Before you prepare for your next gaming day, try to whip up this unique jello recipe—a gelatinous cube full of dice! I made this for a potluck years ago, with the promise that any dice in you ate, you kept. One of my players nearly chucked, thanks to his undying need to get free dice!
Ingredients
It's like fruit, only non-chewable.
You will need a square-shaped dish that can hold a little more than six cups of water. We used an old [and heavily washed] plastic fish tank, but anything you can get your hands on works!
- 1 Chessex Pound o’ Dice – read till the end to find places selling it cheap
- 4 (3 ounce) packages of different colors/flavors of Jell-O, green and yellow preferred
- 2 1/2 cups of boiling water, divided
- 2 1/2 cups of cold water, divided
- 1 cup evaporated milk, divided
Substitute the evaporated milk for coconut milk, if desired.
Directions
- First Layer. Boil 3/4 cup hot water. Add the first package of jello and stir until dissolved. Stir in 3/4 cup cold water. Pour into large, square-shaped dish. Chill 20 minutes.
- Drop a handful of dice into jello, divided evenly. Chill for another 20 minutes.
- Second Layer. Boil 1/2 cup hot water. Add the second package of jello and stir until dissolved. Stir in 1/2 cup cold water and 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Gently pour over the top of the first layer. Chill for 20 minutes.
- Drop a second handful of dice into jello, divided evenly. Chill for another 10 minutes.
- Third Layer. Boil 3/4 cup hot water. Add the third package of jello and stir until dissolved. Stir in 3/4 cup cold water. Gently pour over second layer. Chill for 20 minutes.
- Drop a third handful of dice into jello, divided evenly. Chill for another 10 minutes.
- Fourth Layer. Boil 1/2 cup hot water. Add the fourth package of jello and stir until dissolved. Stir in 1/2 cup cold water and 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Gently pour over the top of the third layer. Chill for 20 minutes.
- Drop a fourth handful of dice into jello, divided evenly. Chill for another 10 minutes.
After about an hour and a half of prep, you should have yourself a dice-filled, gelatinous cube, ready for adventurers to plunder!
Where to Get a Pound o’ Dice
A Pound o’ Dice should run around $15 – $25 and is purchasable from the following websites:
- Amazon.com for $24, or less from other sellers on their site
- SciFi Genre for $24, with free shipping on orders of $75 or more
- Troll and Toad for $16 – request to receive an e-mail if they’re back-ordered
- FRP Games for $22 or get a pound of d6s for $14
Also, don’t be afraid to ask your local hobby store.
If you’re willing to invest a little extra, there’s nothing wrong with picking up a set of dice for each player and mixing them up. Then have everyone dig out their pieces to complete a set!
It’s like the Rod of Seven Parts, but ten times cooler. Try it for your next gaming snack, and don’t skimp on the whipped cream topping.
