Published on Friday, June 21, 2024

By Melissa Pette

Pride month is about celebrating love! It is about recognizing LGBTQIA+ history, fighting prejudice, and valuing diversity. This is the month to show the world how incredible and proud the gay community is.

This month, Costa Rica celebrates the Pride Parade, therefore today's dish is inspired by the vibrant rainbow flag, courtesy of Stephanie Dulgarian.

Stephanie, a wife, mother of five, and the founder of Somewhat Simple, is passionate about creating and inspiring. She moved from Orange County to Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., and is currently loving life there. She likes traveling, shopping, organizing, cooking, and putting together basic projects for her house and family.

You may discover more of Stephanie's recipes on the Some What Simple website.

These layered rainbow jello cups are fun to make and even more fun to eat! So, let's go to the kitchen.

The ingredients, easy to find in Costa Rica, for twelve guests are:

• 6 boxes of jelly in different colors and flavors such as cherry, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon, orange, mango, peach, lemon, blueberry, blue raspberry, grape or black cherry.

• Water.

• Ice.

• Clear disposable cups.

• Some whipped cream or vanilla yogurt.

• Many colorful sprinkles.

Red is the first color of the rainbow, so we will start with red! Follow the directions on the box of red jelly (cherry, raspberry or strawberry), boil hot water on the stove, and add the packet of gelatin powder. Stir until dissolved. I used the “quicker method” the box refers to, using a cup of cold water and ice to speed up the process.

Pour a small amount of the jello mixture into each clear plastic cup, then refrigerate until the liquid has set completely.

Repeat step 1 with the orange jello (watermelon, orange, mango or peach). Pour a small amount on top of the red-layer jello. Refrigerate until it has set.

Repeat each step again until you have a jello layer of every color of the rainbow as red, yellow, green, blue and purple.

It takes less than 5 minutes to boil, mix and pour each color, but the longest part is waiting in between each layer for it to set, which takes about a half hour in the fridge for each color.

Once all your layers are looking pretty, add some whipped cream or vanilla yogurt and multicolored sprinkles!

They’re delicious "Pride" party snacks and they’ll make the perfect addition to your celebration!

Have a "Pura Vida Pride" weekend!

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Everyone is invited to share their recipes with a horizontal photo of the dish by emailing  food@amcostarica.com. More Costa Rica's delightful recipes can be found on the AM Costa Rica Food page.