As you may know, I am in a pirate guild called the Northstar Penguins. What you may not know, is that as a Penguin, I participate in fundraising events to raise funds for Ren Faires, supplies, etc. These fundraisers usually take place at local bars and we sell jello shots…
Yeeeaaaahhhh....buddy
So of course being the overachiever that I am, I had to take it up a notch…so I found and slightly modified this recipe For Rainbow Cake Flavored Jello Shots!!!
Recipe (slightly modified and doubled from original in the link):
- 4 cups prepared lemonade
- 8 1/2 envelopes plain gelatin
- 3 cups cake flavored vodka
- 6 tsp sweetened condensed milk
- liquid food coloring
- Clear 3oz plastic cups
- spray can frosting
- colored sprinkles
- wooden popsicle sticks
So I ended up doubling this recipe in order to make enough shots, and then also added a little extra of each ingredient to make sure I had enough for each color…
Method:
Combine lemonade and gelatin in a saucepan and heat until the gelatin is melted. Add the vodka and sweetened condensed milk. Take out 1 cup + of the mixture and add like 8 drops of red food coloring. Use a teaspoon to tediously carefully dole out about 1 1/2 teaspoons of red jello shot mix into each of 40 3oz cups, give or take…for the first time, go with 40, it should be right if you follow the measurements correctly.
Place the cups of red jello in the fridge for approximately 20 minutes, or until firmed but sticky still…take another 1 cup+ of jello mixture and add red and yellow food coloring. Take your teaspoon and place 1 1/2 teaspoonfuls of orange jello cake mixture on top of the red layer in each cup. Place in fridge for approx 18-20 minutes or until firm. Repeat this process for yellow, green, blue, and purple. Note that as the jello mixture sits, it will start to harden faster with each layer, so it will take less and less time in the fridge with each layer (thank god).
Red layer in fridge (on left) next to regular-ass jello shots
Jello shots with red orange and yellow layers...about half way done!
Once you have completed each layer, take your can of frosting and dollop each one. Add sprinkles. Serve with a popsicle stick to get the jello shot goodness out. 
Here’s the finished product (held by my pirate buddy and sister from another mister Lydia) :
The finished and delicious product!!!
We sold out of these in like 5 seconds flat…I highly recommend these as long as:
1) You like jello shots
2) you like cake flavored yumminesses
3) you have lots of patience and perserverance
Enjoy!!
Cheers,
Christin
