My sad attempts at being more domestic...

While searching for a recipe to use some italian dressing mix I had, I stumbled upon kraft.com, which I now really like to refer to in cooking. (This site really does have great links that help you save money at the grocery store, plan out your meals for a week that are cost efficient, etc. Just check it out.) Anyways, as I have a very weak sweet tooth, I happened upon the link for desserts under a dollar. So I clicked and found a very cute but tasty recipe that I wanted to attempt to make. Here it is (taken strait from the kraft.com site):

Watermelon Pops

Prep Time: 35 min Total Time: 4 hr 35 min Makes: 16 servings
What You Need!
1 cup sugar, divided
1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Lime Flavor Gelatin
2 cups boiling water, divided
ice cubes
1 cup cold water, divided
1 pkg. (3 oz.) JELL-O Strawberry Flavor Gelatin
3 Tbsp. miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 pkg. (4 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

MIX 1/3 cup sugar and lime gelatin mix in medium bowl. Add 1 cup boiling water; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Add enough ice to 1/2 cup cold water to measure 3/4 cup. Add to lime gelatin; stir until ice is completely melted. Refrigerate 25 min.

MEANWHILE, repeat Step 1 using strawberry gelatin mix and omitting the refrigeration step. Pour into 16 (3-oz.) paper cups. Freeze 20 min. Stir 1/2 tsp. chocolate chips into gelatin in each cup.

BEAT cream cheese and remaining sugar with mixer in medium bowl until well blended. Stir in COOL WHIP; spread over gelatin in cups.

POUR lime gelatin over cream cheese mixture. Insert wooden pop stick into gelatin in center of each cup. Freeze 3 hours or until firm. Remove pops from cups just before serving.

Kraft Kitchens Tips
Look for wooden pop sticks in craft or hobby stores. If you don't have pop sticks, you can use plastic spoons for handles instead.
How to Easily Remove Frozen Pops from Cups
Dip cups in warm water for 15 sec. Peel off cups.(Do not twist or pull pop sticks.)

MY recommendations from my experience making this:

Okay, for make SURE you get the RIGHT size cups, which I think is 3oz., otherwise, the proportions won't turn out right.

Also, make sure the cream cheese and cool whip mixture is VERY much room temp. and soft, or else, when you spread it over the strawberry jello, it will bleed into the jello, making the pop not so pretty, still tasty, just not quite the look you might be going for.

But I will say, this treat it very tasty, especially on a hot day and I think it would be a VERY cute treat to make with kids!

Here is my very sad, but again tasty attempt at this treat: