I thought the pictures of those rainbow Jello eggs floating around the Internet looked super delightful and I needed to bring a dessert to our annual family Easter gathering, something the "kids would like." Well if kids don't like rainbow Jello eggs, I don't know what they like.
But, I could not find a real recipe for these eggs. I found a suggestion of a recipe that led to a sort of recipe. But how much cool whip, sour cream, yogurt, etc. do you add? How long is long enough for the Jello to become tacky but not fully set to add the next layer? How much Jello do I need to make to make a dozen eggs? The whole box seemed like too much. So I set out to come up with a real recipe. Here is what I did and this is what happened....
I bought 6 colors of Jello; red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. I used only half of each box for 12 eggs. Each box is about 6T of powder. So I used 3T of powder, 1/2 C hot water and 1/2 C cold water. I made all 6 colors at the same time. I sprayed the egg molds really well with Pam cooking oil spray, using my finger to make sure the whole inside of the egg was coated. Terrified I would go through all this trouble and the eggs would fall apart. Yikes!
I used a small plastic medicine syringe, the kind that comes with kids medicine because that is what I had in the house. I put two syringes full of red Jello in the egg mold first. Then I whisked in 1T of sour cream to the remaining Jello in the bowl. I kept checking the molds every five minutes to see when they would become tacky but not be too set that the layers would not stick together... After 25 minutes of checking and not getting a set at all, I put all the other bowls of Jello in the fridge to cool. I guess I could have done the "quick set" directions on the box with the ice-cubes but I did not know ahead of time.
Finally at 27 minutes I added the same amount for the second layer of the red with the added sour cream. This layer mixed in with the first layer in a few eggs, but most stayed on top. I waited 10 minutes for the orange layer and squirted that in, some fell through again, some stayed on top.
Then my 2 1/2 year old slipped and fell and wacked his nose and cheek and chipped a tooth. Off we went to emergent care. So the beginnings of the rainbow Jello eggs, which was not going so well would not get finished.
When we came home, I dumped all the extra jello in a bowl and it turned brown and I stuck it in the fridge. I will probably throw it out because honestly, I am not a fan of Jello. It is full of artificial garbage and is way too sweet. I will never try to make these eggs again. If you do, I wish you great luck and patience and time to finish.
