Blueberry Martini Jello Shots – NYC _ Bionic Bites

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Blueberry Martini Jello Shots YCAugust 27, 2008 | 42 Comments

Blueberry Martini Jello Shots

My friend Chris invited me to a barbecue last weekend, and wanting to be a good BBQ guest like Deb at SmittenKitchen, I offered to bake a pie. It turns out, though, no one who was attending the BBQ was very excited at the

prospect of pie. Who wouldve thunk it?! Geez, how can anyone not like pie? Pies are delicious; its jammy fruit

in a buttery flaky crust! So then I thought of making a watermelon tomato salad with olives, but after showing

Chris the recipe, her response was, Uh, thats weird. Back to the drawing board, I searched the Internet, but

nothing seemed really interesting. A few days later I was still lost, but after a few glasses of sangria with friends,

it finally dawned on me, My friends are lushes, why not make jello shots?

I didnt want to make regular jello shots though, I mean my college days are far behind me. So I googled

gourmet jello shots and I came up with a Los Angeles Times adapted recipe for Blueberry Martini Jelly Shots

from Bar Nineteen 12 in Beverly Hills. It was exactly what I needed, jello for adults, or as I like to call them,

jello for the grown and sexy. I emailed Chris with my idea and she responded with one word, Nice!

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I made a few modifications to the recipe to make my life easier. The recipe calls for sheets of gelatin. I opted to

use gelatin powder instead since it can be found in regular supermarkets (I used Knox Gelatine). As for setting

the jello, the recipe has you use half-ounce silicone molds since these shots are meant to be picked up with

your fingers and eaten but I didnt want to go out and buy molds, so I ended up using an ice tray. It worked

nicely except for the fact that each cube was bigger than a half-ounce, so I ended up with about twenty shots

instead of thirty-five. I would double this recipe if you are going to take the ice cube route. In addition, I would

avoid using ice trays with really large ice cube molds. If thats the only type of tray you have, dont fill it all the

way to the top. You dont want to bite into a giant cube of hard gelatin. Its not as tasty. I also added more

blueberries per shot because I thought it looked cheesy to have only one lone blueberry in each cube.

The jello shots were a hit at the BBQ, especially amongst the girls. The shots were cold, refreshing, and made for

some summer fun. One of the girls thought they were a bit strong, but she doesnt drink much, so if you are

making these for the non-drinking crowd, I would mix in some water and perhaps some more simple syrup so

theyre weaker. Also, the texture of these shots are harder than normal jello shots; a cross between jello and

gummy bears. One of the guys wasnt too crazy about the texture, but then again I notice a lot of men arent intocandies of the gummy sort, so if harder jello freaks you out, you can add less gelatin or serve them after leaving

them out for a while.

I cant wait to experiment with these jello shots. The possibilities seem endless. Im thinking mojito shots, lychee

saketini shots, sangria shots. So next time youre a BBQ guest, and no one likes pie, make these jello shots.Vodka + Gelatin = SCORE!

Blueberry Martini Jello Shots(Adapted from an adapted recipe by the LA Times for Blueberry martini jelly shots at Bar ineteen 12)

Total time: 25 minutes, plus overnight chilling

Servings: About 20 Shots (more if you use 1/2 ounce molds instead of an ice tray)

10 1/2 ounces Stoli Blueberry vodka

2 ounces simple syrup* (add more if blueberries are sour)

3 1/2 (1/4 ounce) packets of gelatin powder

About 60 fresh blueberries (more if the blueberries are small)

1. Off heat, combine the vodka and simple syrup in a small saucepan. Add gelatin powder to the vodka mixture.

2. Heat the saucepan over low heat, stirring, until the gelatin is dissolved and incorporated into the vodka

mixture, about 5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat.


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3. Place a few blueberries in the bottom of each individual ice cube mold, and carefully pour the vodka mixture

into each. Refrigerate the ice cube tray until set, preferably overnight. These cocktails will keep, refrigerated, for

as long as 2 days.

*To make simple syrup, combine equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan, and stir over medium heat until

the sugar is dissolved.

