I have wanted to try broken jello since I saw it on one of my favorite blogs three years ago. I have followed The Food Librarian for years and love her version of broken glass jello, which you can find here. Broken Glass Jello
I must admit that I was a little rushed when I did this recipe, but hey, if it looks this good when I’m rushed then it’s going to look amazing when I have more time!
Using up old jello packets is great, but the colors definitely aren’t flattering!
The process is really quite simple, though it can be time consuming. You’ll probably want to make sure to do this the day before you need it, or at least in the morning. You can use pretty much any container you want to make the initial batch of jello, I used an 8×8 baking dish. However the jello wasn’t thick enough for “cubes”, it was more like thin rectangles. So if you want a cube shape, use something smaller than the baking dish.
UGH. GRAPE.
I used four colors so I needed four different containers. You can use as many colors as you want, this would be fantastic for school colors (as long as that color is available). I used four so that I could up some expired (do they ever really expire?) packets. Let me tell you, grape, lemon, apricot, and strawberry aren’t the best flavor combination.
Make sure NOT to follow the directions on the box, you want them to be extra “jiggly”, so only use one cup of boiling water when mixing the jello.
We’ll call this plan “A”.
My thought was to use a bundt pan to make the broken glass jello. I thought it would be kind of cool to see the carousal pattern in the jello, but as I began layering the jello cubes all I could imagine was a bunched up glob of jello cubes, and the milk mixture on the top. So I scratched that idea.
Not too shabby!
The hardest part of this was waiting. Waiting for the jello cubes to set, then you cut them up, put them in the pan, poured the milk mixture in, then wait overnight for that to set! It’s all worth it though.
Once it’s set, just cut into cubes and serve! Everyone will be impressed and wonder how you did it! You’ll be the star of the show! All for under $5!
Now let’s take a bite of this grape, apricot, lemon, and strawberry cube. No? Well, hubby will eat it!
For the recipe, awesome pictures, and a lovely tutorial be sure to visit The Food Librarian!
I’ve never seen this before. It looks so cool! I love how bright the jello pieces are against the milk background. And even though the process sounds easy, it looks so sophisticated!
I know! And it’s so easy! Who knew you could do this with kids food
Not me… Even though I’m still a kid at heart!
How fun, this looks so cool.
Looks super-delicious! Do you think I could put this up in my transom window, I always wanted it to be stained glass?
I’ve been wanting to try this for months now!!! I’ve been waiting for July though so I can do some fun Red White and Blue! = )