Ambrosia - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 sm. (8 oz.) container Cool Whip
1 sm. (3 oz.) box orange Jello
1 sm. can pineapple chunks in juice
1 can Mandarin oranges
1 small jar cherries
1 3 oz. can coconut
1 bag mini-marshmallows

Preparation

Empty jello into a bowl, add 1/3 c. boiling water.
Mix well. Add about 1/4 cup pineapple juice (drained from chunks) and add about 2 cups ice cubes.
Let thicken and remove cubes.
Mix in Cool Whip.
Add all fruit, making sure it has been drained.
DO NOT add any more fruit juice.
Add about 3/4 can coconut and 1/4 bag of marshmallows.
Mix well.
Cover and refrigerate.
Make a few hours in advance of serving.