Layered Halloween Jello

5 from 1 vote

This black, orange, and white striped Halloween Jello is a jiggly treat that kids and grown-ups will both enjoy! Cut them into little squares for a fun finger food that is perfect for a party!

Prep Time45

Additional Time4

Total Time4 45

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings: servings

Calories: 1kcal

Author: Amy Nash

Ingredients

7 cups water
2-3 (3-ounce) packages orange jello
2-3 (3-ounce) packages grape jello
1 (1-ounce) box unflavored gelatin powder (comes with four .25-ounce envelopes of powdered gelatin)
Black gel food coloring
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Make Jello Flavors

Make the orange layer: Heat 1 cup of water to boiling in a microwave-safe bowl, about 2-3 minutes in the microwave. Dissolve one of the small 3-ounce boxes of orange jello along with 1 teaspoon of unflavored gelatin powder (it's ½ of an envelope of the Knox unflavored gelatin) in the boiling water. Stir until the jello is dissolved.
Make the black layer: Heat 1 cup of water to boiling in a microwave-safe bowl, about 2-3 minutes in the microwave. Dissolve one of the small 3-ounce boxes of grape or black cherry jello along with 1 teaspoon of unflavored gelatin powder in the boiling water. Stir until the jello is dissolved. Add a few drops of black gel food coloring until you achieve the desired color.
Make the white layer: Heat 1 cup of water to boiling in a microwave-safe bowl, about 2-3 minutes in the microwave. Dissolve one .25-ounce envelopes of unflavored gelatin powder in the boiling water. Stir until dissolved. Add ½ can of sweetened condensed milk and stir until combined.

Assembly

If you are just making one large 9x13-inch pan, pour all of the orange (or black, whichever color you prefer for the top and bottom) into the pan and chill on a flat surface in the fridge for 20-30 minutes while the white layer cools to room temperature.
Once the bottom layer is set up, carefully spoon or pour ¾ cup of the room temperature white layer over the first color. Return to the fridge to set for another 20 minutes.
Repeat with the next color, followed by more of the white layer, and repeating until all of the jello has been used up. You will need to repeat the process of making each color layer so they don't set up at room temperature partway through the assembly process.
If you are making two 8-inch pans so one can have black on bottom and top and the other can be orange on bottom and top, pour half of the orange jello into one 8x8-inch pan and half of the black jello into the other 8x8-inch pan for the first layer. Transfer them to the fridge to chill for 20-30 minutes until set. Repeat adding white jello layers followed by contrasting color layers until finished.
Slice the finished jello into 1-inch cubes before serving as a finger food, or slice into larger squares and top with whipped cream for more of a plated dessert.

Notes

The recipe is written with orange being the primary color with 3 layers of orange and only 2 layers of black, with 4 layers of white in between. If you prefer to have black as the primary color, you will need 3 packages of grape jello and only 2 packages of orange jello. If you take the approach of doing 2 separate 8-inch pans so you can have a batch of each, you will need 3 packages of each flavor and will have a little leftover that you don't use at the end.

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