Copycat Diner Cantaloupe Dessert
4 ingredients is all it takes to put together this refreshingly sweet copycat diner cantaloupe dessert. Served in diners all over New York. Something so simple is so delicious. Enjoy!
I live in New York and Diners are very popular here.
It seems like there’s one on every corner.
Whenever my family and I go out to eat at the diner I almost always order a half cantaloupe with Jell-O for dessert and you wouldn’t believe how much they charge for it.
It’s just crazy!
So I decided I would prepare it at home and pick my own fresh, ripe melon. This costs a fraction of what the diners charges.
I even throw on some fresh berries for added fiber and vitamins.
Copycat Diner Cantaloupe Dessert
Yields: 1 serving
Nutrition: calories 175.3, fat 0, carbs. 5.1, fiber 1.4, protein .04
What’s the four ingredients to put together a copycat diner cantaloupe dessert…
Ingredients:
- 1/2 medium cantaloupe (save the other half for the next day)
- 1 snack cup jello, I used strawberry sugar free, only has 10 calories!
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 tbsp aerosol whipped cream
Directions:
- Rinse the melon off with cool water.
- Cut the melon in half and wrap one half with plastic wrap and store in fridge until you’re ready for it.
- Cut a very small slice on the bottom of your cantaloupe slice so that it doesn’t roll around.
- Scoop out all the cantaloupe seeds and discard.
- Fill with your favorite Jell-O flavor. I like the lime or strawberry flavor with this recipe, but what you use is up to you!
- Add half of the berries and 1 serving (2 tablespoons) of the whipped cream. You can just eyeball the amounts.
- Add the rest of the berries on top and enjoy this refreshing treat!

Copycat Diner Version – Cantaloupe Dessert
Ingredients
- 1/2 medium cantaloupe (save the other half for the next day)
- 1 snack cup jello, I used strawberry sugar free, only has 10 calories!
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
- 2 tbsp aerosol whipped cream
Instructions
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1.Rinse the melon off with cool water.
2.Cut the melon in half and wrap one half with plastic wrap and store in fridge until you’re ready for it.
3.Cut a very small slice on the bottom of your cantaloupe slice so that it doesn’t roll around.
4.Scoop out all the cantaloupe seeds and discard.
5.Fill with your favorite Jell-O flavor. I like the lime or strawberry flavor with this recipe, but what you use is up to you!
6.Add half of the berries and 1 serving (2 tablespoons) of the whipped cream. You can just eyeball the amounts.
7.Add the rest of the berries on top and enjoy this refreshing treat!
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