When you’re stuck inside, it’s easy to lose track of your days, even weeks! Events might get cancelled or postponed, but holidays stay the same! St. Patrick’s Day has come & gone, and now Easter festivities are getting cancelled; but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to celebrate at home! We’ve got the perfect solution for parents who are at home with kids – Jell-O Eggs (or bunnies)! What’s great about these delicious treats is that you can make them with the kids as a fun family project! What’s even better is that you can easily replace the water with wine to make a wonderful, wine infused treat!

We tested out a few different recipes with Potomac Point wines and found the tastiest to be our La Belle Vie Rosé, Dolce Rubus Red, and Moscato Dolce. We followed the basic Jell-O Jigglers recipe on the back of the box for two of our recipes and added a twist on the Moscato Eggs!

Strawberry La Belle Vie Rosé & Cherry Dolce Rubus
For this recipe you’ll need:
– 2.5 cups of La Belle Vie Rosé or Dolce Rubus (or water for the kids)
– (2) 6oz. packs of strawberry or cherry Jell-O
– Silicon Easter Egg Mold (or any mold you choose)
Step 1: Place water or wine over medium heat and bring to a boil.
Step 2: Evenly sprinkle both Jell-O packs over your hot liquid, mix with spoon for about 3 minutes, or until powder is dissolved.
Step 3: Pour your mixture into your egg molds.
Step 4: Refrigerate for 4-5 hour.
Step 5: Remove eggs from refrigeration and place mold into a tray of warm water. Let sit for 5 minutes, and gently pop eggs out of mold.
Step 6: Enjoy!

Blood Orange Moscato Dolce
For this recipe you’ll need:
– 2.5 cups Moscato Dolce
– ¾ cup blood orange puree (we recommend this one from Williams Sonoma). If you can’t find the puree, fresh squeezed blood orange juice will do!
– 2.5 packets of Knox original unflavored gelatin
– Silicon Easter Egg mold (or mold of your choice)
Step 1: Mix wine (or water) and blood orange puree.
Step 2: Split mixture into two bowls- 1 small pot and 1 small bowl for double boiling.
Step 3: Sprinkle gelatin mixture evenly over mixture in top bowl, place over medium heat and allow gelatin to completely dissolve, stirring occasionally.
Step 4: Remove from heat and combine both bowls.
Step 4: Pour your mixture into your egg molds.
Step 5: Remove eggs from refrigeration and place mold into a tray of warm water. Let sit for 5 minutes, and gently pop eggs out of mold.
Step 6: Enjoy!

For more at home activities with wine, view our “Quarantined with Wine” blog here.