Bing Cherry Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple with juice
1 (15 ounce) can pitted Bing cherries in water
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, cut into pieces
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle cola-flavored carbonated beverage, or as needed.
1 (3 ounce) package cherry Jell-O(R)

Preparation

Drain the pineapple juice and cherry water into a 2-cup measuring cup. Pour enough color to make 2 cups; discard the remaining soda. Pour the cola mixture into a saucepan.
Bring the cola mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove from heat, then stir in the pineapple, cherries, cream cheese, and cherry gelatin until gelatin dissolves, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture into a mold or glass baking dish. Refrigerate until set, about 3 hours.