Growing up, my grandmother served Jell-O with practically every meal. It didn’t matter if we were eating meatloaf or a turkey dinner, there would always be some sort of Jell-O concoction on the table. Her recipe for 7-Up Orange Jell-O Salad is one of my favorites.
It’s perfect for picnics and potlucks. 🙂
Grandma’s 7-Up Orange Jell-O Salad Recipe
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 6 oz box orange Jello
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup cold 7-Up
- 1 cup crushed pineapple (, drained)
- 1 cup canned mandarin oranges (, drained)
- 1 cup miniature marshmallows
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut {I use sweetened}
Instructions
- Pour orange Jell-o into a large glass or ceramic serving dish and set aside.
- Bring water to a boil in a saucepan then carefully pour hot water over gelatin and stir until it is all dissolved. Add 1 cup cold 7-Up. Stir well. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until partially set. Add crushed pineapple, mandarin oranges, marshmallows and shredded coconut, stir well and then refrigerate until set.
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Em says
I will try this! My grandmother made a jello salad with cherries and whipped cream. I think there were pecans. I need to ask my aunt for that recipe. 🙂
Nancy C. says
My grandma loved making jello parfaits…orange, yellow, green, or any color layered with whip cream. She even had parfait glasses and special parfait spoons! She also loved topping jello with sugar and Coffee Rich or cream…..ewww!
The only jello we eat is a Thanksgiving: dark cherry jello mixed with crushed pineapple, and, my favorite, a can of cherry pie filling!
Kayla says
Mavis, I am confused by the very first sentence. You said you grandma served breakfast with every meal and then started talking about Jello. Ummm… Is Jello considered breakfast? I’m not judging 🙂
AmyWW says
I wondered about this too. I have never had Jello for breakfast. I wondered if she means that her grandma served Jello at practically every meal, even breakfast?
Mavis Butterfield says
It was a typo.. Grandma did not serve Jell-O for breakfast. Ha! I fixed it.
Ashley says
The deli’s at my grocery stores sells something similar. It’s definitely a generation based recipe. I used to clean for an elderly man and he called it heavenly salad or something along those lines. So happy to have access to fresh ingredients for desserts these days….also so happy to have these recipes to make and reminisce over!
Lynne says
My mother made something she called ambrosia salad. One cup each of the mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple , little marshmallows and coconut, but instead of the jello, one cup each of mayonaisse and sour cream. Looks like a relative of this jello salad!
Sue says
Using mayonnaise sounds weird. Ambrosia salad is made with whipped cream and sour cream. Mayo would give it a very odd flavor.
Ellen in Clackamas says
Every holiday dinner we had some kind of Jello salad (and plain Jello any time). Mom made something similar to Lynne’s ambrosia salad but instead of the mayo she used pistacio pudding and cool whip. We called it “Mom’s green salad”. She also made a quasi vegetable salad with lime or lemon jello and put in shredded carrots and celery then smoothed a thin layer of mayo over the top (ugh)…never could figure that one out! I sure do want to try Mavis’ Grandma’s recipe though. Just have to remember the 7-Up!
Mary Margaret says
Mavis I hail from LeRoy, NY. Jello was founded in our little town. We even have a Jello Museum that attracts 1000’s from all of the world to visit it. I would attach a pic but it won’t let me. 🙂 we love our Jell-o!
Debbie B. says
I am a Type II diabetic and was wondering if this recipe would work with Diet soda and sugar free jello. I always buy unsweetened fruits and could use unsweetened coconut and reduce the marshmallows to 3/4 or 1/2 cup.
This sounds so refreshingly cool and with the heat index here topping out at 100+ this week would be so nice!
Mavis Butterfield says
I’ve never tried this recipe with diet soda or sugar free Jell-O but I would think it would be fine. 🙂
LaceFaerie says
Yes, you can make this sugar free. I used to adapt all sorts of jello desserts to Weight Watchers acceptable.
LaceFaerie says
When money was very tight when I was growing up, my Mama made jello to serve with dinner every night. She used different flavores and fruits, but always included cottage cheese. (Sneaking in extra protein and calcium) If she started early enough she would make it layered. Such as cherry jello with cottage cheese and a can of fruit salad on the bottom, then after that was set, she’d make up a package of Dream Whip and add it to lemon jello. Only on special occasions did we get mini marshmallows in the mix. It was an inexpensive way to serve dessert to a family of seven!
I often make some sort of jello salads for our family BBQs, always a hit!
Cheryl says
I make something similar, but use the fruit juice as part of the water. It gives the Jell-O a lot more flavor. Any type of pop can be used with Jell-O. Root beer, orange, lemon lime, and cherry cola are our favorites.
Heathere says
I am from Utah and in Utah we love us some Jello!! It is the high light country outing!!