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. The first order of business when making jelly shots is choosing a gelatin to useJell-O is simply one popular brand of sweetened, flavored gelatin but the name is often used for any flavored gelatinjust like 'Band-Aid' has come to describe any sort of adhesive bandage. 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. Use unflavored gelatin when you want other flavors to shine. 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: There are many things you can do to customize your Jell-O shots.

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