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42 Comments

natalieat 8:21 am on December 24, 2008

ahhh love it! what a great idea!!

flutterbyblueat 9:54 am on December 24, 2008

these look beautiful! I love the idea of serving them on soup spoons!

Graemeat 12:13 pm on December 24, 2008

Makes you want to take up drinking, seriously.Such a cool idea.

bionicgrrrlat 12:25 pm on December 24, 2008

@Natalie Wish I could take credit for the idea, but alas, I found the recipe on the Internet.

@flutterbyblue If you make them more softer, the soup spoons works nicely.

@Graeme I love creating alcoholics!

gagaat 4:12 pm on December 24, 2008

What a fun idea! It looks great.

juanat 11:51 pm on December 24, 2008

looks great.

without launching into a rant about how anything mixed with anything else is called a martini these days

(most people dont even know a true martini uses gin), doesnt a blueberry martini usually have triple sec

in it, too?

would throwing in triple sec make it too watery/alcoholic? is there a critical point beyond which theres

simply too much alcohol in gelatin for it to set?

bionicgrrrlat 2:36 am on December 25, 2008

@juan I totally agree with you. For the longest time I couldnt get over these cocktails that called

themselves martinis when they just had vodka in them. I think a real martini needs a drop of vermouth in

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them to be called a martini, but then I had a drink and got over it.

As for when there is too much alcohol for the gelatin to set, I found a formula on a molecular gastronomy

site:

% gelatin to add = (% alcohol in final mix x 0.1) + 2. Seems right to me.

Carolyn Jungat 2:22 pm on December 25, 2008

What a brilliant idea for a fun cocktail-party twist! They remind me of a grown-up version of the

finger-Jello I ate happily as a kid.

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Kathyat 12:48 pm on January 31, 2009

How do you get them out of the molds?

bionicgrrrlat 1:03 pm on January 31, 2009

@Kathy Well, they say leaving the tray in a warm water bath works, but I think the best, and quickest way

is to simply scoop them out with a knife or spoon. Good luck!

aliceat 12:50 am on April 5, 2009

This recipe rocks.. I know what Im bringing to the next bbq~

bionicgrrrlat 12:57 am on April 5, 2009

@alice Yeah, I cant wait to make some more this year. Maybe mojito shots. Let me know how yours

turns out!

Jello Divaat 7:46 pm on May 19, 2009

I like how the fresh fruit and clear jello helps to add a touch of class thanks for the great idea!

bionicgrrrlat 9:43 pm on May 19, 2009

@Jello Diva If you want to get fancy, try a pretty mold. I was too lazy.

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BlogDogat 4:47 pm on June 21, 2009

I think I might try this with peach vodka and white peach cubes.

bionicgrrrlat 12:47 pm on August 9, 2009

@BlogDog Let me know how it goes!

ryanclarkat 4:09 am on February 7, 2010

hey everyone! I made these and they turned out great.. So I got creative and did a blue margarita Jello shotas well 8 ounces of tequila 3 ounces, of Blue Caracao (Blue triple Sec), 2 ounces of sour mix, 1 ounce

of lime juice, and a splash of lemon juice; with the 4 packets of gelatin! Turned out so great and

delicious


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Just get creative and you can make anything!

ryanclarkat 4:11 am on February 7, 2010

By the way The name I gave those margarita jello shots is The Blue Agave I thought that was

original and kind of a cute idea! I hope you all like it.

bionicgrrrlat 2:30 am on February 9, 2010

@ryanclark It does sound cute.

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Shannonat 11:22 am on June 10, 2011

I made these last night and though they looked really cool, they were soooo tough and hard compaired to

normal jello shots. We threw them on the ground and they bounced You could hardly even

chew/swallow them. It was not good and I followed the recipe to a T. I will be making my normal jello

shots with actual jello and not pure gelatin next time..

bionicgrrrlat 11:49 am on June 10, 2011

@Shannon They are a bit harder because you want to be able to pick them up, but not that hard. Mine

were fine using the recipe and I made them a few times. Perhaps you can add a little more water if you

want to try it again next time.

