Super Easy Fireball Cherry Jello Shots Recipe (2024)

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What flavor jello is best with fireball? ›

Fireball Jello Shot

The cherry or orange gelatin is crucial, as it adds another layer of flavor and keeps the shot from being a one-dimensional cinnamon bomb. We feel the orange best compliments the taste of Fireball, but either way, you really can't go wrong when Fireball and Jell-O are in the mix.

A standard recipe made with 3 ounces of Jell-O powder calls for 5 ounces of 80-proof vodka and 11 ounces of water, but this results in a shot that tastes watered-down. To make a stronger shot, use just 4 ounces of water and between 8 and 14 ounces of vodka (to taste)

Spiked with alcohol, these boozy jigglers are easy to make and come in every color and flavor imaginable. While vodka is a popular option because of its neutral flavor, you'll find jelly shot recipes that use rum, tequila, whiskey, liqueurs, wine, and even a dark beer. Some are layered, and others are nice and simple.

Rim a glass with apple juice, followed by cinnamon and brown sugar. Add ice to the glass and mix ingredients together. Garnish with a cinnamon stick. I am personally partial to a Tom Collins glass with two shots of whiskey (fireball is acceptable) sweet tea and a cube of ice stir.

If you add the alcohol to the boiling hot Jello and water mixture, all the alcohol will just evaporate because alcohol has a lower boiling point than water. Be sure to allow the Jello/Knox/water mixture to cool to about room temperature before adding the alcohol.

Tipsy Tips for Making Fun Jello-Shots

To make this easier, spray some cooking oil into the cups before pouring the liquid in, or rub them with a tiny drop of vegetable oil. This won't affect the taste.

Jello Shots, like life, are all about balance. That said, if you want a strong one, it is possible if you leave it in the fridge long enough. In a Supercall experiment, we found that the strongest Jello Shot that will set is three-to-one ratio of 80-proof alcohol to water, and it took a full day to become mostly solid.

Simply spritz cooking spray around the interior of your jello shot containers, and use a paper towel to spread it around so that all that's left is a light coating. To eat, use your finger to scoop out the jello shot and it should release from the cup much easier.

Jello shots won't set properly if you add too much alcohol. Generally, a basic batch of jello shots is made with one cup of juice or water, one packet of gelatin, 1/2 cup of cold water and 1/2 cup of alcohol. However, jello shots can be made with as much as 2/3 cup alcohol without changing their texture.

This jello shot recipe uses 1/2 cup vodka for 12 shots = 1/3 ounce vodka per shot. That's 4 jello shots to equal 1 regular shot of vodka. Even if you take out the cold water and use 1 cup vodka = that's still only 2/3 ounce vodka per shot. This is typical of jello shots.

Why do you need cold water for jello shots? ›

Pour a half-cup of ice water into the bowl and whisk to combine. Adding this to the gelatin (along with the spirits) helps it set and firm up more quickly, which is necessary to achieve that "jello" texture, so the colder the water then the better. Pour the mixture into plastic or paper shot glasses.

Empty jello powder into a large mixing bowl and add the boiling water. Continue stirring for two minutes or until the jello is completely dissolved. Add in the 1/2 cup of cold water and 1/2 cup of vodka. Stir until mixed and pour into 2oz.

Why didn't all my shots set properly? Typically this happens when you didn't stir the gelatin mix with the boiling water long enough. It takes about 1.5 to 2 minutes to make sure that it fully dissolves. It's best to use a whisk.

Pour the liquid into a container of your choice. Traditional jello shots are served in Dixie cups, but ice cube trays or silicone molds with cool shapes can be used instead.

apparently. if you mix one part fireball. in three parts pineapple juice. it tastes like pumpkin pie.

Jello shots made with flavored gelatin mixes will have a taste that is similar to the flavor of the mix, although the taste of the alcohol used to make the jello co*cktails may also be noticeable. Some people find jello to be sweet and refreshing, while others Think they are too sweet or not to their taste.

Fireball Cinnamon Whisky is a mixture of Canadian whisky, cinnamon flavoring and sweeteners that is produced by the Sazerac Company. Its foundation is Canadian whisky, and the taste otherwise resembles the candy with a similar name, Ferrara Candy Company's "Atomic Fireball" candy.