Comments on: Watermelon Jelly

By: Lisa White

Lisa White — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:53:43 +0000

Mine hasn’t cooled yet, so I don’t know if it will be thickened or not. I read the reviews too late…
I did make a couple of changes that I hope will make a difference. Usually, jelly recipes say to boil the mixture for 10 minutes before adding pectin, and so I did. I also added more pectin than called for. Crossing my fingers. I will update my rating when it has cooled.

By: redfox

redfox — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:09:18 +0000

I just pulled mine out of the water bath, and it looks really runny inside the jars too. I wish I had read the reviews first. I used the juice only, not the pulp

By: jana37

jana37 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:46:19 +0000

Thank you for this recipe! I love watermelon and will make this in the summer, Janet

By: redhen

redhen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:34:44 +0000

I’ve made watermelon jelly successfully. After you blend the melon the contents will settle. Only use the pulp and not the liquid. My friend and I both used the same recipe. Her’s did not set up but mine did. The only difference was that I only used the pulp and not the whole contents of the blender. It’s like summer in a jar.

By: ellieb

ellieb — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:58:35 +0000

mine didn’t set either – it is a runny watermelon syrup..

I’m thinking of freezing it and making watermelon vodka cocktails with it?

By: Valerie {mayday81}

Valerie {mayday81} — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:57:09 +0000

My jelly, as well, did not set! In fact, once canned the jelly separated…. I have floating watermelon on top, and what I can only assume is a thick syrup on the bottom. Haven’t opened my jars to investigate ’cause they look so pretty… *grin* Any idea what might have gone wrong? My boil wasn’t a simmer — it was raging! I used Ball powdered pectin; perhaps I should’ve gone with SureJell? Would that make a difference?

By: maybelline

maybelline — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:40:54 +0000

Nope. No good. The jelly didn’t set. Any ideas on how to correct the problem? Guess I’ll need to stick with standards like plum jelly.

By: maybelline

maybelline — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:12:36 +0000

I’m going to give this a shot. Never had watermelon jelly before. It may be a great glaze to finish off a ham. I’ll submit a review with the results.