love having this convenient and mouthwatering recipe in your collection!

Ingredients in Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad

Here's what you need to make this EASY salad:

instant vanilla pudding

large container vanilla yogurt

Cool Whip (thawed)

frozen raspberries- you can use fresh too!

How to make Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad

1. In a large bowl, combine the pudding mix and the vanilla yogurt, stirring until well mixed.

2. Fold Cool Whip into the mixture. (You can use a spatula or a whisk!)

3. Lastly, fold in the raspberries. I had set mine out for about 10 minutes before making the salad, but you can put them in frozen and they will thaw very quickly so you can serve the salad right after mixing.

4. If you don't serve the salad immediately, the raspberries will thaw more and the juices will add a raspberry flavor to the entire mixture - I like it both ways!

Ready to try some more creamy fruit salads? Here are the best ones:

- Berries and Cream Fruit Salad

- Peaches and Cream Fruit Salad

- Orange Cream Fruit Salad

- Creamy Cranberry Fruit Salad

- Creamy Pomegranate Fruit Salad

- Raspberry Ambrosia Salad

Can you replace the Cool Whip in Jello Salad?

If you can't find Cool Whip where you live or you prefer not to use it in recipes, you can use stabilized whipped cream instead. If you just use regular whipped cream, the consistency will be too light and the cream will not hold up very well when mixed into the jello salad. It's very simple to make your own stabilized whipped cream and it just takes a few minutes!

To make stabilized whipped cream, you will need the following ingredients:

4 ounces of cream cheese (softened to room temperature)

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup heavy whipping cream.

1. Beat the cream cheese with the powdered sugar and vanilla until soft and smooth.

2. In a separate bowl, beat the whipping cream just until soft peaks form.

3. Add the cream cheese mixture to the whipped cream and beat until stiff peaks are formed. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.

A little tip for making whipped cream faster. Use a metal bowl for whipping the cream and place the bowl in the freezer for about 30 minutes before you make the whipped cream. This will significantly decrease the amount of time that you will need to beat the whipped cream - the process will go much faster!

How do you store Jello Salad?

This particular jello salad recipe stores very well in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days, but is not ideal for freezing. There really is no need to freeze this recipe because you can make it so quickly! I usually make this jello salad the day before I am planning to serve it, because I like the way that the raspberry flavor becomes stronger and spreads throughout the salad more. I have also served the salad just a few minutes after making it and it is still delicious!

Can you change the flavor of the Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad?

It is very easy to change the flavor of the jello salad with a few swaps. The ingredients are very basic but you can change them up to get a slightly different flavor. As mentioned before, you can definitely swap out the berries although I do prefer raspberries or blueberries. These are fruits that are easily found frozen and they thaw well.

You can also very easily swap out the flavor of yogurt in the recipe. You can replace all or part of the vanilla yogurt with lemon yogurt, raspberry yogurt, or any other flavor that goes well with the berries that you have chosen.

One more swap that is easy to do is to swap out the pudding mix that you use. Two ideal substitutes are lemon pudding or cheesecake pudding, especially if using raspberries. Who doesn't love raspberry and lemon together, or raspberry and cheesecake?!

Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad only has 4 ingredients and it literally takes just a couple of minutes to make. It's absolutely the easiest (and fastest!) jello salad recipe you will ever make!

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Raspberry Vanilla Jello Salad is one of the easiest jello recipes you will ever make and it is perfect as a side dish or a dessert. This recipe only requires 4 ingredients and 5 minutes to make and then it is immediately ready to serve! We LOVE jello!

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There's always room for Jell-O! And, apparently, there's always room for SpaghettiOs, too.

But are they supposed to be eaten together?

Many of us had childhoods in which most of our core diet items ended in a capitalized "O." We accept that. But some people don't appear ready to let go of the retro cuisine of our youths.

That may explain the popularity of a video published in August on YouTube by Shared Food, which has gone viral since it went on Facebook at the end of the month. Behold the Retro SpaghettiOs gelatin mold:

The recipe is quite simple: add two cans of condensed tomato soup to water and some unflavored gelatin (it has no taste, but will make the mold hold its shape), and SpaghettiOs. Then, just place the mixture into a round mold and chill. Take it out of the fridge and - for the finishing touch - arrange a forest of Vienna sausages at the center, and serve.
Full recipe here.
The video has since received over 12 million views on Facebook (and, we reckon, 11.9 million "eews"). We can't bear the idea of eating SpaghettiOs cold but we can't quite envision this dish surviving if it was heated up first. So should it be eaten at all?

The dish is garnering plenty of mixed reactions across social media.

Still, there's got to be some diehard SpaghettiOs fans who think it's delish.

Perhaps this select group of people are also fond of the retro recipes found at the Gallery of Regrettable Food. Either way, we'd like to know just who those folks are. So we can make sure we never invite them to potluck!
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Great or gross? Retro SpaghettiOs dish is making us question everything

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There's always room for Jell-O! And, apparently, there's always room for SpaghettiOs, too. But are they supposed to be eaten together? Many of us had childhoods in which most of our core diet items ended in a capitalized "O." We accept that. But some people don't appear ready to let go of the retro cuisine of our youths.

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Ingredients
2 cantaloupes, cut in half and peeled
1 envelope lime-flavored low calorie gelatin
1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained
3/4 cup rye crisp crumbs
Artificial sweetener to equal 2 teaspoons sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Directions
Prepare gelatin according to package directions, using1/4 cup less water than indicated. Chill until partially set; fold in drained pineapple. Arrange cataloupe halves on a shallow tray; fill in cavities with gelatin mixture and chill until set. Roll rye crisp with a rolling pin to make fine crumbs and add sugar substitute and cinnamon. To serve: cut cantaloupe halves in half again; roll peeled side of wedges in lemon juice, then in crumbs to coat.

