NYT says have jello salad this Thanksgiving!

Because they taste sparkly! 

My mom made a similar cranberry salad at Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Brings back so many memories.

The other weird jello salad that mom made was orange jello with finely grated carrots and crushed pineapple.  My dad loved this as a snack.  No mayo in jello salads ever!

My mom used to make the same thing.  She also made a jello "salad" with fruit cocktail in it, "frosted" with dream whip and topped with grated cheese.  Both of these were on our Christmas dinner table.  Childhood memories.

We always had this in lemon flavoured jelly (jello) at Christmas when I was a kid. On the Dec Daily thread on the GS board we've been discussing these, both the salads and the NYT article, and I'm fairly committed to the idea of making this one for our family dinner.

I make one with raspberry jello, whole berry cranberry gel, crushed pineapple, walnuts and apple juice. It’s topped with a sour cream and cream cheese topping. We all love it. It sounds strange and extended family was dubious until they tried it. I grew up with it so the recipe is over 50 years old.

Jello dishes were not a thing in my family. Some of what is being described sounds scary to me, lol.

The only jello dessert I’ve enjoyed includes a crust made from crushed pretzels and a cream cheese layer in the middle.

mollycoddle - the recipe you linked says in 2017 and 2018 it was the site's most visited page for November! 😃

"thatmidwesternmom" had an Instagram story about this NY Times jello salad feature

My daughter always requests fresh cranberry orange relish for Thanksgiving, but she was living cross country so I skated by with Trader Joe's. Since she'll be home this year, I have to go cranberry shopping(apologies--no jello.)

Would you mind sharing the recipe?

I loved the jello salads my mom made when I was a kid. Would love to try one myself. 

I read this as jello shots last night when I was tired. 🤦‍♀️

My aunt made this for every Thanksgiving. Called it "sunshine salad." 

My great aunt always made a jello ring for Thanksgiving.

Lime.

Made creamy.

with shredded cheddar cheese in it.

Strange that no one has offered to pick that up in her stead.

LOL, the fish and meat filled ones are even worse! 

My family used to make the ambrosia stuff with the jello, mini marshmallows, canned fruit salad, coconut and I don’t know what else. I was never a huge fan. I have only vague recollections of jello with shredded carrots in it so it must not have been a staple in our household growing up. I do like the strawberry pretzel jello dessert. I prefer it more like bars though and less like a trifle.

I have never made nor eaten the strawberry pretzel one. Im not sure Ive ever seen it anywhere and Im midwest adjacent!

I remember lime jello with pineapple in it and something with cottage cheese rings a bell.

I make a layered jello *salad* for Christmas and use a clear bowl so that the colours are visible and the layers don't slide.

Bottom layer - Lime jello made with 1 cup hot (boiling) water and the drained crushed pineapple from a can.  Reserve the pineapple liquid as this is used in the 2nd layer.  Chill until set

2nd layer - Lemon or pineapple jello made with juice from above pineapple can and add hot water to make 1 cup. Heat this liquid (in a 4 cup glass bowl) for a minute on high in the microwave, stir in the jello powder and let cool.  While this jello is cooling down, soften a package of cream cheese.  Follow the directions on a package of dream whip, that you have already made (or 1/2 cup of whipping cream, whipped).
Blend the softened cream cheese and the dream whip together until smooth and slowly add the cooled jello. The jello mix will be thick and will blend well with the cream cheese/dream whip mixture.  Chill until set.

Top Layer - 1 package of cherry jello made as directed on the package.  Let this cool down and then gently pour over the middle layer.  This should be a clear topping.  Chill overnight and cover bowl with plastic wrap.  Delicious!