12-15crushed Golden Oreoscrushed with a food processor
8ouncetub of frozen whipped toppingthawed slightly cooler than room temp
Blue food color drops
Teddy grahams
Gummy life savers
Drink umbrellas
Instructions
Add Jello mix to 2 cups of boiling water. Mix with a fork or wish until the Jello is completely dissolved. Add in the cold water and continue mixing.
When done, pour Jello evenly into (6) 5oz plastic cups. You will pour up to 1 inch before the cup’s rim.
Place cups inside the refrigerator to chill for 1 hour or until the Jello is semi-solidy. At this point, add 1-2 Swedish dish in the bottom of the Jello sticking them in with your finger. Return to refrigerator to continue chilling for 3-4 hours or overnight.
When you’re ready to assemble cups, begin by adding the sand to each cup. Add 1-2 heavy spoonfuls of Oreo crumbs to one side of all the cups. This should cover half of the cups surface.
Without taking the whipped topping out of the container, add about 3 drops of food coloring. Use a fork or spoon to gently mix in. Be sure to not mix in fully. You want to create ocean streaks and lines.
Add 1-2 spoonfuls of whipped topping to each cup beside the sand crumbs.
Next wrap your Teddy grahams in their Life Saver Gummy floats. Stretch out the Lifesaver gummies with your fingers before adding the Teddy graham in the middle. Then add the Teddy graham inside their float to the ocean portion of the cups. You can also add Teddy grahams without LifeSaver floats to the sand portion.
Finish each cup by sticking a drink umbrella inside the sand portion of each cup.
Serve chilled and enjoy!
Notes
Storage:
To Store: You can store your undecorated jello cups covered in the fridge for up to a week. Garnish them just before you are ready to serve.
Tips:
I like to line up my plastic cups on a flat, firm, moveable surface like a tray or cookie sheet. This makes it easier to move them back and forth from the fridge.
This recipe is really easy to double or triple (and I recommend it!).
You may need to add food coloring drops twice. You don’t want to over mix the whipped topping and food color, so use the top streaky portion fully and then add more drops as needed to create more streaky whipped topping to choose from.
Be sure the whipped topping isn’t warm and completely at room temperature or “soupy”. This recipe works best when there is a bit of texture in the whipped topping.
You may need to put your jello cups back inside the refrigerator to chill before serving.