This cream cheese and whipped cream-layered cranberry Jell-O salad is not your typical cranberry salad. Apples, pineapples, and orange juice give it a delicious flavor in addition to the cranberries.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 25 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
Ingredients
- 1 (6 ounce) package cherry-flavored gelatin mix (such as Jell-O®)
- ¾ cup boiling water
- 1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- ¾ cup orange juice
- 1 medium apple with peel, grated
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
Instructions
- Stir gelatin into boiling water in a mixing bowl until dissolved; let cool, about 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, process cranberries in a food processor until finely chopped. Add sugar and process until dissolved.
- Pour cranberry mixture into cooled gelatin mixture. Stir in pineapple, pecans, orange juice, and apple until well combined. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours to overnight.
- When ready to serve, beat cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in cream cheese.
- Layer 1/2 of the chilled cranberry mixture in a glass serving dish. Spread whipped cream mixture over top, then finish with remaining cranberry mixture.
Reviews
YUMMMM. MADE IT.
Omg I love this recipe so much!! It is so yummy and pretty!! I want to take the cranberry fruit part of this recipe and mix it in a cheesecake and bake it. I think it would be amazing!! i will follow up when I do this!!
WOW. First time making this and it was a MAJOR hit! I’ve never had anything like this before and it was a refreshing twist on your typical cranberry sauce. From here on out this will be my signature dish every holiday….everyone LOVED it. The cranberry part of this recipe was absolutely delicious. Tart, crunchy, and just the right amount of sweetness. I used the Black Cherry jello based on previous reviews and it made for a beautiful color, alongside the brightness of the cranberries. I did end up tweaking the cream cheese recipe. I used a container of cool whip, an 8 oz block of cream cheese, a dash of vanilla extract and a cup of sugar. It helped balance out the tartness of the cranberries. This was absolutely divine!
This is a great recipe!! It will be a new holiday favorite.
I made it right by the recipe, it was delicious – so pretty and festive. The family loved it.
This is fantastic! Made it at Christmas and the family loved it! I totally forgot to add the orange juice and it was still delish! A winner!
This is a show stopping crowd pleaser. Personally, I always said I didn’t like cranberry relish. Well, that’s not true anymore. I made a mistake and used 3oz jello raspberry packet instead of 6 oz the first time I made it and I’m glad I did. It just soft sets it although it will hold a slight shape. Doesn’t make it seem like jello at all that way. Now that I understand how we like it I sightly cut back on the liquid too. It is good even without the cream cheese mixture, but that does make it better. ?? I found it difficult to spread the cream cheese mixture so now I put it in plastic quart zipper bag, seal, cut a snip from a corner and I pipe it in circles between layers of the relish. super fast and makes a pretty edge of layering in the glad bowl.
We LOVED it. Best cranberry jello salad ever! Will definitely make it again.
It was ok for me. Others at the table liked it. I think the problem was instead of whipping heavy cream I used extra creamy Cool Whip. If I made again I would whip the heavy cream
Omg I love this recipe so much!! It is so yummy and pretty!! I want to take the cranberry fruit part of this recipe and mix it in a cheesecake and bake it. I think it would be amazing!! i will follow up when I do this!!
I made this for Thanksgiving dinner (using cherry jello) and got rave reviews. I plan to make it again for Christmas dinner!
Amazing! This is the best recipe and has been a family favorite for years!
Made this for my family for Thanksgiving (2-years ago) and followed the recipe exactly. They were in love. They now request this multiple times per year and ALWAYS at Thanksgiving now. We are usually a canned cranberry sauce family but not anymore!
OMG this is good!!
I love, love this recipe! I make this every year for the holidays at the request of my family. I also use Raspberry Jello, glazed pecans and I add 2 tablespoons of sugar to the whipped mixture because I like it sweet. This is hands down my favorite dish to bring to the party!
I made this for Thanksgiving and it is amazing! Everyone loved it and I will be making it again for Christmas!
Love, Love, Love this recipe and so does everyone else! In order to have enough and fill my glass serving dish, I doubled the cranberry portion of the recipe. Also, Cherry & Cherry Lemonade Jello add a nice flavor. As for the whipped cream & cream cheese filling, I used 8 ounces of cream cheese, but, I increased the Whipping cream to 1 1/2 cups & added 2 – 3 tablespoons of Confectioners sugar. I filled the Center with 3/4 of the whipped cream mixture then finished off the top with small dollops of the remaining 1/4. Photo added.
Wonderful recipe! I omitted the cream cheese filling and we thought it was perfect.
Its Beautiful and Delicious!!
Made it for thanksgiving and it was wonderful! Was going to make it again for tomarow, thought I had everything except I bought 1 – 3 Oz pk of raspberry jello. I had a 6 Oz box of lime jello. Anyone think this may work or should I run to town for another 3 Oz raspberry jello?
This was a good salad. My family and I were especially fond of its crisp, fresh taste without a lot of sugary sweetness.