When I first heard about coffee jello, I thought it was too good to be true. It seemed like the perfect dessert for when you have friends over, especially if they love coffee.
Coffee jello is quick and very simple to make. It only takes about fifteen minutes to assemble and most of that time is waiting for it to thicken. It also doesn’t require heating up an oven, so it’s perfect for the summer, but can be enjoyed year round.
I found a few recipes online, and combined them to make one that worked well for and is very delicious.
What you’ll need:
Two ¼ ounces of plain gelatin. It’s in the grocery aisle with the jello, probably in a plain looking box.
½ cup of cold coffee. I used a flavored coffee, but really you can use any coffee that you like.
3 cups of hot coffee.
½ cup of sugar. More or less depending on how sweet you like it.
1 pinch of salt.
How to make it:
In a large bowl or I used a small, narrow roasting pan, mix the gelatin and cold coffee.
Let it set for ten minutes for it to thicken.
Add the hot coffee, sugar and salt. Stir it until sugar is completely dissolved.
You can pour it into individual serving dishes or keep it in the roasting pan. Put it in the refrigerator until it sets. I noticed that it took sightly longer than normal jello to set. (Due to acid/PH levels similar to adding pineapple to regular jello) In my refrigerator, it took about three hours; so if you can assemble it before you start to cook, it should be ready by the time you’re done eating.
That’s it. Serve it with whipped cream. I recommend also adding chocolate or caramel syrup, or add bananas, strawberries, raspberries or anything else you’d like.
For another delicious looking coffee jello, check out Chameleons Dream’s recipe.
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Photo by Colddayforpontooning
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Looks mighty interesting! Never thought of coffee jello before, never chewed my coffee before either. I’ll have to give it a shot.
You definitely have to try it. It might be my new favorite dessert and it was so easy to make.
It sounds weird at first, but once you taste it – it’s heaven! Thanks for the shout out to my Espresso Velvet coffee jello dessert recipe.
I agree, it’s total heaven. It’s now my official dessert of choice. My pleasure about the link, I am going to try your recipe soon.
We will definitely be trying this out in our coffee shop. The problem now is that I can’t decide whether to use espresso or a rich flavor (maybe Wedding Cake)?
Very cool Tara, let me know how it goes. If it were me, I’d go with a rich flavor one, but I haven’t tried it with an espresso yet.
Eeek that might be a tough one, I think I may be out of my coffee league with the Jello. The creativity is certainly there but, hmm.
If you can make Jello, you can make coffee jello. In other words, if I can make it with my lack of kitchen skills, I’m pretty sure anyone can.
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