Best Jello Squares Recipes

JELLO SQUARES

Steps:

• Mix gelatin and jello together in a 2 quart bowl. Add boiling water. Stir until jello is dissolved.
• Add Cool Whip, stirring until melted.
• Pour into a 13 x 9 glass dish.
• Refrigerate several hours or until set.
• Cut into squares.
• Keep refrigerated until ready to eat.

JELLO CHEESECAKE SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy; add flour and nuts and stir until a crumbly dough is formed. Press dough into bottom of 9x13 inch pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until crust is brown. Cool.
• Dissolve lemon gelatin in 1 cup of hot water. Cool. Meanwhile, whip the whipping cream (or you could substitute an 8 oz container of Cool Whip instead). Cream the cream cheese and 1/2 cup sugar together until fluffy. Add cooled lemon gelatin and stir until blended. Fold whipped cream into cheese mixture. Pour onto cooled crust. Chill.
• For topping, dissolve the strawberry gelatin in 4 1/2 cups hot water and chill for about 15 minutes. Gently pour on top of cheese mixture. Chill until set and ready to serve.
• Tips:.
• To lighten this dessert you can make a graham cracker crust with 2 cups crushed graham crackers, 1/2 cup melted butter and 1/3 cup sugar or Splenda. 8 oz of cottage cheese can be substituted for the cream cheese. Place cottage cheese in a blender and blend until smooth (otherwise it will taste grainy). Substitute sugar free gelatin for the gelatin in all or part of the recipe. Other flavors of gelatin can be substituted.

PINEAPPLE CREAM CHEESE JELLO SQUARES

Steps:

• 1. Drain pineapple well. Reserving juice and add water to it to make 2 1/4 cups of liquid.
• 2. In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese with dry jello, until well combined.
• 3. Bring pineapple liquid to a boil and combine with the cream cheese mixture. Stir until jello and cream cheese are dissolved. Refrigerate until jello is almost set, but still a little jiggly. About 1 1/2 - 2 hours.
• 4. Add the pineapple and nuts and stir well to combine. Pour mixture into an 8 inch pan and spread evenly.
• 5. Cover and refrigerate for at least a few hours until set well. Cut into squares and serve with a dollop of whipped cream if desired.

CLASSIC HOLIDAY RIBBON SQUARES (JELLO)

Steps:

• Stir 1 cup boiling water into each flavor of gelatin in separate medium bowls at least 2 minutes, until dissolved.
• Stir 3/4 cup of the cold water into the red gelatin.
• Pour into 9-inch square pan.
• Refrigerate about 45 minutes or until set but not firm to the touch (gelatin should still stick to the finger when touched).
• Meanwhile, stir lemon gelatin gradually into cream cheese in large bowl with whisk until smooth.
• (I use the blender for this step, because I don't like lumpy Jello).
• Stir in pineapple with the juice.
• Refrigerate about 45 minutes or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites).
• Stir in whipped topping and mayonnaise.
• Spoon over red gelatin layer in pan.
• Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until set, but not firm (gelatin should stick to finger and should mound).
• Meanwhile, stir remaining 3/4 cold water into lime gelatin.
• Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites).
• Spoon over lemon gelatin mixture in pan.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.
• Unmold and cut into squares.
• Garnish with small dollop of Cool Whip.

JELLO "KEY LIME" CLOUD SQUARES

Steps:

• RESERVE 1 tablespoons graham crumbs. Mix remaining crumbs with butter; press onto bottom of plastic wrap-lined 9-inch square pan. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• ADD boiling water to gelatin mix in small bowl; stir 2 minute until completely dissolved. Add ice; stir 2 minute or until thickened. Remove any unmelted ice. Beat cream cheese in medium bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in milk, then lime juice. Add gelatin; mix well. Whisk in 1 cup COOL WHIP. Pour over crust.
• REFRIGERATE 6 hours or until firm. Cover with remaining COOL WHIP just before serving; sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Use plastic wrap to remove dessert from pan before cutting into squares.

JELLO SQUARES

Steps:

• Mix Jello and Knox together and then stir in boiling water. Stir until desolved and then mix in cold water. Pour into square pan and chill until set.

DIABETIC RASPBERRY JELLO DESSERT SQUARES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a 9x13 pan, combine the brown sugar, nuts, and flour; pour in melted butter and mix together, pressing to form a crust. Bake for 10-13 minutes or lightly browned. Cool completely.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and Splenda until smooth. Fold in the whipped topping. Spread over the cooled crust. Cover and refrigerate one hour.
• In a bowl, using a whisk, dissolve the Jello powder in the boiling water. Stir in the cold water and spoon over the cream cheese layer. Cover and refrigerate until Jello is firm.
• NOTE: If you are a diabetic and would like to use the new Brown Sugar Splenda, please cut down it down to 1/8 cup or 3 tablespoons You will only need 1/2 of what is called for in the recipe. Also, if you would like to add fruit to the Jello stage, do not use fresh pineapple.

CHERRY DR. PEPPER JELLO SQUARES

Steps:

• Place the Dr. Pepper in a large saucepan and heat over medium - high heat until it starts to boil.
• Remove from the heat and stir in all the Jell-O packets until completely dissolved.
• Spray an 8x8 pan with non stick spray and wipe out with a paper towel.
• Pour the hot Jell-O into the pan and refrigerate until completely set.
• Cut into 36 squares and remove with a spatula.
• Top with Cool Whip and a cherry.
• Keep refrigerated in a sealed container.
• NOTES: Make sure to watch the Dr. Pepper when heating because it heats very quickly. It will bubble the entire time it is heating up, but wait until you see the bigger bubbles to remove it from the heat.
• Cut your Jell-O into squares using a hot knife. Run the knife under hot water and dry it off. This works for any dessert that you want to cut into a nice clean slice.