Orange-Pineapple Delight

Submitted by Lennie

"I was just tickled with this recipe. Many years ago I had a similar recipe that used fresh strawberries and strawberry jello; it was very pretty and very tasty and I was sad when I lost my copy. But I like orange-pineapple even more than strawberries, so this recipe, found in a Jell-O cookbook, is a newfound treasure! Serve as a sweet salad, or a dessert. Perfect for a potluck or bbq."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained
• cold orange juice, as needed
• 1 1⁄2 cups boiling water
• 1 (6 ounce) package orange gelatin (or 2 3oz pkgs)
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

directions

1. Drain pineapple well, reserving juice.
2. Place pineapple juice in a 2-cup measuring cup and add enough cold orange juice to make 1 1/2 cups liquid.
3. Place orange jello in a large bowl and add boiling water; stir at least 2 minutes or until jello is completely dissolved.
4. Stir pineapple/orange juice into jello.
5. Reserve one cup of the jello mixture; leave this at room temperature.
6. Stir half of the crushed pineapple into jello mixture in bowl; pour into a 6 cup mold that you've sprayed with nonstick cooking spray (like Pam).
7. Refrigerate mold about two hours, or until set but not firm-- mixture should stick to your finger when touched, and should mound.
8. Place cream cheese into mixing bowl and stir in reserved gelatin (what you've been keeping at room temp); whisk well until smooth.
9. Stir in remaining crushed pineapple; spoon this mixture over gelatin layer in mold.
10. Refrigerate for 4 hours or until firm; unmold and serve.

Reviews

[Merlot]

This is a very nice summer dish. Light and so refreshing. Makes for a very pretty presentation. I took this to a pot luck BBQ and it was a hit!!! (I should have make two of them). Thanks for sharing this, Lennie.

 

[TommyGato]

This light treat is easy and seems amazingly rich even when made with sugar free gelatin and low fat or fat free cream cheese. I've tried variations with different fruit/juice and gelatin flavors that also work well--though orange-pineapple is hard to beat!

 

[robyn win]

This is a lovely light dessert, specially in summer, and so easy to assemble. And, the BIG bonus...it doesn't contain Coolwhip...us Kiwis can't get that stuff. Thankyou for sharing this, Lennie.

 

[Dana-MMH]

This was so easy to prepare, and what a great summer dish. I made this over the weekend and took it to a bbq, we all enjoyed it. Thanks Lennie, thinking of you!