Cream cheese provides a pretty contrast to crimson-colored gelatin. Sweet cherries add a juicy pop!
Cherry-Cream Cheese Layered Gelatin Salad
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 3 hr 0 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 6
Ingredients
- 2 boxes (4-serving size each) cherry-flavored gelatin
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
- 2 cups frozen unsweetened sweet cherries
- 2 cans (8 oz each) crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
- 1/2 cup honey-nut cream cheese (from 8-oz container)
- Leaf lettuce leaves, if desired
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water, stirring constantly. Stir in frozen cherries until thawed. Stir in pineapple.
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Step2Into ungreased 8-inch square (2-quart) glass baking dish or another serving dish, pour about half of the gelatin mixture. Refrigerate 30 to 45 minutes or until set.
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Step3Drop cream cheese by small spoonfuls over set gelatin mixture; carefully spread to cover. Pour remaining gelatin mixture over top. Refrigerate at least 2 hours until set. Cut into squares. Serve on lettuce leaves.
Nutrition
190
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
35g
Total Carbohydrate
33g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 190
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 14%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 170mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 35g
- 12%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 5%
- Sugars
- 33g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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