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Blue's Clues Joy of Jell-O
by Kellie Head
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Blue's Creamy Blue Jigglers
2 1/2 c Boiling water
2 pkg. (8 oz.) Blue Jell-O
1 c Cold milk
1 pkg. (4 serve size) Jell-O Vanilla Instant Pudding
Stir boiling water into gelatin in large bowl at least 3 minutes until completely dissolved. Cool 30 minutes at room temperature. Pour milk into medium bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk 1 minute. Quickly pour into Jell-O. Stir with wire whisk until well blended. Pour into 13 x 9 inch pan. Refrigerate 3 hours or until firm. Dip bottom of pan in warm water about 15 seconds. Cut into decorative shapes with cookie cutters all the way through gelatin or cut into 1 inch squares.
Steve's Fruit Pizza
4 pkgs. (4 serving size) or
2 pkgs. (8 serving size) Jell-O, any flavor
2 1/2 c Boiling water
Non-stick cooking spray
1 c Cool-whip
2 c Cut-up fruit
Pour gelatin into bowl. Add 2 1/2 cups boiling water to gelatin. Stir, until gelatin is completely dissolved, about 2 minutes. Spray pizza pan with non-stick cooking spray. Pour gelatin mixture into pizza pan. Put pan into refrigerator to chill until firm -- about 3 hours.
Remove pan from refrigerator when ready to serve. Put about 1 inch of warm water in sink. Carefully dip just bottom of pan into warm water for 15 seconds. Spread whipped topping over gelatin just before serving, leaving about 1 inch of space around outside edge of gelatin for pizza "crust".
Top pizza with fruit and cut into wedges.
Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper's Raspberry Pretzel Dessert
2 c crushed Pretzel sticks
3 tbsp. Sugar
3/4 c melted Butter
12 oz. Cool Whip
8 oz. softened Cream cheese
1 lg. Box of raspberry Jell-O
2 c Boiling water
1 lb. frozen raspberries
Tickety Tock's Quick Orange Smoothy Jell-O
1 lg. Package of orange Jell-O
1 pint Orange sherbet
Colored marshmallows
1 sm. Can of pineapple tidbits
16 oz. 7-UP
1 sm. Can mandarin oranges, drain
Mix in a plastic bowl with a tight-seal lid. Prepare Jell-O using juice from pineapple plus boiling water to make 1 cup of liquid for Jell-O. Add orange sherbet, 7-UP and oranges. Seal bowl with lid and shake vigorously. Top with marshmallows and refrigerate until set.
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