#2,735: Patriotic Jell-o Cups

When you have a 4th of July gathering with a bunch of kiddos, you make a patriotic themed food!  I happened to have everything I needed in my pantry to make these jell-o cups for the kids, so that's what I did.  Personally I hate making jell-o items because you have to let everything sit/solidify between layers, but I did it for the kids anyways.  LOL  This recipe probably took a good hour to make (from start to finish, minus the final set up time (which I just let sit in the fridge overnight)), and this recipe made 5 cups of jell-o, so if you are making it for a larger crowd, use smaller cups or a lot more jell-o packets!  

In the end, the kids loved them, so that's all that mattered! 

3 oz package Blue Jell-O Gelatin 

3 oz package Red Jell-O Gelatin 

1 envelope Unflavored Gelatin 

1 1/3 cups boiling Water

1 cup Milk

1/4 cup Sugar

Maraschino Cherries drained (I omitted)

Small clear cups (tall shot glasses, clear plastic drinking cups, etc.)

Place blue gelatin in a bowl and add 2/3 cup boiling water.  Stir well until dissolved and allow to cool. Fill each cup 1/3 full of blue and place in refrigerator.  When the jell-o starts to set (mine took about 20 minutes), start making the 2nd layer. 

2nd layer: Add 1/3 cup of milk to another bowl and sprinkle unflavored gelatin over top.  Do not stir.  Heat remaining 2/3 cup of milk in a pot and bring to a boil.  Remove from heat and stir in sugar to dissolve.  Add heated milk to gelatin/milk mixture and stir until blended. Allow to cool. (I let mine cool about 15 minutes.  You want it cool to the touch, but not starting to solidify).  Gently fill all cups the next 1/3 of the way with white mixture and return to refrigerator.

3rd layer: Place red gelatin in a bowl and add 2/3 cup boiling water.  Stir well until dissolved and allow to cool.  (At this point, I divided the red jell-o liquid to the cups and put in the fridge overnight).  
If you are adding the cherry stem: Place a cherry on top of each glass and add about 1/4″ of red gelatin to each. Place in refrigerator for 5 minutes. Pull from refrigerator and try to adjust to get stems to point upward.  Fill each cup the rest of the way with red and place in refrigerator.