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Strawberry Poke Cake | Jello Gelatin | Easy Cake Mix Dessert Recipe

It's Strawberry Season! Here's a simple, easy and quick dessert recipe using a cake mix to put together. A classic Strawberry Poke Cake made from a cake mix and Jello gelatin is also a fun way to teach the kids or grandchildren home ec baking cooking skills in the kitchen! It can be made with your favorite flavor of Jello!

Doctored Cake Mix Quick Desserts

Easy quick desserts make a nice ending to a meal. Fresh Strawberries picked during berry season make it even better!

Make this fun dessert using red jello for a a treat in the summer, or Holiday dessert such as July 4th, or perhaps lime Jello or gelatin, for St. Patrick's Day or Christmas dessert.

A nice alternative to the usual classic Strawberry Shortcake, try it also with your favorite from scratch sponge cake recipe. What a fun family activity in the kitchen with the kids for a rainy day or the next time you're babysitting the grandchildren!

Check out a favorite recipe from a co-worker for fresh Strawberry Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

Clean up your kitchen easily with my crochet handmade Dish Cloths from my Moomettes Crochet shop!

Jello Poke Cake

1 box cake mix (white or yellow)
1 box of flavored Jello or gelatin
Red food coloring
1 container of Cool Whip or fresh whipped cream
1 container of fresh strawberries or frozen strawberries (thawed)

Prepare and cook cake according to package directions. Add some red food coloring if desired.
Cool cake.
Using a fork, poke holes all over
Spoon or pour Jello mixture all over the cake.
Chill until jello is no longer runny.
Ice or frost cake with Cool Whip or fresh whipped cream.
Decorate as desired.
Serve with fresh fruit strawberries

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Frozen Lemonade Pie Recipe | Sweet Treat | Frozen Dessert

A Frozen Lemonade Pie recipe is the perfect easy dessert on a hot summer day (or anytime) and takes just 5 minutes to make! These pies freeze great. When preparing for freezer cooking, it's nice to have a second one on hand for whenever you need a quick dessert.

We here in New England really enjoy lemonade, especially Del's Lemonade from Rhode Island!

Frozen Desserts

My friend in New Hampshire sent this lemonade pie recipe to me. Just try it for a cool summer treat! The whole family, kids and grandchildren will enjoy it! Make it Pistachio Green for St. Patrick's Day too.

I want to try some of the Bacardi mixes in this recipe for casual entertaining!

You used to be able to buy small cans of lemonade which made one pie but I can only find the large ones now. You can make 2 at a time and use the whole large can of lemonade. Try it also with fat-free Condensed milk and fat-free Cool Whip. My friend actually likes it better because it is not so rich.

Have the kids help in the kitchen, or surprise the kids or grandkids and make this frozen pie for a hot summer day using pink lemonade or for St. Patrick's Day or 4th of July lemonade!

Check out my recipe for other frozen desserts -

Cool Whip Frozen Peanut Butter Treats

Copycat Pineapple Whip Dessert

Easy clean-up in the kitchen with Handmade Dish Cloths from Moomettes Crochet Shops

Lemonade Pie Recipe

1 can Frozen lemonade slightly thawed (use only half for one pie !)
1 can Eagle Brand sweetened CONDENSED Milk
1 12-oz. Cool Whip, thawed
1 Graham Cracker Crust

Carefully remove plastic top of crust and rinse it . You’ll reuse it to cover pie.
In a mixing bowlicon, blend together partially thawed lemonade with Condensed milk. Add Cool Whip and thoroughly blend.
I also add a few drops of food coloring to intensify color–yellow for yellow lemonade, green for limeade or red for pink lemonade.
Spoon into crust and “make pretty”.
Invert plastic cover and seal around foil edges. Freeze.
Remove from freezer about 15 minutes before serving.
Garnish and decorate with a few raspberries and mint leaves or pipe whip cream on top if you want to go one step further.

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Dream Whip Pie | Instant Pudding | Irish Dessert Recipe for SaintPatrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th. As my husband's family is Irish, we like to to get together with my daughters, son-in-law and grandkids to have our traditional boiled dinner of corned beef, cabbage, and carrots the Sunday before. This year I surprised the grandchildren and made an easy recipe using Dream Whip Pie with green Pistachio pudding as our Irish dessert to top off the evening!

Dream Whip Pie

I found the cutest leprechaun St. Patrick's Day lollipops and used them to garnish the pie. The grandkids were in their glory and enjoyed the special Irish dessert "treat"!

This pie was an easy recipe to make, and can easily be adapted for any occasion or holiday - Valentine's Day, Birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas, just by changing the flavor of the pudding.

I always have boxes of instant pudding for Dream Whip recipes on hand in the pantry and Pillsbury pie crusts in the freezer.

You could use banana, chocolate or strawberry instant pudding and turn it into a quick dessert to bring to brunch or pot-luck dinners!

Easy clean-up with my crochet handmade Dish Cloths from Moomettes Crochet shop !

Instant Pudding Pie

2 (1-1/3 oz.) envelopes Dream Whip Brand whipped dessert topping mix

2-1/3 c. cold milk, divided

1 tsp. vanilla

2 (3-1/2 oz.) packages Jello Brand Instant Pudding Mix

1 baked or graham cracker pie crust

Beat whipped topping mixes, 1 cup of the milk and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on high for 6 minutes or until topping thickens and forms peaks.

Add remaining 1-1/3 c. milk and pudding mixes, beating on low speed until mixed.

Beat on high speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.

Spoon into pie shell.

Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.

Garnish as desired.

Happy Baking!