Jello Firecrackers

Ingredients:

• 20 (1 oz.) plastic shot glasses (party supply stores carry them)
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• cooking spray
• 1 (3 oz.) pkg. Berry Blue Jello
• 1 (3 oz.) pkg. Cherry Jello
• 1 1/3 cup water, divided (for adult version reduce water to 1 cup and add 1/2 cup vodka)
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin
• 1 cup milk, divided
• 3 Tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 20 maraschino cherries with stems, well drained and patted dry
• additional 1/4 cup vodka for "adult" cherries (optional)

Directions:

Add 2/3 cup boiling water to Berry Blue mix in a small bowl. Stir 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Let cool until mixture starts to thicken.

Spray shot glasses with cooking spray to keep Jello from sticking. Spoon berry Jello into shot glasses (2-3 tsp. in each). Refrigerate 15 minutes until set but not firm.

Meanwhile, sprinkle unflavored gelatin packet over 1/4 cup of the milk in medium bowl, let stand for 5 minutes. Bring remaining 3/4 cup milk to a boil in a saucepan. Remove from heat, add sugar and vanilla. Add to milk/gelatin mixture and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved. Cool 10 minutes.

While milk gelatin mixture is cooling, mix Cherry Jello mix with 2/3 cup boiling water, stir until dissolved and let cool.

Once milk gelatin mixture is cool, add 2-3 tsp. to each shot glass. Refrigerate about 10 minutes. Insert maraschino cherry stem up into white gelatin mixture. Refrigerate 2 minutes. (I had a bit of trouble getting the stems to stay up).

Cover with 2-3 tsp. of cooled Cherry Jello and refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. Can remove from shot glasses before serving or serve as is.

Note: The timing was a bit tricky on this so don't try to multi-task. If the Jello is added to the glasses while too warm, it will mix with the previous color, if added too late it won't set nicely.

Adult Version:

Drain maraschino cherries well, then add 1/4 cup vodka to jar. Let "marinate" overnight.

Reduce boiling water used when making Cherry and Berry Blue Jello to 1/2 cup each. Once the Jello has started to cool add 1/4 cup vodka to each mixture. Don't add vodka with the boiling water or you may boil the alcohol out. Continue as directed.

Note: "Adult" version has significantly less vodka than a traditional jello shot. The kick is in the cherry.

Source: http://www.kraftbrands.com/jello/recipes.aspx

By Stephanie from Hillsboro, OR