Broken Jello is a perfect retro dessert to make for your next holiday event! It only takes 5 ingredients to make and you can match the colors to which holiday it is! Here we will tell you how to make it and more!
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We love making vintage recipes that we used to enjoy when we were younger and having our younger family members try them for the first time. Broken Jello (or Broken Glass Jello) is a colorful and sweet treat that you can even match the colors to whatever holiday is going on.
What color combinations can you do with Broken Jello?
We made our dessert to match the colors of Christmas (Green and Red) but here are some other color combinations for different holidays…
- Valentine’s Day: Red and Pink ( cherry and strawberry gelatin)
- St. Patrick’s Day: Green and Orange ( lime and orange gelatin)
- Easter: Purple and Yellow ( grape and lemon gelatin)
- Fourth of July: Red and Blue ( strawberr y and berry blue gelatin)
- Halloween: Orange and Purple ( orange and grape gelatin)
- Thanksgiving: Orange and Yellow ( orange and lemon gelatin)
Looking for another retro jello recipe? Check out our Grandma’s Lime Green Jello Salad Recipe !
Equipment that you need to make Broken Jello:
- 3 13 x 9 Baking dishes (For steps #1-#5, you can use 4 square pans )
- Measuring Cup
- Whisk (or a cooking spoon )
- Medium bowl
- Small Knife
Ingredients for Broken Jello:
- Lime Gelatin (2 – 3oz each)
- Cherry Gelatin (2 – 3oz each)
- Unflavored Gelatin Envelopes (.25 oz each)
- Sweetened Condensed Milk (1 – 14oz can)
How to make Broken Jello:
1. Set out 2 – 13×9 pans or dishes. (You can use 4 – square pans)
2. Combine 6oz of Lime Gelatin in a medium bowl with 2 cups of Boiling Water.
3. Stir until the gelatin is dissolved
4. Pour until one of the prepared 13×9 pans
5. Repeat steps #2, #3, and #4 with the 6oz of Cherry Gelatin.
6. Place pans into the refrigerator to set, about 1 to 2 hours.
7. Lightly spray another 13×9 dish with cooking spray.
8. In a medium bowl, stir unflavored Gelatin and 2 cups of Hot Water until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
9. Stir in Sweetened Condensed Milk
10. Let it sit until mostly cooled down (About 20 minutes)
11. Meanwhile, remove both pans from the refrigerator and cut into small cubes, about 1-inch squares.
12. Evenly place the gelatin cubes in the prepared 13×9 pan.
13. Pour over the gelatin squares when the milk and gelatin are cooled down.
14. Place in the refrigerator to set for 4 hours
15. Cut into bars and serve
16. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
PrintBroken Jello Recipe
- Total Time: 6 hours and 20 minutes
- Yield: 2 4 1 x
Ingredients
- 2 boxes of Lime Gelatin ( 3oz each)
- 2 boxes of Cherry Gelatin ( 3oz each)
- 4 cups of Boiling Water
- 2 envelopes of Unflavored Gelatin (. 25oz each)
- 2 cups of Hot Water
- 1 can of Sweetened Condensed Milk (14oz
Instructions
- Set out 2 – 13×9 pans or dishes. (You can use 4 – square pans)
- Combine 6oz of Lime Gelatin in a medium bowl with 2 cups of Boiling Water.
- Stir until the gelatin is dissolved
- Pour into one of the prepared 13×9 pans
- Repeat steps #2, #3, and #4 with the 6oz of Cherry Gelatin.
- Place pans into the refrigerator to set, about 1 to 2 hours.
- Lightly spray another 13×9 dish with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, stir unflavored Gelatin and 2 cups of Hot Water until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Stir in Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Let it sit until mostly cooled down (About 20 minutes)
- Meanwhile, remove both pans from the refrigerator and cut them into small cubes, about 1-inch squares.
- Evenly place the gelatin cubes in the prepared 13×9 pan.
- Pour over the gelatin squares when the milk and gelatin are cooled down.
- Place in the refrigerator to set for 4 hours
- Cut into bars and serve
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Chilling Time: 6 hours
- Cook Time: 5 minutes (Water)
