Only 12 days until Christmas, let the countdown begin! This week we’re keeping it festive with our Mini Chef Monday’s post and making a yummy and easy dessert that’s also a fun Christmas activity to do with your kids. We made Christmas tree jello and it couldn’t be easier! Read on for all the details.
Christmas Tree Jello
You will need:
- 2 boxes of green Jello (or 1 box yellow, 1 box blue)
- 2 1/2 cups of boiling water (no cold water needed)
- A round pie pan
- Fruit for decorating- we use bananas and blueberries. Strawberries would be perfect, too!
1. Make the jello by mixing the jello poweder with the boiling water. Stir until fully dissolved. Pour jello into a round pan and transfer to the fridge to set, at least 3 hours.
2. While you wait, you can prepare the fruit by cutting it up. We used a tiny star cookie cutter to make star shapes out of banana slices to top our trees with!
3. Once the jello is cool, slice into triangles, like a pizza, to make your Christmas tree shapes!
This isn’t exactly an in-depth cooking experience, but it is fun and festive and a great activity to enjoy together! You can let your kids help you with whichever steps you feel comfortable with them doing in this recipe. Just a note about the color- lime jello is very lime green color to me. We used 1 box of yellow and 1 box of blue jello and I love how to color turned out more of an emerald than if we had used lime flavored jello.
Enjoy!
I am hosting Mini Chef Mondays along with 11 fabulous bloggers!
Be sure to check out each of their Mini Chef posts as well. We would love it if you would share your Mini Chef posts with us each week, too! Follow along socially and join in on the fun by using our hashtag #MiniChefMondays to share creations your mini chef created in the kitchen. Additionally, if you have a kid-friendly recipe that kids can easily recreate link up! Don’t have a blog? Share the URL of your instagram photo in our linky below.
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- Raspberry Coconut Coffee Cake // Baby Loving Mama
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- Three Ingredient Fudge // Frugal Novice
- No Bake Yule Log Cake Recipe // Eating Richly
- Rice Krispie Christmas Wreaths // Giggles, Gobbles and Gulps
- Peppermint Popcorn Balls // Step Stool Chef
- Pineapple and Zucchini Cupcakes // Vegging at the Shore
- Turkey & Hummus Pinwheels // Mom’s Messy Miracles
- Easy Kid Approved Breakfast Quesadillas // O’Boy! Organic
- Christmas Tree Jello // Can’t Google Everything
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