Are you an avid Jello Salad fan? Chances are you’ve been making them for decades or grew up eating them at family gatherings. If this is an entirely new concept to you, then I’m sure you have questions, the first being, why on earth is this a salad? Well, funny you should ask, jello salads were everywhere in the 1960s and went by several different names and came in many different flavors. Some of them even had vegetables in them… no, I’m not kidding. But here’s where is gets really weird, it wasn’t even the vegetables that gave these desserts their name… it was from some people using salad dressing in their jello salad recipes. Wait, what? Yep, salad dressing… eek!
But luckily for you, I’m not brave enough to go throwing celery in a jello salad and I’m not crazy enough to ever use salad dressing either. So today’s recipe is a sweet one that’s perfect for hot summer days just like my Grape Jelly Icebox Cake! I love that this Dr Pepper Jello Salad is so easy to make, it requires very little prep work and no baking which makes it a warm-weather win in my book! The twenty-three flavors in Dr Pepper make this dessert an instant hit, add in some cherries, pineapple, and pecans for additional flavor and texture and we’re in business! You can also substitute Cherry Cola for Dr Pepper in this recipe. I love topping it with Cool Whip or my Cream Cheese Whipped Cream.
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