How to Make a Refreshing Orange Jello Salad
This delicious and easy to make Orange Jello Salad is a perfect side dish for Easter, a summer cookout, or really any time you want a quick side. With only five ingredients, it can be made in just a few minutes with nothing more complicated than stirring, and peeling and chopping oranges. If you don’t feel like chopping up oranges, it is equally good without the orange pieces.
Orange Jello Salad is a Family Favorite
Orange Jello salad is a longtime family favorite recipe passed down from my maternal great grandmother, Ida Gunn. Pictured above is her handwritten version of the recipe. This is one of my very favorite dishes, and my Easter dinner is not complete without it. I also request this often as part of my birthday dinner. Her original recipe as written called for lemon extract, but we have always heeded her note that it is not needed. Feel free to try adding it in if you’d like.
Orange Jello Salad
Ingredients
- 2 cups applesauce
- 3 oz. package of lemon Jello
- 3 oz. package of orange Jello
- 2 cups lemon lime soda (such as Sprite)
- 3 oranges, segmented and chopped up into smaller pieces
Instructions
- Heat the applesauce in a small saucepan over medium heat or heat in a microwave safe container in microwave until hot (approx. 2-3 minutes).
- Make sure to stir the applesauce while it is heating. If using the microwave, stop and stir after each minute of cooking.
- Add lemon and orange Jello gelatin packets and stir until gelatin is dissolved.
- Slowly pour in lemon lime soda and stir to combine.
- Chill in refrigerator for 1 hour and then take out to stir in chopped orange pieces.
- Return to refrigerator to finish chilling until completely set (several hours or overnight).
Handed Down Family Recipes are the Best Recipes
Recipes passed down through the generations, like this treasured Orange Jello Salad recipe, are the best kind of recipes. You know it’s a good recipe when four generations of my family have made it through the years. What treasured family recipes do you love to make?
Have a good day!
Kristin
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