Rainbow Jello

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

Today I didn't do much cooking. For lunch, we made frozen corn dogs and green beans (gold nuggets and hills of green). I'm so corny, lol!

For dinner, my 2 year old really wanted to go out so we took the kiddos to McDonalds for dinner and scratched my making something Irish! I was tired by dinner because our neighbor, my husband, and I were deicing ours and our neighbors parking spaces. There are inches of ice built up and it was loose today since it was warmer (20s-30s) so we finished our space and I'm excited to say we finally found both yellow lines. In all we cleared out 4 spaces: the guest space, our helpful neighbors space, our other neighbors space, and our own space! We were out there for hours! Whew! I was not at all against not cooking dinner after that! But I did make dessert! That is something!!!!

This wasn't hard, just time consuming. To make this, you have to make each layer individually and let it firm before adding the next layer. I used the 'quick set' method and was able to make this in about 3 hours with about 15 minutes of work.

Ingredients:
Jello mixes:
      1 red (cherry or strawberry)
      1 orange
      1 yellow (lemon)
      2 green (lime)
      1 dark red (black cherry)
blue food coloring
water
ice

Start by making dark red jello, according to the package, but add a few drops of blue food coloring until it looks purple. Pour the jello into the glasses and let is set in the fridge for 30 minutes. I recommend setting them on a cookie sheet or a plate to make getting them in and out of the fridge easier and quicker.

After 30 minutes, make 1 package of green jello, according to the package, but add a lot of blue food coloring until it reaches the desired shade of blue. Pour* the jello into the glasses and let is set in the fridge for 30 minutes.

For the rest of the colors, make the jello, according to the package, and pour* into the glasses and let is set in the fridge for 30 minutes. Repeat until finished layering all colors. After finishing the red layer, let the jello firm up for at least an hour.


*I do recommend spooning the liquid into the glasses because pouring can break the layer beneath it. Or another method I did was I held the spoon in the glass and poured the liquid onto the spoon using it like an impact buffer.