Congealed Cherry Salad
Congealed Cherry Salad
Congealed Cherry Salad is a fantastic salad made with all sorts of good things. Dark sweet cherries, mandarin oranges, crushed pineapple, chopped pecans and mini marshmallows. Cherry jello holds everything together. This post also contains a Kitchen Tip on: How to Unmold Jello. After all, if you don’t unmold a jello salad correctly, all you’ll have is a big ‘ol mess to serve. And we don’t want that, do we?!

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Congealed
What in the world does “Congealed” mean? It’s a not so nice sounding word for a delicious tasting jell-o salad. Congealed means: “A jell-o salad made with flavored or unflavored gelatin, fruit, nuts, and vegetables such as grated carrots, chopped celery and/or cottage cheese, cream cheese, whipped topping and/or mini marshmallows.” So tell me something I don’t know!!
Basically “congealed” means: any jell-o salad with a bunch of stuff in it. The next time you see the phrase/recipe that calls itself a “congealed” jello salad, don’t run screaming in the other direction. It’s just a jello salad, so grab a big spoon and dig in. Its full of all kinds of good things to eat.


Congealed Cherry Salad
Ingredients
- 1 15 oz can dark sweet pitted cherries, undrained
- 1 11 oz can mandarin oranges, undrained
- 1 8 oz can crushed pineapple, undrained
- 1 6 oz package cherry gelatin
- 1 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup mini marshmallows
- whipped topping for garnish, optional
Equipment
- jello mold
Instructions
- Drain fruit, reserving 1 1/2 cups juice; set aside. Bring juice to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add gelatin; cook stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until gelatin dissolves. Remove gelatin mixture from heat; stir in cold water. Cover and chill until mixture is the consistency of unbeaten egg whites. Fold in fruit, pecans and mini marshmallows. Spoon into a lightly sprayed 6-cup mold, cover and chill until firm.
Un-mold jello salad and serve.
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Kitchen Tip: How to Unmold Jello
To unmold with ease:mRun a knife around edge of mold to break the suction. Gently pull salad away from sides using fingers. Wrap mold in a damp, warm dish towel for 1 minute. Unwrap, place a serving platter on top of mold, and invert. Gently shake, and remove mold. Non-stick cooking spray works wonders also. I have several, ok it’s a “collection” of “vintage” Tupperware jello molds that are fantastic. When the seal or cover is opened or broken, the molded jello slips right out.

One Comment on “Congealed Cherry Salad”
This was a fun post to read and you sound like me when something sounds like a word "congealed" I would go running the other way!!
This salad looks so nice for the holiday table. My mom used to make jello molds with fruit for the holiday too. It brings back nice memories and I think I will make one this year too. Blessings for a beautiful Thanksgiving. Catherine