Rainbow Jello Cups
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| So what does one do when you have a classroom of peanut allergy kids… How about a cup of whipped cream and jello? Who doesn't like the colorful sugary treat? Looks beautiful but be warned, it'll shimmy away a whole day to create this bright and cheery treat. It took me from 9:30am -6:00pm without a break. |
Items needed:
29 Cups = 9 fl oz plastic cups
Jello in rainbow colors
3 (3oz boxes) Cherry Red = 4 cups both cream layer and jello layer
3 (3oz boxes) Orange 4 cups both cream layer and jello layer
3 (3oz boxes) Lemon Yellow = 4 cups both cream layer and jello layer
3 (3oz boxes) Lime Green = 3 cups both cream layer and jello layer
3 (3oz boxes) Berry Blue =3 cups both cream layer and jello layer
3 (3oz boxes) Berry Blue + Black Cherry = Purple =3 cups both cream layer and jello layer
2 Quarts Heavy Cream
Powder Sugar
Patience & 9 hours
*Optional*
Vanilla Pudding Jello Mix
Granulated Sugar
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| Viola. Yum.
I made my cups for my little kindergartener. He needed 24 cups so I made extra just in case of a mess. 29 total rainbow cups were made in 8-1/2 hours. To say it was time consuming is an understatement. However, it went over well and the kids with peanut allergies could eat them, too. That made the Cutie-Pie happy and me. It was nice and a privilege that the peanut allergy kids' parents allowed their kids to enjoy the treat.
1. In a bowl mix the 2 boxes Blue Berry + 2 boxes Black Cherry jello to make the color PURPLE. Separate 3 heaping TBLS of the mix into a smaller bowl. Then put 2 heaping TBLS into a bag for a rainy day. (Each 3 oz jello box = 6 TBLS of mix) This makes the PURPLE layers equal to the other bottom colors in flavor.
2. Boil 2/3 Cup water and then add 3 TBLS Jello (from small bowl) Mix and set aside for 20 minutes.
3. Make homemade whip cream. (1 pint heavy cream = 2 TBLS of powder sugar) I normally make my whip cream with a 1/2 pint cream + 1 tbls powder sugar + 1 capful vanilla + 1 tbls white sugar. This recipe was too sweet. With a classroom of kids I did not use vanilla extract. THE POWDER SUGAR IS TO KEEP THE WHIP CREAM STABLE. You can also add 1 tsp of vanilla pudding if you want to keep the vanilla flavor. Not a problem if you don't want to make homemade whip cream, the original recipe uses cool whip. Crazy me, I used a hand mixer since mine broke at Christmas time making cookies. It took me 20 minutes to whip each quart of heavy cream. If you whip 2 quarts of cream together, use an extra large bowl.
4. Pour cooled PURPLE JELLO liquid into 4 C measuring cup. Add 1/3 cup tap water. Mix thoroughly then add whipped cream until you reach 3 cups. Mixture should be slightly runny to pour into your cups.
5. Refrigerate cream for 30 minutes
6. Rinse out measuring cups. Make PURPLE jello mixture. Boil 2 cups water and pour into large bowl with jello. Stir. Let cool for 40 min. Pour into 4 C measuring cup. Add enough tap water to make 3 cups jello mixture. Stir. The tap water cools down the liquid enough to pour into cups. DO NOT RUSH THE COOLING PART. You'll have a layer of the cream mixture sitting on top of your jello layer… won't be pretty!
7. Refrigerate jello layer 20 minutes
8. Repeat steps 2-5 for all colors.
9. Rinse out measuring cups and start BLUE whipped cream layer. Boil 2/3 C water add 3 TBLS cool 20 min. Add 1/3 C tap water stir. Move to larger measuring cup (I do this because mine's plastic) add whipped cream. Continue until you reach the color YELLOW and then make 4 cups. (1/3 C water +1 TBLS jello = 1 Cup tinted cream mix)
10. I realize the jello mix does not increase with the increase amount of water for colors: YELLOW, ORANGE, AND RED which use 4 cups of the jello liquid. This is fine. Boil 2 cups water pour into bowl with jello mix. Cool for 40 minutes. Add tap water until it measures 4 cups. If you want, add an extra box to these colors. I did not taste a difference in flavor with the same 3 boxes.
11. Keep refrigerated and covered after all the layers have cooled. I used mine the next day.
12. I also cleaned out fridge and put fresh baking soda boxes into fridge the day before I made the cups. I didn't want the cups to smell of anything except yummy fruit flavors. It worked. Also, I made sure the bottom of refrigerator was level by testing water a few cups before I put all 29 cups in.
Good luck and enjoy!
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