In this contribution we demonstrate that gelatin can jellify also water-in-oil microemulsions based onthe cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The partial stability diagram of thesystem CTAB + 1-pentanol + water + hexane + gelatin was determined. The resulting microemulsion-based gels (MBGs) were characterized by means of conductivity and pulsed gradient spin−echo NMR. Forthe first time the water self-diffusion coefficient was measured in gelatin MBGs, and the results weresuccessfully analyzed in terms of diffusion in an interconnected network of aqueous channels.