My kids started asking for the individual servings of Jell-O to pack in their lunch. Not being a big fan of the waste and long ingredient lists associated with such items, I came up with this recipe. It is yet another use for my cute silicone muffin cups. I put them on a large cookie sheet before I ladle the liquid into them and simply transfer the whole sheet to the refrigerator. I use another cookie sheet as a "lid". Make sure you have enough room in your refrigerator! This makes enough for a whole week. Some of our favorite flavors are: blueberry pomegranate, apple cherry, cherry pomegranate, and apple raspberry. Make sure it is 100% juice.
Ingredients:
- 12 oz container frozen 100% juice concentrate, thawed
- 4 packets unflavored gelatin
- about 2 1/2 cups water
Directions:
- Pour 1 cup of the undiluted juice concentrate into a large bowl.
- Pour the remaining juice concentrate into a liquid measuring cup. Add enough water to equal 3 cups total liquid. Bring this mixture to a boil in a small saucepan.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle the gelatin over the cold juice in the bowl; let stand one minute.
- Add hot juice/water mixture and stir until gelatin completely dissolves, about 3 minutes.
- Pour into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan or into 24 silicone muffin cups and refrigerate overnight.
What a great idea! How do you keep them cold until lunch?
ReplyDeleteI always put an ice pack in their lunches and that seems to work just fine. Christine told me that sometimes she doesn't put in an ice pack, and the jello is still solid at lunch time...
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