Add 2 cups boiling water to the jello. Stir until well dissolved.
Drain and keep the juice from the mandarin oranges. Set aside Juice and oranges.
add your choice of yogurt OR Ice Cream OR Sherbert…ect. Next fold in the cool whip. Combine well by whisking. After the jello is completely combined, gently add the mandarin oranges.
Measure the reserved mandarin orange juice. It should not exceed 1 & 1/2 cups of liquid. If the juice does not produce even a cup, add a bit of cold water to the juice. You can use any where from 1 cup to 1 & 1/2 cups of liquid. No more than 1 & 1/2 cups of liquid…otherwise the jello will not firm up.
Refrigerate till firm. Keep leftovers covered with plastic wrap in refrigerator.