Cherry Coke Salad
["1 can pitted black cherries", "1 small can crushed pineapple", "3 oz pkg. cream cheese, softened", "13 oz of Coke, regular not diet", "2 small or 1 large pkg. cherry, or black cherry jello", "1/2 c. pecans, chopped"]
["Drain cherries and pineapple; save the juice.", "Heat 1 cup of the juice to boiling; add to jello in a large pretty bowl and stir making sure that all of the jello is dissolved. Heat coke and add 1 cup cold water; add to jello. Refrigerate and let partially thicken.", "Cut cherries in half and add to pineapple, set aside. Add a small amount of partially set jello to the cream cheese in a small bowl and stir; keep adding jello until cream cheese is almost a liquid; add it to jello and mix well.", "Add cherries, pineapple and pecans; mix well and chill until firm."]
["black cherries", "pineapple", "cream cheese", "cherry", "pecans"]