Jello that is Green (St. Patty's Day)

3/16/2016 (Permalink)

St. Patrick’s Layered Jell-O

I love Jell-O, and this recipe is a St. Patrick’s Day variation of the popular strawberry pretzel Jell-O. Enjoy!

St. Patrick's Layered Jell-O

Ingredients:

Layer 1:

2 cups pretzels, crushed

3/4 cup butter, melted

3 tablespoons sugar

Layer 2:

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened

3/4 cup sugar

1 (8 oz.) container cool whip (about 2 cups)

Food coloring, green

Layer 3:

1 (6 oz.) box Jell-O, lime

2 cups water, boiling

1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, undrained

Layer 4:

1 8-ounce container cool whip (about 2 cups)

Directions:

Layer 1:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

2. Mix pretzels, butter and sugar. Press into 13×9″ baking dish and bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.

Layer 2:

1. Beat together cream cheese and sugar. Fold in cool whip, and tint green with food coloring.

2. Spread over cooled pretzel crust and refrigerate until well chilled.

Layer 3:

Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water. Add pineapple. Allow mixture to cool and set slightly before pouring over cream cheese mixture.

Layer 4:

Top with cool whip when layer 3 is completely set.

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