Serves: 8

Preparation time: 1 3/4hour

Approximate calories per serving: 50
Suggested Menu
Veal Piccata
Steamed Banana Squash
Emerald Cantaloupe

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

*For the sake of authenticity I have preserved the misspelling of cantaloupe (cantalope) from the card in the title. The front and back of the actual card have it spelled both ways.

Shortly after this recipe card was originally posted on my blog on Open Salon, I decided to taken on the challenge of making this festive dish and taking a slight swat at Jodi Kasten, one of the site's foremost food writers.

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Ingredients 2 cantaloupes, cut in half and peeled 1 envelope lime-flavored low calorie gelatin 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple tidbits, drained 3/4 cup rye crisp crumbs Artificial sweetener to equal 2 teaspoons sugar 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon 2 tablespoons lemon juice Directions Prepare gelatin according to package directions, using1/4 cup less water than indicated.

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Top Jello Flavors - best, most, greatest of everything ranked User Contributed Rankings - ShareRanks.com

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A traditional mint jelly made from fresh mint.

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This delicious gelatin salad is great for Christmas because of it's green color but so refreshing to eat on a hot summer evening. Just a little cucumber makes it not too overwhelming. I prefer using salad dressing but you can substitute mayonnaise. The longer it sits in the refrigerator the better it is.

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Delight in this Raspberry Angel Cakes' gelatin, raspberries and whipped topping. Our sweetly unique Raspberry Angel Cake is truly heavenly.

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Jell-O has kept pace with the populace's diet preferences since its inception in 1897. Celery Flavor had a relatively short run, but in today's age of Jell-O shots, you can by Margarita and Melon Fusion flavors if you know where to look. But mostly, Jell-O presents itself today as a children's fun food. That wasn't always so. Jell-O was once versatile enough to jiggle its way into every corner of your kitchen. Here are eight mid-century Jell-O dishes that we ought to resurrect.
1. Lemon soufflé Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe.

Did you know Jell-O could do frou-frou? I didn't. But here is the proof in this beautiful little ramekin. This is a fairly involved recipe by Jell-O standards, involving stiff-peaked egg whites and wax-paper collars. But as far as soufflé recipes go, you probably can't get any easier.
2. Under-the-sea salad Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe. 3. Easy fruit tarts
4. Birthday surprise
5. Crown jewel dessert Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe 6. Green goddess salad bowl Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe. Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe. 7. Vegetable trio Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe 8. Ring-around-the-tuna Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe Click here and zoom to enlarge the recipe.
There are no fish here. There really isn't anything about this dish even vaguely reminiscent of the ocean. But no matter. This is a great example of food combinations we don't pair anymore, even though they can still add up to delicious. Sweetened cream cheese is a very common addition to fruit dishes and desserts alike, and a Jell-O topping could be the perfect light contrast to the heavy richness below.

Four ingredients. The time it takes to boil water. A container of berries and some grapes. That's basically it. That's all that stands between you and infinite praise for your charming culinary abilities at the next baby shower, dinner with friends, or office party. Don't let this slip away!

My daughter is 8, and she hates cake. She says it makes her throat feel "cluhhhhgggg." So for the past few birthdays I've tried every ice cream cake in the city, icebox cakes, pizza-sized cookies, candy arrangements...anything I can festoon with sprinkles and scrawl cursive frosting on. But I have never thought of this. More happy and colorful than anything I've tried before, and containing only things she loves. My awkward search is over.

Of course, as beautiful as the Birthday Surprise dessert is, it doesn't look like stained glass, nor is it easily suited for pie crust. And most of all, you can't find a gorgeous towering mold to turn it into a literal little mountain of creamy, shimmering yummy. Luckily, I have many birthdays yet for which I am responsible for providing sweet joy. All will have a turn.

Okay, what you're looking at here is early 1970s party food, so allow me to interpret. The lime Jell-O is used to bind mayo, sour cream, anchovies, and various spices into creamy chunks, which then go on salad greens. Avocado and crab meat circle that. The diner would ideally have equal parts Jell-O chunks, lettuce, crab, and avocado. Ignoring the anchovies, which are an enigma of place and time, you're actually looking at a fine crab salad. The Jell-O has been turned into a sort of Ranch dressing, which is not inappropriate at all for the other ingredients. It's just the chunk part we're not used to.

When was the last time you had the pleasure of taking a nice big slice of salad? If you've spent recent years eating salad that was unkempt and disorganized (lettuce mixing randomly with carrot and so forth) it may be time for a little order in your diet. The lemon and vinegar in this recipe will keep your salad structure cool and tangy.

Sometimes older Jell-O cookbooks played pretty fast and loose with which foods were appropriate to Jell-O-ize. Tuna, perhaps, being among them. But really, the more you look at this... aren't you just a little curious? If these same ingredients - cucumber, lime, tuna, olives - were presented to you in a slightly different arrangement as haute cuisine, you'd probably like it. Just because food is green, gelatinous, and made of fish doesn't automatically make it undesirable.

All images and recipes used with expression permission of the Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

Sources: Jell-O Pudding Idea Book, 1968: Joys of Jell-O, 7th Edition: The New Joys of Jell-O, 1974

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50 years ago, Jell-O wanted you to combine it with anchovies, tuna, cream cheese, and mayonnaise

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Jell-O has kept pace with the populace's diet preferences since its inception in 1897. Celery Flavor had a relatively short run, but in today's age of Jell-O shots, you can by Margarita and Melon Fusion flavors if you know where to look. But mostly, Jell-O presents itself today as a children's fun food.

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17 Horrifyingly Disgusting Retro Gelatin Recipes

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