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homemade strawberry jello with fresh strawberries
Molly LaFontaine

Homemade Strawberry Jello

My homemade strawberry jello is so simple to make from scratch without all the junk! No corn syrup, additives, or artificial dyes here. I hope this recipe helps you replace store-bought jello packets in your house like it has in ours!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Chilling Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 12 cubes of jello (approximately)
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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups whole strawberries (about 22-24 berries or 1 package)
  • 2 cups cold water
  • 1 tsp lemon juice (fresh or pure from a bottle)
  • 1/2 cup + 2 Tbsp pure cane sugar OR raw honey (you pick either cane sugar or honey, not both)
  • 2 Tbsp unflavored beef gelatin (I use Divided Sunset Grass-Fed Beef Gelatin from Walmart)

Instructions

  1. Rinse strawberries, pat dry, and remove the green tops.
  2. Place whole strawberries into a blender with 1 cup of water. Blend on high speed until smooth.
  3. Pour blended mixture into a pot through a fine mesh strainer if desired to remove seeds, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
  4. While strawberry mixture is heating, add 1 cup cold water, lemon juice, and cane sugar or honey to a mixing bowl. Whisk just to mix, don’t worry about dissolving everything right now.
  5. Sprinkle beef gelatin over the mixture. Stir just to moisten gelatin and let sit for 5 minutes to bloom. Set aside.
  6. Once strawberry mixture comes to a boil, immediately take off heat and pour into cold gelatin mix when the 5 minutes are up. Whisk until everything is dissolved.
  7. Keep in mixing bowl or pour into cups, molds, a container if desired (greasing is not needed). I use an 11-cup glass rectangle Pyrex dish and it fits perfectly!
  8. Refrigerate until firm (minimum 5 hours for a softer jello or up to 24 hours for a firmer jello). Enjoy!

Notes

We enjoyed the pure cane sugar version and the honey version so much we couldn't pick which one was better so I wanted to give you the option of either!
I highly recommend letting it set up for 24 hours!
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