Cute, delicious, fun and easy-to-make combine to make the perfect sweet treat in this Valentine’s Day Jello Hearts recipe! It only uses 3 ingredients plus water for a yummy, jiggly Valentine dessert that’s sure to please!
If you’re looking for a cute AND easy Valentine’s Day treat, then look no further than this easy Jell-O Hearts recipe! With just a handful of ingredients, you just can’t get any easier than this! And, did I mention how cute they are? Kids and adults alike will love this sweet treat.
Make a batch of these fun Jell-O Hearts for home, class parties, or even for the office. You may find you suddenly become a very popular co-worker if you show up with these fun hearts!
This recipe calls for sweetened condensed milk, but if you don’t have it on hand you can use this recipe to make your own homemade sweetened condensed milk.
To make the heart shape, we simply used a small heart cookie cutter, but if you prefer you can mold your hearts using a heart-shaped mold.
While you make these hearts all at once in a pan, they can be cut apart and served on wax paper squares to be used as single servings. To make it extra cute, place the waxed paper on Valentine print waxed paper or on regular waxed paper squares placed on top of small paper doilies.
Looking for more yummy Valentine’s Day goodies? Be sure and check out these adorable Valentine Cupcake recipes!
Easy Valentine’s Day Jell-O Hearts Recipe
Ingredients:
6 oz. box Strawberry Jello
1 envelope Unflavored Gelatin
2 cups boiling water
7 oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup cold Water
3/4 cup boiling water
JELL-O Strawberry Gelatin Dessert Mix
Knox Gelatine UnflavoredEagle Brand Sweetened Condensed MilkHeart Cookie Cutter SetValentine’s Day Wax PaperRoyal Medallion Lace Round Paper Doilies
How to make these fun Jell-O Hearts
Spray a 8 x 8 pan with non stick cooking spray.
Pour the Jell-0 into a large bowl, add 2 cups boiling water and stir until dissolved.
Pour into the pan and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours. (If you prefer not to use cookie cutters to cut out the heart shapes, you can pour the Jell-o into a heart-shaped mold instead.
In another bowl add 1/4 cup cold water. Sprinkle gelatin packet over top and let stand for several minutes.
Stir in 3/4 cups boiling water and sweetened condensed milk until well combined.
Allow to cool.
Invert red Jell-O pan onto cutting board or wax paper.
With a heart cookie cutter, cut hearts out of the jello. Cut as many as you can fit, but you may not use all of them in the next step.
Spray the pan with cooking spray again.
Arrange the hearts in the pan being careful to leave room for white in between each.
Pour condensed milk mixture around the hearts and place in the refrigerator for several hours until firm.
Remove from pan and cut into squares.
Enjoy!
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Jell-O Hearts Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 oz. box Strawberry Jello
- 1 envelope Unflavored Gelatin
- 2 cups boiling water
- 7 oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1/4 cup cold Water
- 3/4 cup boiling water
Instructions
- Spray a 8 x 8 pan with non stick cooking spray.
- Pour the Jell-0 into a large bowl, add 2 cups boiling water and stir until dissolved.
- Pour into the pan and place in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- In another bowl add 1/4 cup cold water. Sprinkle gelatin packet over top and let stand for several minutes.
- Stir in 3/4 cups boiling water and sweetened condensed milk until well combined.
- Allow to cool.
- Invert red Jell-O pan onto cutting board or wax paper.
- With a heart cookie cutter, cut hearts out of the jello. Cut as many as you can fit, but you may not use all of them in the next step.
- Spray the pan with cooking spray again.
- Arrange the hearts in the pan being careful to leave room for white in between each.
- Pour condensed milk mixture around the hearts and place in the refrigerator for several hours until firm.
- Remove from pan and cut into squares.
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Antoinette M says
So cute and easy to make!
Debbie Welchert says
These look so good and would be so much fun making with my grandchildren.
Dana Rodriguez says
These are super cute. They would be great for a party!
Shelly Peterson says
These are so cute. My grandsons would love these.
Marisela Zuniga says
This is such a cute idea!! I will be making these