Jello and fruit?

I do this all the time. It will set better if you use fresh fruit (except pineapple) and slightly less water.

Canned pineapple and can pears can be used, either separately or together. See the recipe at the first site below.

Check out the other sites for specific instructions and recipes.

Usually, Jello is made with one cup of boiling water and one cup of cold water. If you use the juice contained in the fruit can, you should drain the juice into your measuring cup first then finish with cold water to make the one cup of cold water. If you add the juice from the can and still add the cup of cold water, the Jello will not properly set up in the refrigerator.

Almost any fruit, fresh, canned or frozen can be used in Jello. The only exception I know of is fresh pineapple. Fresh pineapple contains some citric product that will not allow the Jello to set properly. Canned pineapple is OK.

Drain the fruit well. Then replace the water called for with the juice adding water needed to make full amount needed. Follow directions on box from there. Put jello in frig until partially jelled and then add drained fruit. Stir well and allow to complete jelling process.

Pineapple (both fresh and canned) has an enzyme that prevents jelling. Fresh kiwi will also keep it from jelling.

Any kind of canned fruit is fine in Jell-o. Drain off the liquid and just use the fruit.

If the fruit is packed in light syrup, you could substitute the juice for the cold water in the Jell-o.

Avoid fresh pineapple. (Canned is OK.) The enzymes prevent the Jell-o from setting.

There are a couple other fresh fruits that will also prevent the gelling but I don't remember what they are. Go to the Jell-o website.

My favorite Jello has always been cherry, but I'd like to try the lemon or lime for something different. I'm not too sure about the fruit.. hmm, I'd try it though. Sense its the 4th of July, maybe make a layered Jello platter with Cherry Jello with cherries in it, then blue rasperry jello with blueberries in it. You can top it with cool-whip and fresh cut up strawberries or cherries and blueberries.

I would probably drain the fruit, if it is canned. But I prefer using fresh, cut up fruit. All you do is make the regular Jello liquid and before you refrigerate it, just drop the fruit in!!! (I think at least)

If you use fresh pineapple in a jello salad, it will NEVER set up! There are tons of recipes for jello with fruit; just do an Internet search on jello salads and you'll be amazed!