Red, White, and Blue Jell-O Stars aka Patriotic Jello Stars: layers of red, white and blue gelatin make up this colorful and fun recipe to serve for Memorial Day, on the Fourth of July, or for any patriotic holiday!
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Ingredients
3ouncesBerry Blue Jell-Oblue raspberry gelatin
3ouncesCherry Jell-O
1cupsweetened condensed milk
3packets unflavored gelatindivided
2 ½cupsboiling waterseparated
¼cupcold water
Instructions
Spray a 9 X 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and remove the excess with a paper towel.
Blue Layer
In a medium bowl, mix one package of the Berry Blue Jell-O with 1 1/4 teaspoons of unflavored gelatin. Add 1 cup of boiling water and stir, mixing until all gelatin has dissolved.
Pour the contents into the prepared baking dish and refrigerate for 20 minutes, until layer is completely set. Make sure the shelf you set the dish on is level so that the layers will be even as you refrigerate.
White (Milk) Layer
In another medium bowl, mix 1 cup of boiling water with the 1 cup of sweetened condensed milk.
In a small bowl, place 1/4 cup cold water and sprinkle 2 packets of the unflavored gelatin over the top. Let it stand for a couple minutes, until the gelatin looks grainy.
Add 1/2 cup boiling water to the bowl and stir until gelatin dissolves completely.
Add this mixture to the condensed milk mixture and stir to combine. Set aside and let the contents come to room temperature.
After the blue layer has set in the refrigerator, pour the condensed milk mixture carefully over it and refrigerate again. Allow it to sit in the fridge for about 20 minutes to set.
Red Layer
Prepare the red layer by mixing the box of Cherry Jell-O with 1 1/4 teaspoons of unflavored gelatin. Pour in 1 cup boiling water. Allow it to come to room temperature before pouring it over the milk layer. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes before cutting or removing from pan.
Once the last layer is set, dip star shaped cookie cutters in a bowl of hot water and dried before cutting into jello. There is a chance that the bottom blue layer may not come out with the cookie cutter. If that happens, just gently and carefully remove it with a sharp knife and add it to the cutout.
Notes
Place the pan on the most level shelf in your refrigerator to chill, so the layers set evenly. I recommend putting a piece of tape on one end of your pan, so that you consistently put that end into the fridge first when chilling. Nutritional information has been calculated for 12 squares of equal size as the shape of the stars are different and there will also be scraps left to eat in the pan after the cutouts.I found it easiest to place the cookie cutter in a cup of hot water and then dry it off before using as it made the Jell-O easier to cut. NOTE - the original recipe with 7 layers has been revised with ingredient amounts and directions now using just three layers. The original 7 layer recipe can be found in the post under this recipe card. The cookie cutter my be swallowed up by the thickness of the layers which could result in the bottom layer of blue not being completely cut. Be sure to cut completely through ALL layers otherwise you may have trouble removing them from the pan.