Blue Hawaiian Jello Shots

 Jello Shots!!

Jello Shots!!

Lately we've been on the BIGGEST Jello Shot kick!

I like to make mine more like I make my cocktails.  I mean anyone can mix some jello, water and vodka and call it a day, but I like mine to have a bit more flavor than just that.

Now let's talk a moment about this Jello Shot recipe I created.

First off it's called a Blue Hawaiian.  

No it's not BLUE.

I get that.

Now, if you do a Google search for Blue Hawaiian Jello Shots....well, they're mostly blue. 
 
Why?  

I'll tell you why.  They use Berry Blast Blue Jello to make them.

What's the problem with that?

There's no blue berry flavor in a Blue Hawaiian.  So why are we putting it in our Jello Shots?  Simply to make the shot blue.

Like I said, I make mine to taste like a cocktail and in this case I want it to taste like a Blue Hawaiian.

The green color is a pretty and what's even better? 

It's freaking delicious!

Seriously!  Delicious and OH so easy to make!  Here's how:

Pour the Jello mix into a bowl and set aside.  Boil the water.  

Pour the water into a bowl that has the Jello powder waiting.  Stir well for 2 whole minutes.

Add in the coconut rum.

The pineapple juice.

The blue curacao.

Stir everything together.

I usually lay my 2 ounce plastic containers out like this on a paper towel.  That way if anything drips it goes directly onto the paper towels and not my counters.

I use this pancake pourer to pour my jello shot liquid.  It minimizes my mess.

Fill up the containers.  I usually fill them about 3/4 way full.  When I do that I get "roughly" 17-19 Jello shots. 

For this batch I got 19.  When you are done, put the lids on top and stick them in the fridge overnight.  

The longer they sit in the fridge the better they taste.  I prefer to have mine sit for 2 days.

You can dress them up when you are ready to serve with a tiny pineapple slice if you'd like.  I serve mine as is, no extra fluff, just the jello shot.

Here's my recipe for these AMAZING Jello Shots!

Yield: 19

Author: Jennifer Penas

Blue Hawaiian Jello Shots

Ingredients

• 3 ounce box Island Pineapple Jello

• 1 cup water

• 4 ounces coconut rum

• 2 ounces blue curacao

• 2 ounces pineapple juice

• 2 ounce plastic containers with lids

Instructions

1. Boil water on stove.
2. Pour boiling water into a bowl and add the Jello package. 
3. Stir for 2 minutes.
4. Pour in the rest of the ingredients.
5. Stir.
6. Pour into 2 ounce plastic containers.
7. Snap lids on top.
8. Refrigerate over night.

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Enjoy!

RWB Firecracker Martini

Ready or not the 4th of July is right around the corner.  Is your bar ready for the holiday?

So apparently the 4th of July (1 day after my birthday if you were wondering) is a week away.  

That's right, it's on Thursday!

Mind blown............I know.

I absolutely love the 4th of July.

To me it represents family, food, cocktails and fireworks.  It's a holiday that my immediate family really enjoys celebrating together.

We celebrate this holiday with our friends who have become our family every single year and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Yes there is a good amount of alcohol consumed on this day........of course.  As there is with most holidays.

Speaking of alcohol, here is a new cocktail recipe that has a light and refreshing taste.  

The RWB Firecracker Martini does not have an overpowering alcohol taste at all.  

Instead it's light and refreshing and perfect for a nice warm day in the backyard.

There are only 3 simple ingredients to make this cocktail.

First is the Smirnoff Red, White & Berry vodka.

Next is the lemonade.

Finally you add the blue curacao.

Shake and strain into your sparkly red sprinkle rimmed martini glass.

And you are ready to enjoy a nice blue Patriotic cocktail for the 4th of July!

Here are the 3 simple ingredients to create you very own RWB Firecracker Martini.

However you are celebrating the 4th of July, remember to have a safe but fun celebration.

May all of your cocktails be red, white, blue or all three.  May they all be delicious as well!

RWB Firecracker Martini

ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces Smirnoff Red, White & Blue vodka
• 4.5 ounces lemonade
• 1 ounce blue curacao

instructions:

How to cook RWB Firecracker Martini

1. Rim a martini glass with red sparkle sprinkles.
2. In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.
3. Shake and strain into the rimmed martini glass.

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Cheers to you all and to our Independence!

