Layered strawberry lime dinner jell-o

It’s my BIRTHDAY! So I thought I’d add another one of my yearly birthday dinner recipes to the collection (see links to all my other birthday meal recipes below – like my fried in butter breaded chicken – TO DIE FOR) And YES I cook for myself on my birthday and YES I make this same meal every year (my mom used to make it for me growing up)

So my kids actually call this Christmas Jello – cause it’s green and red. and YES I do make it for Christmas too.  I also change up the green layer to raspberry and make it for Valentines day as well… But this classic that my mom used to make is still a favorite at our house!

I know dinner jell-o is weird, here in Utah it’s fairly normal, but trying to tell people outside of the Utah culture about it and it sounds crazy, I mean let’s face it it’s kind of like a dessert WITH dinner instead of after.  But I’M not complaining.  Heck I’ll eat dessert FOR dinner most days 😉

And there you have it! check out the rest of my all time favorite meal to make myself with the links down below! The one thing that changes is the roll recipe – I make different bread every year, but the salad, baked potatoes, chicken, cauliflower and cheese sauce is pretty much standard – with dinner jello on the side 😉

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Layered Jell-O recipe

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Chill Time

2 hrs 30 mins

Total Time

3 hrs 15 mins

 

we call this "Christmas jello" at our house because of the red and green coloring - you can actually change up the flavors to create different colors

Course: Desserts

Cuisine: American

Keyword: dinner jello, jello salad, layered jello

Servings: 15 servings

Calories: 266 kcal

Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

Crust

• 1/2 C Butter
• 1 C all-purpose flour
• 1/4 C packed light brown sugar
• 1/2 C chopped walnuts or pecans

Middle Layer

• 3 oz Lime Jell-O packet
• 1 C boiling water
• 8 oz full fat cream cheese
• 1/2 C powdered sugar
• 1 C Stabilized whipped cream or whipped dessert topping

Top Layer

• 6 oz strawberry Jell-O
• 3 C boiling water

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Crust

1. Mix Butter, flour and sugar, then add nuts. Press into glass 9x13 pan
2. bake 12-15 min at 375
3. let cool

Middle Layer

1. Dissolve Jell-O into boiling water let cool to room temp.
2. Mix cream cheese and sugar add Jell-O mix fold in the whipped cream
3. Pour into crust
4. Refrigerate until firm

Top Layer

1. Dissolve Jell-O in water
2. Cool to room temp.
3. Pour into pan
4. Refrigerate till firm

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

To cool the Jello quickly - Boil only half the water and dissolve the jello, then add the rest of the water in ice form, stirring until the ice is dissolved it should be room temperature.

MY BIRTHDAY DINNER RECIPES