Blue's Clues Joy of Jell-o
By Kellie Head

A Blue's Clues Theme of fun Jell-o recipes to try with your kids

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

Mix pretzels, sugar and butter. Pat into 9x13 pan and bake at 400 degrees for seven minutes. Let cool. Carefully fold cool whip into cream cheese and spread on top of pretzel layer. Mix the Jell-O and water; stir in frozen raspberries. Pour over second layer. Refrigerate overnight.

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.

In addition to raising her six children, Kellie Head is a freelance humorist, Parenting Humor Editor for Netscape and the Publishing Editor of The "M" Word--Parenting Humor Magazine. http://www.the-M-word.com 

 E-mail: editor@the-M-word.com
Author's URL: http://www.the-M-word.com

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