this retro Vegan Jello Salad recipe is a light and bright fluffy dessert that just might remind you of childhood. a mildly sweet dish for holidays, potlucks, anytime!

recipe originally published March 23, 2017

Vegan Jello Salad Recipe

This “salad” was a holiday staple when I was a kid – gracing every Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner table. While it is sweet, and definitely a dessert, this was not our dessert. (I now mix it up with different flavors at the holidays, like our Cranberry Fluff Jello Salad.

This was served with dinner – dessert happened several hours later, right? That is still how things are – dessert happens about the time cocktails and rummy card decks make an appearance…

In our family, this Retro Jello Salad recipe goes way back to my Grandma Edie. Okay, my grandma’s jello salad was always lime. I changed the flavor this time for a couple reasons – one, I wanted a bright and sunny orange flavor, and two, I cannot find a vegan gelatin substitute in lime flavor.

Other than the jello flavor, everything else is essentially the same. Well, a vegan version of the same.

see also: Cranberry Fluff Jello Salad

Vegan Holiday Recipe

This bright springtime version would be great for Easter brunch or any spring time brunches and parties. I’d say it will go all through summer, if you’re needing a potluck style dessert.

The vegan jello substitute I use has a peach flavor too – that would be perfect to pair with fresh juicy summer peaches…

I have shared this before – several years ago I made Piña Colada Cheesecake Bars with a Pretzel Shortbread Crust.

We typically serve this “salad” in bowls as is, but spreading the salad mixture over a crust and cutting it into bars is another great way to serve this. It still requires a fork, but…

tastes like childhood.

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