Make your own Jello

It is fun to try to make things from scratch that you usually don't think you can. I started making jello from scratch because I wanted to make sugar free jello with stevia and Xylitol. Those are natural sugar free sweeteners. You can also use fruit juice and/or sugar. I'll give two recipes, one sugar free, one with sugar.

Sugar Free Jello with Stevia

1 1/4 TBSP. Unflavored gelatin (I buy mine in bulk from the link below)

1 package kool aid any flavor you like (I don't like super sweet jello. I usually add a tiny bit of lime jello to my strawberry or cherry just to give it a sweet tart flavor)

1/2 cup xylitol (if you don't care about sugar free, you can add 1 cup of sugar instead of the xylitol and stevia)

1/2 tsp. Stevia

2 cups water
1 3/4 cups ice water

Mix all dry ingredients together. Add dry mix to 2 cups of the water. Mix it well and bring just to a very light boil or until the sugar and gelatin are dissolved. Add the ice water, mixing well. I like to add fruit and maybe whipped cream on top.

5 lbs. of unflavored gelatin = $34.09 (June 12, 2010) (That makes a ton of jello since you only use 1 1/4 tbsp. for a large jello recipe)

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