Fruit Desserts Recipe : Christmas Strawberries

These strawberries are made from strawberry flavored gelatin, coconut and colored sugar crystals.

Ingredients

• 2 (6 ounce) packages strawberry flavored Jell-O®
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup red decorator sugar
• ¼ cup green decorator sugar
• 2 ounces slivered almonds

Cooking Directions

1. Blend together the gelatin and condensed milk. Add coconut and vanilla; mix well and refrigerate until chilled.
2. Roll into small balls and shape into strawberries; roll in red sugar crystals.
3. Dip fat end into green sugar crystals. Place an almond sliver into the fat end for a stem. To prevent hardening, store in an air tight container until ready to serve.

Nutrition Facts

• calories340.7
• carbohydrateContent61.9 g
• cholesterolContent11.1 mg
• fatContent8.7 g
• fiberContent1.8 g
• proteinContent6.5 g
• saturatedFatContent5.2 g
• sodiumContent191.4 mg
• sugarContent46.8 g