![]() ![]() The key is to maintain the original cocktail's proportions while keeping the volume of cold liquid at 8 ounces. If you want to experiment, you can transform almost any of your favorite cocktail recipes into a jelly shot. Sweeten it up: If the shot is too tart, add simple syrup in lieu of a portion of the cold water-1 ounce or less of syrup should do.Berries and pitted cherries are the perfect accessories. Fruity bits: Add small fruit pieces to the gelatin before it sets up.Cut each rind into thirds or quarters for single-serve pieces. Fill this "bowl" with the gelatin mixture and allow it to set. Fruit molds: The rinds of citrus fruits are fun molds for shots. Cut lemons, limes, or oranges in half and remove all of the fruit, leaving the peel intact.Repeat until you have completed the layers. Chill these until it's almost set-about 1 to 1 1/2 hours-before adding the next flavor. Rainbow shot: To make layers, begin by making one flavor of gelatin and fill cups 1/2 or 1/3 of the way full.Use yellow for a banana daiquiri, red for a planter's punch, and blue for a blue Hawaiian. Color by flavor: Distinguish flavored shots by their color.Flavored booze: Use flavored alcohol, such as vodka, rum, or tequila to boost the flavor of your Jell-O shots.While the mixture is still liquid, change or enhance the color by adding small amounts of food coloring until you get the desired hue. Some shots that use unflavored gelatin can look dull and boring. Slowly add jello mixture to the whipped cream and mix until combined. In a separate bowl, add cold water to jello packet to bloom the gelatin. Use unflavored gelatin when you want other flavors to shine. Add heavy cream and beat until stiff peaks form. Unflavored gelatin: Plain gelatin usually comes in 1/4-ounce envelopes with 2 1/2 teaspoons of gelatin, which should gel the 2 cups of liquid used in this recipe.Mix and match flavored gelatin: You can use flavored gelatins to replace or enhance certain flavors in your shots. For example, in this margarita Jell-O shot, the lime-flavored gelatin gives a nice boost to the lime juice, but switching to strawberry gelatin creates an imitation of the strawberry margarita.Experiment with any of these ideas and be sure to start out with a test batch before scaling up the recipe: For a softer set, use 3 cups of liquid.There are many things you can do to customize your Jell-O shots. If you are using the gelatin to set a straight liquid, 1 package will set 2 cups of liquid firmly. When the gelatin is liquid again, you can mix it with other liquids and make other recipes. ![]() Once your gelatin has bloomed and set (it will be fairly thick), heat it gently over a low burner flame or in the microwave on low heat in 10 second increments. The longer you let it sit, the thicker it will become.
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