This chilled Halloween Jello salad is an excellent way to bring texture and sweetness to any meal or party smattering. This recipe calls for fun gummy worms and blackberries that your kids will love. Make Halloween even more fun this year!

Halloween is coming up this month! Between putting together costumes, trick or treating, and social gatherings, Halloween can take a lot of work. Halloween is just the beginning of the holidays that litter fall/early winter.

With the stress of the holidays, food should not be one of them.

We promise that this salad is easy to put together. This festive and tasty Jello salad is easy to throw together. Plus, it adds to the ambiance of the year’s spookiest night. Halloween is the perfect holiday to throw together themed dishes. This Halloween cheese ball would be a fun addition, too!

How to Make Halloween Jello Salad

This recipe calls for a base of lime Jello and instant pudding. Topped with blackberries, gummy worms, and cool whipped, this treat is supernaturally good.

Is Jello Salad a Dessert?

Well, sorta. Jello salad is one of those versatile dishes that can be used for whatever you need it to be! That’s the beauty of it. Jello salad combines Jello mix with instant pudding and fresh fruit.

Because it is a chilled dish, it’s so light and refreshing. It’s also very sweet and can be eaten as a way to finish off a meal. At a Halloween party, you’ll likely be serving plenty of other treats and desserts. This will serve best as a side dish that compliments your main foods.

But feel free to use it as you wish! This gummy worm infused recipe can be dressed up as a delectable dessert or dressed down as a spooky side dish.

Can You Freeze Jello Salad?

Freezing Jello Salad is tricky. While it can be done, it usually ruins the texture of the gelatin and drastically changes the dessert. This is made even trickier with the gummy worms, which will turn hard if placed in the freezer. Try to make this dish close to when it will be eaten. When not eating, store it in your refrigerator to maintain its proper texture.

Ingredients

• 6 ounces lime Jello
• 3 ounces lemon instant pudding
• 4 cups water
• 8 ounces blackberries
• gummy worms
• 8 ounces cool whip

Instructions

1. Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Remove from heat.
2. Quickly whisk in the Jello and pudding mixes until dissolved.
3. Add blackberries and a bunch of gummy worms.
4. Pour into a 13×13 glass baking dish.
5. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours.
6. Remove from fridge and break up Jello–add to a big bowl.
7. Fold in the cool whip
8. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
9. Enjoy!

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Why Jello Salad?

Jello salad has been a crowd favorite since it gained popularity in the 1960s. Jello salad is the perfect way of incorporating Jello mix with fresh fruit—making a side dish that is both refreshing and sweet at the same time. Jello salads do need time to sit in the fridge, but prep time is actually quite minimal. They’re easy to whip up, cool, and serve for lunches, dinners, or parties!

Plus, Jello Salads can easily be dressed up and decorated for just about any holiday. Gummy worms will make for a fun Halloween treat. If you’re a fan of this Jello salad, feel free to add in other mix-ins for coordinating holidays and events.

Why does Jello need to set so long?

The only downside to Jello is that it does take time to set up. In order for the gelatin to become hardened and have the desired consistency, it needs time. The amount of water content, mix amount, and temperature all work together to ensure that Jello does its thing. Letting it sit in the fridge for several hours will allow the Jello to harden properly, giving it that bouncy texture we all love.

More Jello Salad Recipes

• Easy Strawberry Jello Salad
• Candy Corn Jello Salad (perfect for Halloween!)
• Easy Watergate Jello Salad
• Simple Lime Jello Salad Recipe
• Simple Layered Blueberry Jello Salad
• Easy Triple Berry Jello Salad
• Creamy Orange Jello Salad with Mandarin Oranges

Cool Jello salad is an easy way to spice up a meal or party. Use this Halloween recipe to make fall more fun this year.