Orange You Glad It’s Spring Dessert
This marbled dessert is pretty to look at and delicious to eat! Made with orange soda, mandarin oranges, gelatin, and cream, this is a refreshing and tasty end to a meal.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Chill Time: 4 hours
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 4 hours 40 minutes
- Yield: Sixteen 2-inch squares 1x
- Category: Desserts
Ingredients
Scale
- Orange Layer
- 3 envelopes gelatin
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 cups orange soda
- 4–5 ounces mandarin oranges, cut into chunks
- Cream Layer
- 3 envelopes gelatin
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 2 cups vanilla ice cream, completely melted
Instructions
- Orange Layer
- Sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water in a large bowl. Stir to dissolve and let sit for 1 minute.
- Pour the boiling water with the sugar over the gelatin and stir for 2 minutes to ensure that the sugar has completely dissolved.
- Pour in the orange soda and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into a 9 × 13-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or until the gelatin is firmly set.
- Remove the gelatin from the fridge and cut into 1/4 × 1/2-inch rectangles. Spray an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
- Place the gelatin pieces into the pan, spreading them out. Add the mandarin chunks around the gelatin pieces.
- Cream Layer
- In a large bowl, sprinkle the gelatin over the cold water. Stir and let sit for 1 minute.
- Pour the boiling water over the gelatin and stir for 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Add the melted ice cream and stir to combine.
- Pour the ice cream mixture over the gelatin and mandarin oranges.
- Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
- Cut into sixteen 2-inch squares and serve.