Fun Jello Cup Ideas-Mud pie and Fish in the sea

Jello brings a smile to anyone's face, young and old. These two Jello cups (Mud Pie and Fish In The Sea)  are so fun to make and share with anyone who is a kid at heart.

Simple Mud Pie

4 cups of cold milk

1 package  Jell-O chocolate flavor instant pudding

1 package  Jell-O vanilla flavor instant pudding

1 tub (8oz) Cool Whip topping, thawed

Oreo cookies, finely crushed

plastic cups

gummy worms

Prepare instant chocolate and vanilla puddings separately, as directed on packages with milk. Let stand for five minutes. Then stir in 1/2 cup of cool whip gently into each bowl of pudding. Sprinkle a few Oreo crumbs (about 1 tbls.) into bottom of 8 plastic cups. Top the Oreo crumbs each with 1/4 cup of vanilla pudding,  add  another layer of Oreo crumbs (1 tbls.) and 1/4 cup chocolate pudding on top of that layer. Sprinkle evenly with remaining Oreo crumbs and then refrigerate for at least an hour. Insert two or three gummy worms into the Oreo top soil of each cup  before serving.

* If you are making this for little girls or giving it away to a friend,  you can line a small terra cotta planter pot with tin foil and top your mud pie with craft flowers inserted in the center. I have even seen small garden trowel scoops to use as a spoon. Great gift idea for friends who love flowers and gardening.

Everything is more fun with Jello!

When I was in college, my roommate and I did these fun fish in the sea Jello cup as a way to ask a guy out to a girl's choice dance. We included a little note with this that said, "Out of all the fish in the sea, will you come to the dance with me?" or something like that. These little Jello cups are so cute and fun to give to anyone! 

 

Fish In The Sea

1 package of Blue Jello

1 package of Swedish Fish or Fruit cut into fish shapes

Oreo Cookies crushed

1 container cool whip or whip cream

Make Jello according to box directions. In clear plastic cups sprinkle a small amount (1 tbls.) of crushed Oreo Cookie bits to look like the ocean floor. Pour Jello mixture gently into cups as to not disturb the cookie bits too much. Place in refrigerator for about an hour till Jello partially sets. Push Swedish gummy fish (or fruit shaped fish) into the Jello. When the Jello sets, top with whip cream or cool whip to look like waves.