Gourmet Strawberry Lemonade Jello Shots

This is an idea I came up with after seeing George Thorogood at a county fair.  It was during a heat wave in August, and there wasn’t a beer garden at the fair, so I must have had five or six strawberry lemonades at the Hot Dog on a Stick booth.  A few days later, I went to a BBQ at a buddy’s house where I was assigned the task of bringing the Jello shots. I am fed up with people making Jell-O shots that are just liquor, water, and Jell-o and acting like they make the best ones in the world.  This is the first in a long line of Jello shot recipes I have come up with that actually are the best ones ever. 

1-6oz box Strawberry Jell-O

1 cup hot water

1½ cup Citrus Vodka

1  cups sweet and sour mix

¼ cup strawberry puree or strawberry daiquiri mix

1 sliced lemon

 

Dissolve Jell-O in hot water.  Pour citrus vodka into a drink shaker with ice and sliced lemon and muddle the bejesus out of it for a minute or two then strain the liquid into the dissolved Jell-o mixture.  Add the sweet and sour mix and strawberry puree and stir gently with a serving spoon until all ingredients are well mixed.  Do not use a wire whip for this step, or you will get air bubbles in the mix. This is a pain in the ass, and they won’t go away.  When the Jell-O sets, the bubbles will still be in there taking up space in the portion cup.  Once you have all the ingredients mixed well, put them in a pitcher or measuring cup with a pour spout and pour into two ounce plastic portion cups. Don’t line the cups with cooking spray to keep the shots from sticking, it tastes nasty and just shouldn’t be done. You should get between 16 and 18 shots from this recipe.