Stained Glass Jello

Stained glass Jell-O is a fun, festive treat for holidays and parties. Choose colors to represent the theme! Here I went with red white and blue - great for 4th of July, Bastille Day, or even a brief appearance in the World Cup.

This would be great in colors to represent your school or favorite sports team. I originally saw this idea on the great blog, Just Jenn

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Step 1: Ingredients

You can make this with up to 4 different colors/flavors of Jell-O.

4 small boxes (3 oz. each) or 2 large boxes (6 oz. each) of Jell-O or store brand gelatin (I used one box of 6oz. berry blue one 6 oz. box of cherry)
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin (the box I used was marked Net Wt. 1 oz - don't know if that means each envelope is one ounce or the entire package is one ounce)
Water

Siren4 says: Jul 4, 2010. 7:06 AM

Thanks for the great instructable! Just pulled mine out of the fridge and my kids love them!

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scoochmaroo (author) in reply to Siren4Jul 4, 2010. 12:28 PM

Awesome! Those look better than mine! :D

asmith-9 says: May 19, 2011. 2:58 AM

I made a multi coloured one for the MIL. She loves jelly and loved this. It tasted sorta like jelly and cream. I used the old school Tupperware jelly ring! Twas YUM!

porcupinemamma says: Apr 13, 2013. 7:28 AM

Can't wait to make it. Another fun Instructable. Thanks so much!!! :0)

smallstrangegod says: Sep 25, 2012. 6:02 PM

has anyone tried making this with say almond or rice milk? We can't have dairy or soy in our house.... hmmmm....

Javin007 says: Aug 31, 2012. 5:25 AM

OMG, I'm about to have the best Jello shots at a party EVAR.

parismtb says: Jul 4, 2012. 10:14 AM

i made this. i will be posting a pic!

parismtb says: Jul 4, 2012. 8:26 AM

Is there a substitute for the milk based jello? Can I use a light colored jello (peach) and milk base it?

mjgandres says: May 27, 2012. 9:43 PM

Made This Beautiful Stained Glass Jello For My Sons Birthday Today!!! Wow! It Looked Like I Had It Made By A Specialty Shop!!! My Son Loves Cinnamon And Vanilla So I Did Add 1 teaspoon Vanilla And A Few Good Shakes Of Cinnamon! Boy Oh Boy Was This A Hit At The Party!!! Enjoy! Had Fun Making It!!!!

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scoochmaroo (author) in reply to mjgandresMay 29, 2012. 8:35 AM

Wow, fantastic! What colors did you use?

NaturalCrafter says: May 26, 2011. 11:26 AM

I never tried to use a milk product as a jello base. I will make sure to stir the mix with the gelatin and 1 and 1/2 cups hot water very well. Then stir in the milk..I keep stirring till the milk and gelatin get a chance to become one. Oh this is fun! as well as adds nutrition to the mixture. Great to have in the fridge for summer.

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Computothought in reply to NaturalCrafterNov 17, 2011. 6:20 AM

Making milk jello is sometimes called panna cotta. Makes a great and easy alternative for ice cream.

ladylissa says: May 10, 2011. 11:36 PM

I can not wait to make this with my daughter! She loves Jell-O, sometimes we buy desserts like this from the supermarket, but this looks like such a fun project! Now I'm going to get a fun jello mold to make this in!!! Like a bunt.

Inquisitively in reply to ladylissaAug 1, 2011. 3:50 AM

Putting it in a bunt cake pan would look awesome!

I'd imagine you could also try it with those jello molds (I think the egg ones would be awesome, but I think it depends on how much of the two other color jellos you could fit in the molds to make it worth it.) I think this would be fun to try. I'm not a huge fan of jello but this would be fun to make with the kids.

tlami says: May 26, 2011. 11:08 AM

These look AWESOME! There's only one ingredient missing--vodka! :)

bajablue in reply to tlamiJun 5, 2011. 6:24 PM

;-D

bajablue says: Jun 5, 2011. 6:23 PM

ok... I'm a little late to this Party... but I have to say that this Jello Dessert is about the most BEAUTIFUL thing I've ever seen!

