• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Sarah Pflugradt logo

  • recipes
  • about
  • my work

Candy corn jello cups

Oct 9, 2020 · 1 Comment

Jump to Recipe·Print Recipe

Who’s ready for Halloween? Let the excessive candy season begin. Seriously, it doesn’t end until after Easter, so we are on the uphill of 6 months of candy, candy, and more candy – so since we are celebrating everything sweet, I was in the mood for a sweet treat and I am ready to kick off the season with these super cute Candy Corn Jello Cups (no actual candy required).

As I do quite often, I added a little fruit to my dessert. My kids are begging for these, so I figured I better get on the move on and get this cute little treat up on the blog. I saw this idea of the colored jello for candy corn in a magazine a while back. It was just plain jello so I knew I had to try it with different fruits. It’s so good!!

There are a couple of points about this dessert that I think are important.

  • No, I did not buy sugar free jello, but if you need to or want to – you go right ahead. My kids are super active and I don’t feel the least bit of a bad nutritionist mama by giving them regular jello
  • I did buy fruit in 100% fruit juice and not heavy syrup – I do have some sugar standards when it comes to canned fruit. This is because I know I won’t use all of the fruit in this dessert and someone is going to eat it. I’d rather not have them drinking heavy syrup.
  • This does take a little time. You knew that already though. You have to wait for the yellow layer to set up before you can do the orange layer.
  • This travels so well! I did these in little glass jars with the lids and you can bring the cream in a separate container and top when you reach your destination if you so choose.

For your fruit – canned is really the best way to go. Fun fact – you cannot put fresh pineapple in jello, it won’t set up. So, if you’re using pineapple, you have to use canned. For the orange, you can use oranges or peaches, I chose peaches, because I couldn’t find oranges in 100% juice at my store – so peaches were the better choice for me.

I hope you try this for your next Halloween party or just for fun!

Print
clock clock icon cutlery cutlery icon flag flag icon folder folder icon instagram instagram icon pinterest pinterest icon facebook facebook icon print print icon squares squares icon

Candy corn jello cups

  • Author: sarahpflugradt
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 6-8 hours
  • Total Time: 8 hours, 20 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x
Print
Pin

Scale

Ingredients

1, 3 ounce package lemon jello

1, 3 ounce package orange jello

1/2 cup drained canned pineapple in 100% juice

1/2 cup drained canned peach slices in 100% juice, cut into bite sized pieces

1/2 cup whipping cream

chocolate sprinkles


Instructions

Follow the instructions and make the lemon jello first and divide the jello into 6 separate serving containers.

Add 1-2 tablespoons of pineapple to the jello and chill for 3-4 hours. 

Repeat with the orange jello, pour and evenly distribute between the containers on top of the lemon jello. 

Add a few pieces of peaches to the orange jello. 

Chill for 3-4 hours until set. 

With a hand mixer or stand mixer, whip cream until stiff peaks form, about 5-7 minutes. Add a small dollop of cream on top of each jello. Top with chocolate sprinkles. 


Did you make this recipe?

Tag @sarah_pflugradt on Instagram and hashtag it #sarahpflugradtnutrition

Dessert

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. Take pleasure in Halloween with these 14 spooky recipes - says:
    October 28, 2020 at 2:48 am

    […] Candy Corn Jell-O Cups through registered dietitian nutritionist Sarah Pflugradt […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Follow by Email
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram

Welcome! My name is Sarah Pflugradt, MS, RD. I am a family nutrition expert and this is a place where you can find healthy recipes and nutrition information for your active family.

what’s happening lately

  • Small batch chocolate cupcakes with sprinkles
  • Santa Fe style rice and beans
  • Not your 80’s Potato Stroganoff
  • Questions you should ask before starting a weight loss program
  • Nutrition periodization for young athletes
  • Sheet pan chicken fajitas
  • Roasted sweet potatoes with caramelized onions and cilantro dressing
  • Sesame chicken with brown rice
  • Young athletes and vitamin D
  • Bruges Christmas market potatoes

where have you seen me?

Footer

Need More Emails? Subscribe to my Monthly Newsletter

  • recipes
  • about
  • sports nutrition
  • health
  • privacy policy/disclaimer
  • contact me

Copyright © 2021 Sarah Pflugradt on the Cravings Pro Theme