75 jello salad recipes

A retro molded Jello salad loaded with dark sweet cherries, pineapple chunks, and chopped pecans, spiked with red wine and nutmeg. Potluck royalty.

Double raspberry Jello salad with frozen raspberries and whole cranberry sauce. A three-ingredient molded side dish that's a holiday table staple.

Retro apricot Jello salad layered with crushed pineapple, marshmallows, a cooked custard-whipped topping, and a sprinkle of Longhorn cheese. A Midwestern potluck classic.

Kalakaua is a Hawaiian-inspired pineapple Jello mold made right in the can. Lime gelatin poured over canned pineapple rings, chilled, and unmolded into a neat cylinder.

Two-layer molded Jello salad with raspberry gelatin, cranberry juice, apples, and nuts on the bottom and a creamy lemon layer on top. A retro potluck showpiece.

Southern congealed salad with cottage cheese, Jello, mayonnaise, fruit cocktail, and nuts blended smooth and chilled. A retro gelatin salad that's creamy, sweet, and ready in 10 minutes.

Red, white, and blue salad layers raspberry Jell-O, a creamy half-and-half cream cheese middle, and black raspberry Jell-O studded with blueberries. A patriotic potluck dessert for the Fourth of July.

Randy Pollak's persimmon salad is a molded gelatin salad with orange Jello, hot grapefruit juice, and strained persimmon pulp. A vintage fruit salad served on lettuce with cottage cheese.

A delicious dessert that's made with crushed pineapple, cream cheese and miniature marshmallows.

Sawdust salad layered jello dessert with lemon-orange gelatin, pineapple custard, and cream cheese whipped topping. Vintage church potluck dish that’s sweet, light, and ready in stages.

Light and fluffy Jello salad blending apricot gelatin with canned apricots, cream cheese, and whipped topping for a retro dessert.

Paradise salad: a molded lemon Jello salad with sour cream, cottage cheese, and crushed pineapple. A retro gelatin dessert-salad that chills into a creamy, tangy mold.

Cranberry sauce salad made with raspberry Jello, jellied cranberry sauce, and sour cream blended into a creamy, tangy mold. A make-ahead holiday side that sets overnight.

Orange fruit salad layers lemon and orange jello with crushed pineapple, marshmallows, sliced bananas, and shredded cheddar under a creamy pineapple custard topping. Retro potluck classic.

Layered strawberry Jell-O salad with bananas, pineapple, pecans, and a hidden sour cream layer in the middle. A retro Southern potluck classic that sets up beautifully.

Classic Southern congealed salad with lime Jello, marshmallows, crushed pineapple, pecans, cherries, and cheddar cheese. A retro potluck favorite that never goes out of style.