Firecracker Spritzer

Here we are.

Somehow.....someway.....it's July.

Have I got a fun layered 4th of July cocktail for you!

I call it, Firecracker Spritzer.

I knew I wanted to create a layered cocktail for you all for the 4th.....partly because I THINK THEY'RE SUUUPER FUN TO MAKE.  Partly because I enjoy making holiday cocktails.....and honestly partly because I haven't made a new cocktail in a while.

The Firecracker Spritzer is a very easy to make cocktail.  I promise.

The layering isn't that hard, mostly because grenadine is pretty much heavy enough to sink to the bottom of any cocktail.

Isn't it a pretty cocktail?!?!

I loooove the layered effect.

First things first.  Grenadine.

Next ice.

Followed by lemon-lime soda.

Lastly the blue layer.

See, I told you it wasn't hard!

Look how pretty it looks!!

Author: Jennifer Penas

Firecracker Spritzer

ingredients:

• 1 ounce citrus vodka
• 1/2 ounce blue curacao
• 1 1/2 ounces lemon-lime soda
• 1/2 ounce grenadine

instructions:

1. In a glass pour in the grenadine.
2. Fill the glass with ice.
3. Pour in the lemon-lime soda.
4. In a shaker, add ice, citrus vodka and blue curacao.
5. Shake and slowly strain into the glass.

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There you have it!  A Firecracker Spritzer.  Such rich fun colors and layers.

I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Silent Night

Day 284

Silent Night

5 shots out of 5

**This cocktail right here was one of my most favoritest Christmas cocktails that I have made......plus it's blue, how could you go wrong with a blue cocktail?**

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I'll tell you something, it won't be a silent night if you're making a batch of these for friends!  

One of my best friends found this cocktail and pinned it on Pinterest for me to see, the link led me here to Grin and Bake It.  

It sounded delicious and once again, I had to wait for Thanksgiving to be over to make it.  

Oh and our soccer season is officially over and we now can start having family time during the weekends!  

Just in time for the holidays!!

I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  

This is a very good cocktail.  

I think it would be just as good even better if it was blended!  

Yum.......perhaps I'll go try that right now?  

OK, finish this blog post and then go try it, got it.  

I already knew that Malibu and pineapple went well together, add the creme de cacao and blue curacao.....amazing, plus a sugar rimmed glass.....genius!  

This will be another holiday (or any day really) crowd pleaser!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Silent Night:

                   (makes 2)

• 2 oz coconut rum
• 2 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz blue curacao
• 1 oz white creme de cacao
• 1/4 oz whipping cream
• sugar (super fine or regular)

Rim your martini glass with the sugar listed above.  In a shaker, add ice and the rest of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain your cocktail into your rimmed martini glass and enjoy!!

Thanks Natty for fining tonight's cocktail, and YES I will make you one when you come up next time.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

TMNT Leonardo

TMNT

Leonardo

It's Day 3 of my Ninja Turtles cocktails!  

The kids are back in school today after the nice long holiday weekend, which means it's time to clean up all of the stuff that I can't clean while they're here.  

Actually 3 of the kids are back in school because........our oldest.......is out of school and officially a senior!  What?  Who said that?  

I stood next to him in the bathroom mirror today......yea I'm short.  

The weather has been nice for the past few days here, which I love.  I am SO ready to wear shorts, tank tops and flip flops every day for a while now.  

Today I move onto Leonardo as my turtle of the day.  

Leonardo is strong, fearless and a great leader.  Thinking of those traits I thought my go to ingredient for this cocktail should be tequila.  At least for me when I drink tequila I think I'm strong, fearless and a great leader!

Don't forget to check out my other turtle cocktails: TMNT Raphael, TMNT Michelangelo, TMNT Donatello as well as my Ninja Turtle cocktail and Hockey Stick.

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for TMNT Leonardo:

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TMNT Leonardo

by May-31-2016

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces silver tequila
• 1 ounce blueberry liqueur
• 3/4 ounce cointreau
• 1/2 ounce blue curacao
• 1/4 ounce lime juice
• 1/4 ounce simple syrup
• fine sugar

Instructions

Rim a cocktail glass with fine sugar and fill half way with ice.In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above. Shake and strain into the glass.

Here's to another day of turtles!  Have I covered your favorite turtle yet?

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady