Rainbow Jello

This, if you haven't figured out is rainbow Jello. Many of you may have been lucky enough to try it. For those who havn't I thought I would share. This was one of my favorite desserts growing up and with six kids it never lasted more than one night. Twelve layers, six different flavors of goodness. I make this in the spring, for potlucks and when the kids ask for it. Now you can enjoy making it yourself in three different ways.

Rainbow Jello Big dish
40 servings

• super large clear container (Rubbermaid makes a prefect one with a lid)


• 12 jello boxes, 2 of each colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple


• 48 oz sour cream

Pick what color you want on top and start with the bottom color first. I start with purple or grape. Heat one cup of water, add package of jello, stir until dissolved. Add one cup of sour cream, stir. pour in large container, place in fridge for one hour or until jello is firm. Next heat up one cup of water, add same color package of jello, stir until dissolved. add one cup of cold water, stir. Add on top of firm jello in large container, Place in fridge for one hour or until jello is firm. Continue to follow these steps until you have made all twelve layers. I give myself two days to make it.

Half size rainbow jello
20 servings

Clear container
six jello boxes, one of each color
24oz of sour cream

It is the same to make this one as the large except: After adding the jello and stirring it split it in half. put 1/2 cup of sour cream in one half and 1/2 cup of cold water in the other half. Add the sour cream jello in first. It takes almost as much time to make this one as the large one because the container in smaller so the layers are the same size.

Plain rainbow Jello
20 servings
clear container or 9x13 pan
six jello boxes, one of each color

Make jello as shown on box, pour into container, place in fridge for one hour. make next color add to container. continue until all six colors are added. It does take half the time to make this one.


Helpful Tips
I pour it over my hand when pouring on top of the sour cream jello, so that it doesn't make a hole in that layer. Another tip, you can make the non-sour cream jello at the same time as the first one and let it sit out of the fridge for the whole hour until it's time to pour it in. Another time saver is to add ice to the cup of cold water. Makes a great snack for kids.