10 Recipes For 4th of July Food In Red, White & Blue

Firecracker Jell-O Shots

[Photo via] Ingredients: 1 1/3 cups boiling water, divided 1 package (3 oz.) JELL-O Berry Blue Flavor Gelatin 1 package (3 oz.) JELL-O Cherry Flavor Gelatin 1 envelope KNOX Unflavored Gelatine 1 cup milk, divided 3 Tbsp. sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla 20 maraschino cherries with stems, well drained, patted dry Instructions: - Add 2/3 cup boiling water to berry gelatin mix in small bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Repeat with cherry gelatin mix. Cool. - Meanwhile, sprinkle unflavored gelatine over 1/4 cup milk in medium bowl; let stand 5 min. Bring remaining milk to boil in saucepan. - Remove from heat; stir in sugar and vanilla. Add to plain gelatine mixture; stir until gelatine is completely dissolved. Cool 10 min. - Spoon berry gelatin into 20 (1-oz.) plastic shot glasses sprayed lightly with cooking spray, adding about 2 tsp. to each. Refrigerate 15 min. or until set but not firm. - Top with unflavored gelatin mixture, adding about 2 tsp. to each cup. Refrigerate 10 min. Insert cherry, stem end up, into white gelatin layer in each cup. Refrigerate 2 min. - Cover with cherry gelatin, adding about 2 tsp. to each cup. Refrigerate 2 hours or until firm. - Remove from cups before serving. - Alcoholic variation: Prepare as directed, reducing the boiling water to 1 cup and dissolving each of the berry and cherry gelatin mixes in 1/2 cup boiling water. Stir 1/4 cup vodka into each flavor of gelatin, then continue as directed. Recipe via