When we have leftover ripe bananas, we usually make banana bread or banana cookies. However, on hot days, particularly in the summer, I just don’t want to bake. This layered strawberry jello salad recipe is perfect!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make our layered strawberry jello salad, you need the following ingredients:
- Strawberry Jello
- Boiling water
- Crushed pineapple
- Bananas
- Strawberries
- Sour cream
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Our Layered Strawberry Jello Salad
- Pour package of jell-o into a medium bowl.
- Pour boiling water over strawberry jello and mix until gelatin is fully dissolved.
- Add in crushed pineapple and bananas and stir well.
- Add in 12 strawberries and mix until all fruit is covered
- In a small bowl, stir sour cream until it becomes creamy and loosened up a bit.
- In a medium-sized bowl or 9×13″ baking pan, pour half the gelatin mixture. To help the jello set up a bit quicker, place the pan into the freezer for 5-10 minutes or until the jello has started to set.
- Carefully ladle the sour cream over the jello and spread in an even layer.
- Carefully pour the other half of the jello mixture over the sour cream.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours
- Top with a sliced strawberry.
Frequently Asked Questions
The fruit can add a lot of sweetness to the didsh, and the slightly sour, creamy texture of sour cream is a good counter to the sugar.
Growing up, my mom was always mixing fruit into our jello – mandarin oranges in orange jello, peaches in peach jello, raspberries in raspberry jello, fruit cocktail in lime jello, etc. It’s easy to do. For this recipe, we will be using crushed pineapple, ripe bananas that have been smashed, and strawberries. Mix together the jell-o and water as directed in the recipe and once it’s dissolved, slowly mix in the fruit. Make sure that all the fruit is covered by the jell-o and you are good to go.
Yes! Frozen fruit is a great alternative to fresh fruit in jello, especially when fresh fruit is not in season. For this recipe, you will want to be sure that your frozen strawberries are sliced.
For this recipe, I would not recommend substituting whipped cream or cool whip in place of the sour cream. This dish is already so sweet that the sweetness from the whipped cream or cool whip would take it over the top.However, a great substitute would be plain Greek yogurt or vanilla Greek yogurt.
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Layered Strawberry Jello Salad
Ingredients
- 6 ounces strawberry jello, 1 box
- 1½ cup boiling water
- 8 ounces crushed pineapple, drained
- 2 bananas, ripe, and mashed without lumps
- 20 strawberries, divided and thinly sliced, fresh or frozen
- 1 cup sour cream, regular or light
Instructions
- Pour package of jell-o into a medium bowl.
- Pour boiling water over strawberry jello and mix until gelatin is fully dissolved.
- Add in crushed pineapple and bananas and stir well.
- Add in 12 strawberries and mix until all fruit is covered
- In a small bowl, stir sour cream until it becomes creamy and loosened up a bit.
- In a medium-sized bowl or 9×13" baking pan, pour half the gelatin mixture. To help the jello set up a bit quicker, place the pan into the freezer for 5-10 minutes or until the jello has started to set.
- Carefully ladle the sour cream over the jello and spread in an even layer.
- Carefully pour the other half of the jello mixture over the sour cream.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 3 hours
- Top with a sliced strawberry.
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What a delicious recipe!
Thank you so much for this recipe! I love your blog the fact that its a collaboration of six sisters is wonderful. Hugs!
oooh that sounds yum, must try when i have some brown bananas. Altho that doesnt happen much in my house, my boy looooooves his bananas haha
love this recipe but wanted to recommend greek yogurt instead of sour cream, tastes the same and then I feel less guilty!!
My Mom made this jello recipe for us all the time. It was my absolute favorite. But she sliced up ripe bananas instead of smashed older ones. I will give this a try. Yes, you must use sour cream! Mmmmm!
Yummy
Are you suppose to drain the pineapple?
Hi Tami, we drained the pineapple. Thanks for letting us know so we could add it to the recipe.