For editor Lisa Westmoreland, Victoria Belanger’s new book Hello, Jell-O! brings back those nostalgic aspics of the fifties and Jell-O treats of the eighties–but with a modern wink.

Food blogger and photographer Victoria Belanger, aka The Jello Mold Mistress of Brooklyn, has been wowing friends and family with delicious and cool jello mold creations for years. Thanks to her new book–Hello, Jell-O! (Ten Speed Press, February 2012)–we all now have more than fifty impressive (and affordable) treats to dazzle dessert-lovers of all ages! But the question is, of her creative concoctions, which are the Jello Mold Mistress’s all-time favorites? She tells the Recipe Club here, with picks from her book and her blog.

As blogger and photographer Victoria Belanger–aka the Jell-O Mold Mistress of Brooklyn–says in her new book Hello, Jell-O!, “champagne is a sign that something special is going on.” Champagne and strawberries in a jello mold–this celebratory creation is bound to be a showstopper at your Valentine’s Day festivities!