Grinch Jell-O Shots bring holiday mischief to your party with green apple Jell-O, vodka, and red cherry hearts. A festive, boozy Christmas crowd-pleaser.
A Quick Visual of Steps
INGREDIENTS
Red Hearts
- 3 ounces cherry jello (1 box), or other red jello
- 1 cup boiling water
- ¼ cup cold water
- ¼ cup vodka chilled
Green Jello
- 3.94 ounces Sonic green apple jello (1 box), or other green jello
- 1 ½ cups boiling water divided
- ¾ cup cold water
- ¾ cup vodka chilled
Kid Friendly Version
- Simply replace the vodka with cold water or a flavored soda (Sprite, 7up, etc.) to keep the festive layers but make them kid-friendly and alcohol-free.
Can’t find Sonic Green Apple jello?
- You can swap the green apple Jello for any green-flavored Jello you prefer, like lime, to suit your taste. Note that the Sonic green apple and lime jello boxes are different sizes. Either use a kitchen scale to get an additional .94 ounces of lime jello or do as follows:
- Dissolve the jello in 1 cup of boiling water. Mix in ½ cup of chilled vodka and ½ cup of cold water. Your yield will be about 15 shots when using 3 ounces of jello.
Making the Hearts
- You can use either a silicone mold or a cookie cutter.
DIRECTIONS
- Prepare a small baking dish or other container (about 5×5 inches to 6×6 inches square)by spraying with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Whisk red jello and 1 cup of boiling water in heatproof bowl or glass measuring cup until the jello has dissolved. Whisk in ¼ cup of cold water and ¼ cup of chilled vodka.
- 3 ounces cherry jello,1 cup boiling water,¼ cup cold water,¼ cup vodka
- Pour into prepared dish. The jello should be about 1 inch deep.
- Refrigerate jello until completely set up, about 2 to 3 hours.
- Remove the red jello from the fridge and run a knife around the edge of the jello edge to loosen it. Turn it onto a cutting board.
- Use a 1 to 1 ½ inch heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut as many hearts as you can from the slab of jello (I got 20). (Check to make sure your hearts will fit in the shot cups or glasses before cutting.) Return the jello hearts to the fridge while you make the green jello.
- Whisk Sonic green apple jello and 1½ cups of boiling water in heatproof bowl or glass measuring cup until the jello has dissolved. Whisk in ¾ cup of cold water and ¾ cup of chilled vodka.
- 3.94 ounces Sonic green apple jello,1 ½ cups boiling water,¾ cup cold water,¾ cup vodka
- Let cool to room temperature but do not let it set up.
- Arrange 20 (2-ounce) shot glasses (plastic cups with lids) on a baking sheet or rimmed tray.
- Place one jello heart in the center of each shot glass.
- Carefully pour the green jello into the shot glasses aiming around the heart, not on the heart. Fill the glass or cup until level with the red heart. Repeat with remaining jello.
- Carefully transfer to the refrigerator and let set up for at least 3 hours or until very firm. Serve chilled.
