Pear Jello Recipe

Overhead shot of a white baking dish with pink jello inside of it and topped with whipped cream and fresh raspberries.

Raspberry Pear Jello Recipe is a family favorite, tried & tested, jello side dish that I've made for years! Creamy, fluffy, sweet, and so delicious with canned pears and any flavor of Jello you want.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword jello recipe, pear jello

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 0

Fridge Time 6 15

Total Time 6 25

Servings

Calories 196kcal

Author Jessica - Together as Family

Ingredients

1 can (29 oz) pears sliced or halved
1 cup pear juice (from the can)
1 cup hot water
1 box (6 oz) Jello any flavor
8 oz cream cheese
1 tub (8 oz) Cool Whip thawed

Instructions

Drain the can of pears, reserving 1 cup of the pear juice. Discard the remaining pear juice and save the pears for later.
Add the 1 cup pear juice and 1 cup hot water (from the sink faucet) into a glass measuring cup (microwave-safe) and heat in the microwave for 2 minutes.
Pour the dry contents from the jello packet into the water/pear juice and stir with a wire whisk until fully dissolved, about 1-2 minutes.
Let the jello mix cool in the freezer for about 15 minutes. You don’t want the jello to set at all, just cool it down slightly before moving on to the next step.
Add the pears and cream cheese into a blender. Blend on high speed until combined and smooth. Carefully pour in the jello mix (from the freezer). Blend again until combined and smooth.
Add the Cool Whip into the blender and blend to combine until smooth and creamy.
Pour it into a 9x13 baking dish (no need to spray it). Cover it with a lid, or tin foil, and let it refrigerate for at least 6 hours. Overnight is good too.
When ready to serve cut the Jello into 12-15 squares.
* You can serve it as is, or make a pretty presentation, and top each square with whipped cream (homemade or from a spray can) and a fresh fruit piece on top that matches the jello flavor you used.

Notes

Jello : Use any flavor you want! Make sure it's the larger 6 oz sized box. We love this recipe with raspberry jello, lime jello, peach jello, or orange jello. If you can't find the larger box in the flavor you want, just use two of the smaller boxes (3.4 oz oz each) instead.

Pears : Halved or sliced canned pears will both work because you will just be blending them up anyways. I have used both 'heavy syrup' canned pears as well as 100% juice canned pears. Honestly, I have never really noticed a difference either way. Most of the cans I see in the store are in heavy syrup.

Lighten It Up! : You can use lite Cool Whip and/or reduced-fat cream cheese in this recipe. I have never tried this using sugar-free jello. I would imagine it would work just fine. Just make sure you get the same 6 ounces of jello if using sugar-free.

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