Is jelly smelly (Hartley's Orange Jelly Block)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Hartley's Orange Jelly Block
Date:	01/01/09 (106 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: tasty

Disadvantages: none

I used a Hartley's orange jelly to make a trifle, I like orange trifles added some orange segments to it as well as the trifle sponge m custard and cream.
Yes I bought this jelly in Tesco's with my other food shopping cost 35p for the 135 tablet of jelly. I notice that my local spar shop sold it too.

The Orange jelly as you would expect comes in an orange pack, open and the jelly is covered in a see through plastic wrapper.
The Orange jelly is coloured orange naturally no artificial colours or flavours in this jelly.
The rectangle of jelly is made up of cubes that need pulling apart from each other. I guess it was made in a mold,

When opened the orange jelly smelled pleasantly orange, yes I own up. I pulled one of the cubes off the jelly and put it in my mouth. I can never not do that. The taste was lovely orangey.

I pulled the jelly cubes apart and put them in my Pyrex measuring jug but any jug or bowl will do.
I put the kettle onto boil and put just enough and a bit more boiling water (under570ml 1 pint) in to cover the jelly. I then stirred the jelly in the water till it had melted me then put in the oranges and juice then filled up with cold water to 570ml /1pint. The Orange smell from this jelly as I made it was gorgeous.
I poured this onto the trifle sponges in a bowl waited till set put the custard on top then some cream and some sprinkles.

This made a really good orange flavoured trifle.
You can of course just make a plain jelly from it without bits of fruit grandkids hate bits in jelly. Or make a jelly fluff.
Why not save empty yoghurt pots and make some up to send into school for your child's lunch cheaper than those little pots of ready made jelly.

Kelly eats jelly
While watching the telly
It slides into her wobbly belly
Kelly likes jelly out of a welly
It's terribly smelly
But that's how Kelly likes her jelly!

Hartley's founded in 1871 make many food products including jellies

Summary: tasty jelly