How To Make Blueberry Jello Salad (Easy Blueberry Salad Recipe)
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Here is a delicious recipe for an old fashioned jello salad that is sure to impress your family and friends at any potluck or holiday. Follow along as we walk you through the steps on how to make blueberry jello salad from scratch!
Blueberry Jell-O Salad Recipe
Just when I thought I had eaten every variety of 1950s jello salads, my friend Wendy shared her family favorite blueberry Jello dessert salad. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, you name it, this tasty side dish has graced her table for over thirty year.
This easy, two-layered treat consists of a blueberry gelatin layer on the bottom and a sweetened cream cheese topping.
No Bake Dessert Recipe
No bake desserts are the best when it’s the dog days of summer with the temperatures soaring.
There’s no need to heat up your kitchen using the oven or the stovetop. To dissolve the gelatin, use hot water from the tap, no boiling required.
It tastes particularly refreshing for summer picnics, and it’ll be sure to be a hit with everyone.
Ingredients
- Grape Jell-O
- Hot Water
- Undrained Crushed Pineapple
- Blueberry Pie Filling
- Cream Cheese, softened
- Sour Cream
- Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Chopped Pecans
How To Make Blueberry Jello Salad
Step By Step Instructions
- In a large bowl, dissolve grape jello mix in hot water with a whisk or a blender on low speed.
- Stir in undrained pineapple and can of blueberry pie filling. (Chopped nuts can be either added to this jello layer or saved as a topping.
- Pour mixture into a 13 x 9 inch baking dish or a large glass bowl; refrigerate until the jello layer sets up.
- Prepare cream cheese icing by beating softened cream cheese and sour cream.
- Add sugar and vanilla, and beat until stiff peaks form.
- Spread cream cheese topping over gelatin layer. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
- Refrigerate to let the topping set up.
Storage Instructions
Store leftovers in the fridge for 5 – 7 days.
The full ingredient list and recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Recipe Variations for Blueberry Gelatin Salad
- Use raspberry, black cherry jello or blackberry jello if you can’t find grape gelatin mix
- Any type of chopped nuts will work. Chopped walnuts are particularly good.
- The chopped nuts can be added directly to the gelatin mixture, or sprinkled on top of the cream cheese topping.
- Nuts can be omitted completely.
- Garnish the cream cheese icing with fresh blueberries.
- Use a can of strawberry pie filling and strawberry jello for a whole new dessert. Or try Farmwife Cooks’ Strawberry Jello Fluff Salad recipe.
Recipe FAQs
- Grape jello can be hard to find. If you can’t find this flavor, either get it here on Amazon, or sub in raspberry, black cherry or blackberry jello. Check out our “Pantry Essentials” list on our Amazon Store for a link to grape jello and other ingredients.
- Make this no bake dessert ahead of time to give it the appropriate time to set up in the refrigerator.
- There’s two places the chopped nuts can go—either in the jello layer or as a topping.
- This uses large cans of crushed pineapple and blueberry pie filling.
- Be sure your cream cheese is softened to room temperature to prevent lumps.
Old Fashioned Gelatin Desserts
How To Make Blueberry Jello Salad (Easy Blueberry Salad Recipe)
Ingredients
Jell-O Layer
- 6 ounces grape Jell-O
- 20 ounces crushed pineapple (do not drain)
- 21 ounces blueberry pie filling
Topping
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 pint sour cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Dissolve grape jello mix in hot water.
- Stir in undrained pineapple and blueberry pie filling. (See notes about nuts)
- Pour into a 13 x 9 inch baking pan or a large glass bowl.
- Refrigerate for several hours until the gelatin sets up.
- For topping, cream softened cream cheese and sour cream.
- Add sugar and vanilla and beat until stiff peaks form.
- Spread over jello layer. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
- Refrigerate to let the topping set up.
Notes
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- Grape jello can be hard to find. If you can’t find this flavor, either get it here on Amazon, or sub in raspberry, black cherry or blackberry jello.
- Make this no bake dessert ahead of time to give it the appropriate time to set up in the refrigerator.
- There’s two places the chopped nuts can go—either in the jello layer or as a topping.
- This uses large cans of crushed pineapple and blueberry pie filling.
- Be sure your cream cheese is softened to room temperature to prevent lumps.
- The nutritional information below is auto-calculated and can vary depending on the products used. It should not be used for specific dietary needs.
Nutrition
Questions about Jello
Why was jello salad popular?
It seems like there’s a never-ending supply of Jello salad recipes from the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The reason the Jell-O salad became so popular for pitch-ins, picnics, and parties is that it was an inexpensive dish to make, plus it served a crowd.
Why does Utah like Jell-O so much?
Utah, having the highest percentage of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (also called Mormons) is also the state that consumes the most Jello-O per capita. Jell-O is a family-friendly treat, and it’s said that members of the Mormon faith like to eat it for just this reason.
Why do old people eat Jello?
Jello is a good source of collagen which is increasingly important as we age. Every year, our natural collagen in our bodies decrease. Since collagen is important for skin, joints, bones tendons, cartiledge, etc., eating jello is a easy way to help with collagen production, especially in the elderly.
