Make Jolly Rancher Vodka
Infusing vodka is a delicious, intoxicating way to enjoy your favorite flavors. Whether your tastes run to herbal, fruity, spicy, or sweet, there is a lot you can do with a neutral spirit like vodka. One of the most colorful ways to infuse your vodka by using Jolly Ranchers candy! You can make it yourself, and this article explains just how.
Contents
Ingredients
- 1 quart (1 liter) vodka, preferably 100 proof (50% alcohol )
- Jolly Ranchers (12 of each color and 60 total) - purchasing 1-2 big bags of the standard/original flavors is sufficient
- One flask for each color
Steps
Sorting the Candies
- Divide the candy into piles. Make a pile for each flavor you have from the bag. Popular flavors include watermelon, cherry, green apple, blue raspberry, and grape.
- Don't snack on too many—–it's the vodka you want to infuse, not your tongue!
Adding the Candy to the Vodka
- Add the candy in the flasks. Designate one flask to each flavor, unwrap the candies, and drop them in the bottles.
- Add the vodka. Use a funnel to pour the vodka evenly into each flask. Fill to the neck, and securely cap each bottle.
Infusing the Vodka
- Allow the mixture to sit. Leave the bottles undisturbed for a few hours until the candies completely dissolve. This may take anywhere between 8 to 20 hours.
- Store the vodkas. You can freeze the bottles as you would any vodka—–not only will doing this make it more refreshing, it'll also slow down any ice melt when you use it for a mixed drink.
- Make sure that the candies are completely dissolved since freezing slows down any dissolving processes. Freezing vodkas in general is also the best method for storing the spirit.
- The drinks will keep in the cabinet for a few months.
- Enjoy the Jolly Rancher infused vodka. Serve as is or add to cocktails. If adding a garnish, try to use a garnish with a complementary flavor.
Tips
- For a faster effect on dissolving the candy, you might want to turn the bottles on their sides to evenly distribute them throughout the vodka rather than having them sit on the bottom. This is helpful when dealing with larger containers and/or more candies.
- Just be aware that by if you use different sizes of containers or alter the candy amount in each container, this will change the outcome of the timings for dissolving. The mixture may need to be shaken when using skinny containers and a larger candy amount ratio.
Things You'll Need
- 5 8 1/2-ounce (250ml) glass pocket flasks or jars
- Plastic funnel
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Sources and Citations
- Adapted from Mix That Drink, Jolly Ranchers Vodka, http://mixthatdrink.com/jolly-ranchers-vodka/
