Long Island Iced Tea Jello Shot
Five spirits combine in this notorious party favorite—tastes deceptively like iced tea but packs a serious punch beneath that innocent appearance.
- 1 boxlemon gelatin(3 oz box)
- ½ cupcola(heated)
- ½ cupboiling water
- 2 tbspvodka
- 2 tbspgin
- 2 tbspwhite rum
- 2 tbsptequila
- 2 tbsptriple sec
- lemon wedgegarnish
- 1Dissolve lemon gelatin in boiling water and hot cola.
- 2Let cool for 3 minutes.
- 3Add vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and triple sec.
- 4Stir well to combine.
- 5Pour into shot cups.
- 6Refrigerate for at least 4 hours until set.
- 7Garnish with lemon wedge before serving.
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The Long Island Iced Tea Jello Shot translates the most potent mainstream cocktail in American bar culture — Robert "Rosebud" Butt's 1972 creation at the Oak Beach Inn on Long Island — into the jello shot format. The original Long Island Iced Tea's reputation for disguising substantial alcohol content behind a sweet, tea-colored exterior carries directly into the jello version, where the gelatin matrix similarly conceals the drink's alcoholic strength. The typical formula includes vodka, rum, triple sec, and sour mix in the gelatin base, optionally adding a cola float to mimic the original's amber tea appearance. The jello shot format makes the drink technically safer to consume slowly — the gelatin slows absorption — but the large quantity of alcohol in a proper recipe makes it among the most potent single-serving party offerings.
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