Name: Sparkling Jello Salad Made with Soda
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 4 h
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1.5 cups water; 1.5 cups cranberry ginger ale (or other soda); 6 ounces jello, any flavor; 2 cups mixed berries, frozen or fresh; Cool whip

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Have you ever felt like your favorite jello salad just wasn’t living up to its potential? Well, this sparkling jello salad recipe will definitely go above and beyond, in fact, it might even become your new favorite! This is ideal for ringing in the New Year…but honestly, you can enjoy it all year long!

Jello Sparkling

Jello Salads are like a Jack of all trades (especially this sparkling jello salad). You don’t know what to serve as dessert for Thanksgiving? How about Christmas? A fun Friday night? Sparkling Jello Salad! No matter what the occasion, this tasty dessert should be on the menu!

There are so many flavors of jello, so you can have fun choosing what you want your salad to taste like. You could use lime to give a little more of a zing or use cherry to give a sweet and delicate flavor. With so many options, this is a recipe that keeps on giving!

Sparkle Jello

Ingredients

1.5 cups water
1.5 cups cranberry ginger ale (or other soda)
6 ounces jello, any flavor
2 cups mixed berries, frozen or fresh
Cool whip

Supplies

Baking dish
Plastic wrap

Instructions

Place water and soda in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and dissolve the jello mix.
Place in a baking dish and mix in berries.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for four hours.
Once set, mash up with cool whip.
Serve immediately.

What is jello salad?

Jello salad is a salad made with flavored gelatin (jello), fruit, and sometimes grated carrots or other vegetables. Other ingredients may include cottage cheese, cream cheese, marshmallows, nuts, or pretzels.

This particular sparkling jello salad with soda recipe uses jello, berries, cool whip, and soda.

Can you freeze jello salad?

You could freeze jello salad for maybe 20 minutes, but it is not recommended. By freezing jello, the gelatin loses its ability to gel, so when you take it out of the freezer, it turns into liquid.

If you want to keep your jello cold, put it in the fridge instead!

How long does jello salad last?

When kept in the fridge, jello salad can last for about a week. However, it’s probably best to eat it within 5-7 days, to keep the salad tasting fresh. If kept at room temperature, jello salad will not last very long. The water in the jello will evaporate and will cause the jello to harden. On top of that, because this recipe uses cool whip, it can only be left out for two hours before going bad. Overall, it’s a good rule of thumb to keep this salad in the refrigerator so it will last longer.

Fortunately for you, this sparkling jello salad tastes so good, it will be gone before you know it and you probably won’t have to worry about how long it will last!

How many people does jello salad feed?

It depends on what jello salad recipe you are looking at, but a six-ounce box of jello will give you about eight servings. Since this recipe calls for 6 ounces of jello and also adds in cool whip and berries, there should be enough to serve eight people a good-sized portion, or nine or ten people with smaller portions. You can always change the serving size by doubling or tripling the recipe to make more, or cutting the recipe in half to make less.

Is jello salad a dessert?

Jello itself can be both a dessert or a side dish, but jello salad is a dessert! Jello is primarily made with sugar and gelatin, so adding other sweet ingredients like whipped cream and marshmallows makes jello salad a dessert. This particular recipe uses a combination of cool whip, fruit, and soda, making it one of the tastiest desserts you’ve ever had! To prevent failing to make your jello salad, here are some inputs to prevent a disaster.

What is the best fruit to put in jello?

Fruits like kiwis, pineapple, and mangos do mix well with jello. These fruits have an enzyme that makes jello unable to set. If you really want jello with these fruits, the best thing to do is add the fruit on the side, not in the jello.

However, fruits like apples, oranges, and strawberries are wonderful in jello. Any kind of berry, like cherries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, and raspberries is also excellent choices to add as well. This recipe calls for mixed berries, which will not cause any issues in making the jello.

Can I use a different kind of soda?

Sure! You can use any soda pop that you’d like.

Sparkling Jello Salad Made with Soda

Yield: 8

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Set Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes

This sparkling jello salad is a fun, festive and delicious way to liven up any party! Made with brightly colored jello, soda and other flavored gelatin, this dish will wow your guests with its bright hues and bubbling texture. The sweet, tart flavor of the soda gives it an extra layer of flavor that will have everyone talking. Serve it as a side dish or dessert - either way, it's sure to be a hit!