Sex on the Beach Jello Shot
This tropical party favorite blends orange, cranberry, and peach flavors with vodka for a fruity jello shot that tastes like summer vacation in every bite.
- 1 boxorange gelatin(3 oz box)
- 1 cupboiling water
- ½ cupvodka
- ¼ cuppeach schnapps
- ¼ cupcranberry juice
- orange wedge, maraschino cherry, whipped creamgarnish
- 1Dissolve orange gelatin in boiling water.
- 2Let cool for 3 minutes.
- 3Add vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice.
- 4Stir well to combine.
- 5Pour into shot cups.
- 6Refrigerate for at least 4 hours until set.
- 7Garnish with orange wedge and cherry before serving.
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The Sex on the Beach Jello Shot adapts the 1987 Fort Lauderdale creation — developed by Ted Pizio during a DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps promotional contest — into gelatin form, maintaining the original cocktail's tropical fruit flavor in a party-ready portable format. The combination of peach schnapps, vodka, and orange juice or cranberry juice translates well to jello because peach and orange gelatin flavors are widely available and the fruit juice provides natural flavor depth beyond what the vodka alone delivers. The jello version captures the full cocktail's vivid orange-red color and sweet, tropical profile, making it a natural choice for beach-themed parties, summer outdoor events, and any gathering where the cocktail's suggestive name generates the same conversation-starting effect in shot form as in full-size cocktail form.
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