Coca-Cola Jello Salad with Cherries
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Coca-Cola Jello Salad with Cherries
Description
The Coca-Cola Jello Salad with Cherries recipe combines cherry-flavored gelatin dissolved in boiling water with Coca-Cola, then chills the mixture until it thickens. Chopped red tart cherries and crushed pineapple are folded in for a refreshing fruitiness before the salad sets fully in a mold or dish. The gelatin cools to a firm but yielding texture, while the fruit pieces provide contrast in bite and flavor. This classic American molded dessert presents colorful red and yellow fruit suspended within a bright, flavorful jello.
The preparation involves carefully monitoring the jello as it chills to a thickened but unset stage, stirring to maintain an even consistency before folding in the fruit. The finished salad should be refrigerated for at least four hours or overnight to fully set. The salad can be unmolded carefully by dipping the mold briefly in warm water to release the edges, ensuring a neat presentation.
This Coca-Cola jello salad offers a playful dessert or side with a bubbly twist from the soda and tartness from the cherries. It typically serves well cold as part of a potluck or family meal, highlighting the contrast between the sweet gelatin and the fresh fruit.
Ingredients
- 1 oz box jello not sugar-free, cherry-flavored
- 1 cup water boiling
- 1 cup regular Coca-Cola
- 1 .5-oz can cherries red tart, pitted, in water
- 1 oz can pineapple crushed
Instructions
- Put some water in a saucepan and turn up the heat to get it boiling. In a large bowl, add the package of Jello. Once the water is rolling, pour one cup of the boiling water over the jello and stir until dissolved. Stir in the Coca-Cola. Cover and refrigerate mixture until partially firm, about 45 minutes. Stir the jello every 10 minutes or so; you want it a thickened but not set.
- Meanwhile, add the can of cherries to a food processor or blender. Pulse in one-second intervals, about 3-5 pulses, until the cherries are chopped into small pieces but not blended.
- Once the Jello mixture has thickened, stir in the chopped cherries and it's juice, pineapple and it's juice. Pour into a jello mold, bowl, bundt pan, or 2-quart casserole dish. Cover tightly and refrigerate until set, at least 4 hours, overnight, or up to 2 days before serving. Remove salad from the mold by inverting onto a serving platter. Serve cold.
Notes
- When unmolding the Jell-O from a mold or bundt pan, dip the outside briefly in warm water (3–5 seconds) to help release it smoothly.
- Use full-sugar cherry-flavored jello for proper setting; sugar-free versions may not set correctly.
- Serve the salad chilled for best texture and flavor, up to two days after making.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 12 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cup | |
| Calories | 12kcal | 1% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Potassium | 1mg | 0% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 1IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 2mg | 0% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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