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Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2012

As said in a previous comment, this salad (prepared with the topping) received lots of compliments and requests for the recipe! Even a little girl seeing me with the few leftovers in the pan said, "Oh, YOU are the one who made that! It was good!" I had an epiphany this morning thinking that this would be good on a pretzel crust like that strawberry jello dessert. hmmmm...

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TLH

Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2011

The jello turned out more like sauce. It had a good flavor but not a thick jello consistency at all. I put another pack of jello after 1 night and it still didn't set up completely. I ended up freezing it and calling it sherbert.

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Jennifer Engelmann

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2011

Yum! This was very good, and I do not even like cranberry sauce that much. I made the cream cheese topping someone suggested, but it would have been delicious without it too. (I would suggest making one batch with topping and one without, the cream cheese was too sweet and heavy for some people's taste.) I accidentally dumped an entire 16 oz can of pineapple in instead of the smaller amount, but it tasted just as delicious! I added cut up peaches and pears too, and I rinsed and used the cherries from some canned pie filling since I couldn't find a can of just plain cherries- still good!

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Raelda

Reviewed: May 19, 2011

Took it to a Christmas party and it was snarfed down! Added one extra box of jello per Marleen's review and the topping in the review by MPCHARVAT. It was really dessert like and tasted great. Will definitely make again.

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Barbaraz6

Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2010

I thought this was just okay. My family has been enjoying cranberries and cranberry gelatin salad for years. I lost my recipe so I thought I try something a bit different. This was not a hit and I ended up throwing away over half of it. It just didn't have the tartness we like.

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alwaysbetty

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2010

Great alternative to cranberry sauce. I too used whole cranberry sauce, accidentally bought tart cherries, 3 oz of jello, small can of pineapple, 1 cup water plus juices from the fruit and did not put a topping on. Yes it was tart because of the tart cherries but it went well with the rest of my meal.

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Michelle

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2010

This rating is with modifications. I wanted to use up a can of jellied cranberry sauce and I wanted to make a frozen dessert. I used this recipe as a template only, but it stood up great to the modifications so it's getting 5 stars. If it didn't work I wouldn't have rated it at all since my modifications were pretty major. I only had a 3 oz package of sugar free peach jello so I used that and mixed with 3/4 c of hot water, not the 2 cups the recipe called for. I drained and pressed all the juice off a 14 oz can of pineapple, used a can of mandarin oranges (well drained) instead of cherries, and added an 8 oz package of cream cheese I melted in the microwave (and stirred smooth before adding to the fruit/jello/cranberry sauce mixture.) Then I stirred in 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut. After pouring the mixture into a pan sprayed with Pam, I crushed some walnuts over half of it and patted them in (only some of us like nuts. I marked the nut end of the pan with a marker on the handle for reference.) Then I put the pan in the freezer for several hours and topped it with cool whip before serving. Everyone in my house liked it, but we all like coconut a lot. It was creamy but chunky and had that frozen dessert texture I love.

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SPARKLER8666

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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2010

I made this for Thanksgiving; added the topping that MPCHARVAT recommended...the family LOVED it!!

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ntmsmom

Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2010

Great recipe! I add small pecan pieces to half of it and leave half for those who are allergic or don't like pecans. If you don't want to use the cream cheese mixture topping, cool whip works well too. Whether in a jello mold or in a glass pan, the taste is fantastic! This is now a standard dish for Thanksgiving and Christmas family gatherings.

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