MomLovesElectro says: May 29, 2011. 3:59 PM

just made this yesterday and it turned out just OK but that is completely MY fault!

I accidentally left the red jell-O in the warm water too long and it started to melt the bottom so then when I mixed them up together I had lil flakes of red but the blue was perfectly square.

My mother in law has been making something like this for years and since we do potluck style Hawaiian parties she brings it to every event! Hers is layered with at least 6 different flavors but with a layer of the sweetened condensed milk/gelatin in between each layer. it's deffinatly a longer prosses but it comes out with more flavor.

this is good, but I'm just used to her version

I think I might try this again for my daughters birthday coming up but instead I think I might use 4 different flavors, and not melt the bottom!!

I'm wondering if I could make it even sweeter or would that be too odd, i dunno.

cvill says: May 27, 2011. 10:01 PM

For the lazy ones, you can get ready-made jell-o snacks, and if you skip the milk part, it becomes a crystal salad :-)

kelman says: May 27, 2011. 9:33 AM

Our family loves jello. I can't wait to try this. I see a new Christmas tradition....red and green. Thanks so much for the post!

kelman says: May 27, 2011. 9:31 AM

I believe it's "jell-i" if it's plural. :)

cathiecarnahan says: May 27, 2011. 7:53 AM

can you use sugar free jello

NaturalCrafter says: May 26, 2011. 11:34 AM

I love it..a cool treat.. I wonder what it would be like to put fresh cherry bits in the blue jello. I know it may not keep as well. or add the chunks of fruit layered in with the red and blue jello before adding the milk layer. It reminds me of those white candy squares with the fruit in them.

NaturalCrafter says: May 26, 2011. 11:30 AM

I have this on my list to take to a plant and seed swap. We have a potluck picnic after the swap is over. I will set out slips of paper with the web address for "full instructions" on how to make this cool treat.

turrilynn says: May 26, 2011. 8:49 AM

I'm going to try this recipe this weekend for the holiday weekend. It will be a nice departure from the regular pies and such. And you're right - who doesn't like Jell-O?! Many thanks for sharing all your recipes...

VSS says: May 26, 2011. 6:39 AM

excellent!

asmith-9 says: May 19, 2011. 3:00 AM

Just found another recipe. I made this one too - less sweet, was really yummy!

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Cathedral-Jelly-L5174.html

milospalic1 says: Jul 31, 2010. 5:23 PM

hey just another cool instructable but i live in Europe and cant find these Jell-o packs do you maybe know where i can order these over a website or something like that i'm realy glad to try these out

asmith-9 in reply to milospalic1Apr 7, 2011. 7:42 PM

Just use jelly. Use JUST A LITTLE bit less water than suggested on the packet.
:o)

dolceael says: Mar 24, 2011. 7:31 AM

These are so easy and tasty-looking!

Shany120 says: Feb 20, 2011. 6:59 AM

Yummy! I might try to make them!! :D

mattbomb says: Jul 10, 2010. 2:58 PM

you should just use a ice CUBE try and that way it would prob save allot of time

Musicalproduction in reply to mattbombFeb 9, 2011. 5:03 PM

Jello is hard to get out of ice cube trays, so it would actually make a bit more work... Plus, this way it looks more like stained glass, because non of the pieces are the same size or cut.

rhoddity says: Nov 25, 2010. 3:40 PM

What great timing, I just learned how to make jello about a week ago, and have fallen for it completely (isn't this stuff great?!) Anyway, this is so cool that I think I'm going to make it for Christmas this year. Thanks!

Yerboogieman says: Nov 14, 2010. 4:27 PM

So Scooch, is this like finger jello? Do you have a finger jello recipe? My dad can't seem to find one. Thanks!

Hiyadudez says: Sep 11, 2010. 12:31 PM

My Jello is in the fridge right now! I'm making it for a BBQ tomorrow. Thanks Scooch =D

S189 says: Aug 11, 2010. 9:56 AM

It looks so pretty! If only I liked Jello :( This would be great to make and bring to a gathering though (even a non-summer gathering). The kids would love it.