Lucky Lime Salad

Total Time Prep: 20 min. + chilling
Yield 9 servings
Test Kitchen Approved
To start your St. Patrick's Day feast off right, be sure to hand out lucky shamrocks—in the shape of those that top this sweet salad! Making them is merely a matter of cutting gelatin with a cookie cutter. Want to prepare the recipe for another celebration? No problem—just change the cookie cutters to suit the occasion. —Taste Recipes Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 1 package (3 ounces) lime gelatin
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 cups whipped topping
  • 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained
  • SHAMROCKS:
  • 1 package (6 ounces) lime gelatin
  • 2-1/2 cups boiling water

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water; stir in cold water. Chill until slightly thickened. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, lemon juice and whipped topping until smooth; stir into gelatin. Fold in pineapple.
  2. Pour into a greased 9-in. square dish. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.
  3. For shamrocks, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Pour into a greased 11x7-in. pan. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.
  4. Using a 2-in. shamrock-shaped cookie cutter, cut plain gelatin into nine shamrocks. Cut gelatin mixture into nine squares; top each with a gelatin shamrock.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 200 calories, 6g fat (5g saturated fat), 10mg cholesterol, 93mg sodium, 33g carbohydrate (31g sugars, 0 fiber), 3g protein.

To start your St. Patrick's Day feast off right, be sure to hand out lucky shamrocks—in the shape of those that top this sweet salad! Making them is merely a matter of cutting gelatin with a cookie cutter. Want to prepare the recipe for another celebration? No problem—just change the cookie cutters to suit the occasion. —Taste Recipes Test Kitchen
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