From frat favorite to kid treat!

Popsicles have always been a favorite in my house, but have you read the ingredients lately? Even the sugar free ones are questionable, what’s really in the “artificial ingredients” anyway? Now I’m not saying my boys will never have another taste of those extremely yummy summer time treats but they will have less. So after many failed attempts at making my own (which have always come out great but my kids never seem to enjoy them as much ) I decided to make something with less sugar, but no artificial flavoring, that both my 7 year old and my 1 year old could eat with their hands and not get messy . Inspired by some awesome Jello shots I once had at a frat party I decided to make “Jello Slices”

The first step is making your own “Flavored Gelatin” since there are very few naturally flavored gelatins on the market we had to make our own. The recipe for this gelatin is located HERE. Bet you didn’t know how easy making Jello/Gelatin was did you?SHHH... If everyone knew JELL-O would be out of business LOL.

Ingredients:

4 Fresh California Oranges

4 cups of homemade Gelatin (any flavor unset)

You Will Need :

1 cupcake pan

Plastic wrap

slice oranges in half remove pulp with spoon (save for a fruit salad or healthy snack) place orange halves in muffin baking pans pour jello in empty orange halves place plastic wrap over the top and refrigerate for approximately 2 hours slice halves into quarters and serve. Pretty easy isn’t it? And don’t limit yourself with Oranges we’ve also used grapefruits, watermelon, and cantaloupe.(Oh and check out this nice pic from notmartha.org, she used lemons and limes too!!)

TIP: Make some for yourself when the kiddies are in bed… just set modify the gelatin by adding ¼ of the amount of water and substitute the rest with some good old vodka. Share with your significant other when the kiddies are in bed!!!

Jello Slices Vs. Popsicle

Jello Slices:
My family loved the Jello slices and they've been asking for them non-stop. They love all the goofi-ness the orange slices have to offer and the sweet taste of the 100% real fruit juice gelatin. I can't belive my kids loved this so much, after all I learned to make them in college and for adults no less.