- Jello-O has been part of American desserts for decades and over the years it's been used
in recipes both seasonal and evergreen.
- And I know for me, Jell-O was one of the first cooking experiences my girls had in
the kitchen.
- Me too.
- That's right.
Too much fun.
Not surprising nearly half of all American households, they buy Jell-O every year.
How does it go?
- ♪ Watch it wiggle ♪ ♪ See it wiggle ♪
- Something like that.
Well Sarah Young, Culinary Manager, Desserts at Kraft Heinz joins us today to share some
favorites, especially this time of year.
Welcome, Sarah.
- Thanks for having me.
- Did you like the jiggle?
I love it!
- Jiggle and wiggle.
Yeah, yeah.
- Let me tell you, I think of Jell-O and I just go way back.
I mean, even to my childhood.
I mean great memories.
Iconic.
- And I think of summer.
- I completely agree.
Jell-O was one of my first experiences in the kitchen as well.
My mom used to make that ribbon Jell-O with all the different layers.
- Yes!
- And I would always help her make it.
She didn't make it too often, but when she did it was usually for a picnic or an outdoor
barbecue or something, and actually when Jell-O first came out there were only four flavors.
- [Olga] Really?
- Lemon, orange, strawberry, and-
- Strawberry, my favorite.
- And raspberry.
That's my favorite.
- I like strawberry banana.
- I know.
- That came after.
- It came later, right?
- Exactly, but now we have over 40 flavors, which really enables people to make the most
colorful and flavorful desserts of all kinds.
- And we have colorful things here.
- Yes.
- What are you making over here that looks so fantastic?
- So we're gonna make a little bit of a twist on strawberry shortcake.
So we call this Twisted Strawberry Shortcake.
- Twisted.
- It starts with vanilla pudding.
- Oh, the vanilla's good.
No wrapper, of course.
- No wrapper.
We don't want the wrapper.
- We don't want the wrapper.
- So we'll just add two boxes of Jell-O pudding.
- Okay.
- And we'll add about four cups of cold milk, and we're just gonna whisk.
- Okay.
- And this is gonna come together and start to thicken.
- So easy.
- Yeah.
So easy.
The girls could do it.
Our girls could do this.
And we have of course other things.
- [Sarah] It's great to involve the kids.
- [Julie] I've got to walk down here.
What is this?
This looks so good to me.
- So that is our Easy Chocolate Eclair Cake.
What I love about that is that it's so simple.
- I'm tasting.
- It's vanilla pudding layered with graham crackers.
- [Julie] Okay, this is getting messy, but...
- [Sarah] And topped with chocolate frosting.
As you-
- Oh my gosh.
- [Sarah] Let it set in the refrigerator the graham crackers become cake-like so it just
makes the easiest sort of refrigerator dessert in no time at all.
- [Julie] And that's so cool looking.
- [Sarah] Isn't that pretty?
So that's really why Jell-O is amazing, right?
You bring so much color to your desserts and nothing else can really do that.
- No.
- This recipe is our Red White and Blue Cake.
- Fourth of July!
- [Sarah] It's our red, white, and blue pie.
It's so popular.
We actually have a package that has strawberry and berry blue gelatin so it makes it even
easier to make it.
- Oh so they come together?
- [Sarah] Right.
- Mmmmm, perfect.
- [Sarah] And it's just a layer of creamy Cool Whip in there.
- That's great.
- Fabulous.
Okay let's go back.
- Okay so this is getting thicker so what we're gonna do is we're just gonna add in
some Cool Whip, okay?
Really easy.
And this is just gonna make it a little bit lighter.
- A little bit fluffier.
- Okay.
- So I'm just gonna whisk this together.
Get the Cool Whip in there.
And then we have some Angel Food Cake here.
So this is just store bought.
I mean, nothing fancy.
The twist here is that in addition to traditional strawberries, we're going to be adding a little
bit of orange juice so a little bit of citrus.
- [Julie] Oh, wow.
- So we just add this.
So this is just gonna soak right into that.
- Oh that looks really good.
- Just toss it together and then we have our strawberries and a little bit of grated white
chocolate.
- Oh that's so good!
- There's a surprise, I think, in the freezer.
- [Olga] There is a surprise.
I'm so glad you said it.
Do you know what it is, Julie?
- [Julie] I think it's Jell-O pops.
I hope it's Jell-O Pops.
- [Olga] Look how much fun!
- Oh my.
- I made these!
- You are-
- Such a liar!
- [Julie] Such a liar.
But they're cute.
They're really cute.
- [Sarah] Aren't these adorable?
They look just like little watermelons.
So there's little mini chocolate chips on the inside to look like seeds.
- Oh those look like seeds.
- [Sarah] Strawberry gelatin, a layer of Cool Whip, and then-
- My girls will adore this.
- The lime gelatin.
- This is so good.
- And then you just put it all together?
- Right.
So we're just gonna start layering this together.
- Okay.
- You start with a little bit of the Angel Food Cake.
- Pour a little bit of that on top.
- A little bit of this on top.
- Pour a little that on top.
- Yeah.
- [Sarah] Okay?
- [Olga] And for the purposes of time because we are gonna run out of time that's the final
product.
- It is so gorgeous.
- [Sarah] Isn't it beautiful?
So impressive and it really takes no time at all.
- [Olga] So good!
Keep on layering.
I don't want you to stop because you're doing such a great job.
But I wanted our viewers to see how fabulous it all looks.
- Alright, which one am I gonna make at my next celebration?
That's what I'm...
- I don't know.
I think you're like the eclair kind of girl.
- [Julie] I'm the eclair girl but this Twisted, what do you call it again?
- [Sarah] Twisted Strawberry Shortcake.
- [Julie] Twisted Strawberry Shortcake.
- [Olga] She wants it all.
- [Julie] I think I'm going...
- [Olga] She just wants it all.
- [Sarah] Yeah, you want it all.
Well they're easy enough to make that you really can make them all.
- [Olga] And this is great for the summer by the pool.
Refreshing.
- So refreshing.
- Refreshing and so pretty to look at.
- So pretty to look at.
- [Julie] And where can we find more, if we want to find out more recipes and about Jell-O?
- All of these recipes are on Jello.com or KraftRecipes.com.
- [Olga] I love it.
Thank you so much.
So you're gonna make some of these by the pool?
- I am.
Put them by the pool, summer, lay back, here I come glasses and shades.
- Oh my gosh this was so much fun.
Great recipes.
- Great recipes and for more information you can go to our website TheBalancingAct.com.
Now let's have a Popsicle.
- Okay let's do it.
Okay here's one.
Dig in.
- Oh these are so cute!
I love it!
- [Julie] Yummy!
So good.
- [Olga] They really are.
- [Julie] Yeah.