Lemon Drop Jello Shot
Sweet, tart, and totally addictive—these tangy shots deliver all the bright citrus punch of the popular martini in a fun, jiggly format.
- 1 boxlemon gelatin(3 oz box)
- 1 cupboiling water
- ½ cupcitrus vodka
- ¼ cuptriple sec
- 2 tbspfresh lemon juice
- sugar rimgarnish
- 1Dissolve lemon gelatin in boiling water.
- 2Let cool for 3 minutes.
- 3Add citrus vodka, triple sec, and fresh lemon juice.
- 4Stir well to combine.
- 5Pour into shot cups.
- 6Refrigerate for at least 4 hours until set.
- 7Rim with sugar before serving.
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The Lemon Drop Jello Shot adapts the beloved Lemon Drop shot — created by Norman Jay Hobday at San Francisco's Henry Africa's bar in the 1970s to taste like a lemon drop candy — into gelatin form. The lemon flavor translates especially well to jello shots because lemon gelatin is one of the original Jell-O flavors, dating to the brand's founding in Le Roy, New York in 1897, and the citrus acid from lemon juice simultaneously provides bright flavor and helps the gelatin set firmly. A sugar rim on each shot glass recreates the Lemon Drop's signature candy coating, maintaining the dessert-candy character that made the original cocktail so recognizable. The shot became popular in the late 1990s and 2000s when the Lemon Drop Martini was at peak cultural visibility.
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