Mermaid Jello Shots
Ingredients
Jello Ingredients
- 1 3 oz purple grapejello
- Purple food coloring 2 drops
- 1 3 oz berry blue jello
- blue food coloring 2 drops
- 1 3 oz lime green jello
- Green food coloring 2 drops
- ½ C Coconut Rum
- 1 C boiling water per each jello package
- ½ C cold water per each jello package
White layer Ingredients
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 envelopes Knox Unflavored gelatin
- 1 C boiling water
- ½ C cold water
Whipped Cream Ingredients
- 2 C heavy whipping cream
- ½ C powder sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- Blue food coloring
- 1 disposable piping bag with a s star piping tip
- Blue Sprinkles
- Wilton Mermaid tail cupcake topper
- Wilton sea shell cupcake topper
Instructions
Jello layer directions
- In a medium bowl, stir the purple/grape jello and boiling water until the jello dissolves.
- Add 2 tablespoons of Coconut rum and cold water.
- Stir to combine.
- Add 2 drops of purple food coloring in the bowl.
- This is for the 3rd (bottom) layer.
- Mix well.
- Divide this equally into the shot glasses.
- Place in the refrigerator to chill for 2 hours.
- In a second medium bowl, stir the berry blue jello and
- boiling water until the jello dissolves.
- Add 2 tablespoons of Coconut rum and cold water.
- Stir to combine.
- Add 2 drops of blue food coloring in the bowl.
- Mix well.
- Set aside.
- In a third medium bowl, stir the lime green jello and boiling water until the jello dissolves.
- Add 2 tablespoons of Coconut rum and cold water.
- Stir to combine.
- Add 2 drops of green coloring in the bowl.
- Mix well.
- Set aside.
White layer directions
- In a separate bowl add the sweetened condensed milk with
- 1 cup of boiling water.
- In a small bowl sprinkle 2 envelopes of unflavored gelatin over ½ cup of cold water.
- Allow the unflavored gelatin to set for a few minutes.
- Add ½ cup of boiling water to dissolve the gelatin.
- Add this to the milk mixture.
- Stir to combine.
- Allow it to cool to room temperature.
Building the rest of the Mermaid jello shot:
- Spoon some of this milk mixture over the bottom purple layer of jello. (1st layer)
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Add the 2nd layer of the jello. (Berry blue)
- Put in the refrigerator to chill for 2 hours.
- Check as this layer may chill quicker.
- Spoon in the 2nd layer of the white milk mixture.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Spoon the 3rd layer of jello (lime green).
- Set in the refrigerator for 2 hours to set.
- Spoon some of the milk mixture over the lime green layer of jello.
- Put in the refrigerator to set for 30 minutes.
- Add the 4th thinner layer of jello (Berry blue).
- Return to the refrigerator to chill.
Whipped Cream directions
- Using a stand mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed.
- Mix until you see stiffed peaks in your frosting.
- Once the Whipped cream is made, divide equally into 2 bowls
- Add 1 drop of blue food coloring into the first bowl.
- Stir well to mix the color throughout all of the frosting.
- Leave the rest of the whipped cream white.
- Put a large tip in a large pastry bag.
- Scoop the blue whipped cream into the pastry bag on one side of the pastry bag.
- Scoop the white frosting into the other side of the pastry bag.
- Squeeze the open end of the pastry bag to push the whipped cream to the tip.
- Continue to push the Whipped cream until the it comes out of the tip.
- Squeeze a large dollop of whipped cream onto the center of the cup.
- Sprinkle blue sprinkles of the whipped cream
- Place the mermaid tail and seashell on the whipped cream.
- Return to the refrigerator until ready to serve.