Anneat 11:38 pm on June 10, 2011

what is simple syrup?

bionicgrrrlat 12:04 pm on June 13, 2011

@Anne Its basically sugar water. Instructions to make simple syrup are in the recipe above (combine

equal parts sugar and water in a saucepan, and stir over medium heat until the sugar is dissolved).

Depending on whether the blueberries are sweet or not, you can add a little more or less.

lisaat 7:54 pm on June 13, 2011

Where can you but plastic soup spoons?


@lisa In NYC, they have them at several stores in Chinatown, but they also sell them online, althoughnot as cheap. I did a quick search and found them on Amazon and Ebay.

lisaat 10:16 am on June 14, 2011

Theres a restaurant depo store in virginia, I wonder if they have some there.. I dont have enough time to

order them online, they wont get here in time thank you! Good to know for future though!

lisaat 10:28 am on June 14, 2011

Theres a restaurant depo store in virginia, I just called them and I can get 1,000 for $6 thats amazing! I

dont have time for them to get here if I buy them online, this works better because I can just go to the

store. Ill post how they turn out!


@lisa Good for you! Yeah, I thought the price on Amazon was too much. Ebay is better, but if youre in


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a rush, it wont help. Good luck!

Rondaat 12:15 pm on July 4, 2011

This recipe was a lot of fun. I made them for my 4th of July BBQ. I made two batches one used rasperry

vodka and blueberries and then bluebrry vodka with raspberries.

Called them Red, White and Blue-berry shots They were a hit!

I do have one question though, even though I used the recipe above exactly as it is written, mine came out

a little cloudy It didnt matter much since it was more of an asthetic thing and didnt impact the taste. I

still wonder what (if anything) I am doing wrong?

bionicgrrrlat 12:37 pm on July 4, 2011

@Ronda What a great idea! Not sure about the cloudy part. Is it possible you were beating the liquid a

lot before refrigerating?

Rondaat 1:03 pm on July 4, 2011

@bionicgrrrl: Thanks for the reply. I may try it again this afternoon for another 4th of July activity we aregoing to. My assitant (husband) has a tendancy to be a little over zealous when he stirs things.

Cloudy or not there wasnt one left at the end of the night.

Thanks again for sharing the recipe.

bionicgrrrlat 1:09 am on July 5, 2011

@Ronda I wonder if it had to do with the simple syrup. Perhaps it was hot when you combined it with

the vodka? Not sure. Glad you liked it!

Michael Lange Ocalaat 4:09 pm on November 18, 2011

blueberry vodka is a great touch.

Bexat 3:08 pm on November 20, 2011

Im thinking its not an issue because no one else has brought it up, but if youre heating the vodka,

doesnt it lose the alcohol?

saruchan28at 9:23 pm on November 20, 2011

You could add the alcohol to the mix after you dissolve the gelatin, and stir it in well. That way you

wouldnt cook off any of that precious liquor!

Rachelat 9:10 pm on December 8, 2011

I just made these for a party they look amazing! I personally dont like jello OR vodka but they actually

arent bad tasting to me which means they are probably amazing to people who do like those two things

Willat 12:56 pm on December 17, 2011

We made these for a Christmas party. They were the hit of the party. They also taste amazing! Thanks for

a wonderful recipe. We did the warm bath method and a butter knife to get them out of the ice cube

holdersit worked great. Only a few mishaps, but HEY, you get to taste the rewards while preparing the

platter.

bionicgrrrlat 9:51 pm on December 18, 2011

@Michael Thanks!


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@Bex & saruchan28 If any alcohol evaporates, its pretty negligible. The end result is very boozy!

@Rachel & Will So glad it worked out!

Dave Yat 10:58 pm on January 23, 2012

I didnt think I would ever again find myself planning the ingredients for Jello Shots. This must be why we

never say never. I am just launching a new company making restaurant apps and text marketing services.

Most of my staff is running a decade behind and this is perfect for our then and now fusion theme Thank

YOU!!

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