Party Parfaits
April 26, 2012 by Chocolatier
Filed under Chocolate Recipes, Ice Cream Recipes
As Donkey would tell Shrek, everybody likes parfait! This delicious party parfait recipe will make you a hero in your household! Bring the family together with this super decadent creamy parfait recipe.
| Party Parfaits |
Recipe type: Dessert
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As Donkey would tell Shrek, everybody likes parfait! This delicious party parfait recipe will make you a hero in your household! Bring the family together with this super decadent creamy parfait recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1 cup fat-free milk
- 1 (8 ounce) package reduced-fat cream cheese, cubed
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges
- 1 (20 ounce) can unsweetened crushed pineapple, undrained
- 1 (8 ounce) container reduced-fat frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1/2 cup chocolate graham cracker crumbs, divided
Instructions
- Combine gelatin and orange juice and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Heat milk until boiling and add to gelatin.
- Transfer to blender and blend until well blended.
- Add cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, orange peel and blend again.
- Drain oranges reserving the juice in a small dish.
- Add pineapple and reserved juice to gelatin mixture and blend again.
- Fold in the whipped topping.
- Divide up half the oranges into 8 dessert dishes.
- Layer with half the gelatin mix and half the cracker crumbs.
- Repeat, gelatin, crumbs, and top with oranges.
- Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving, sprinkle with more crumbs and maybe a dollop of whipped cream on top.
