Ghost Jello Shots

How fun are these ghost jello shots? They are the perfect addition to your Halloween party this year! You can make them spooky or cute depending on your theme. If you’re really artistic you could even make them into your favorite characters or to look like people you know!

How to make Ghost Jello Shots

These shots use black food coloring to create the face. I made the eyes with flat white circle sprinkles and then painted the dots on with black food coloring. You can also use store bought eyes, of course. I made my own because I wanted to try my hand at it and in the long run it’s much cheaper! The sprinkles are 99 cents for a bag at the craft store and the food coloring bottle last awhile! But, if you catch a good Halloween sale at the craft store I would also stock up on the candy eyes for a quicker solution. Alternately, you could paint the eyes directly on the shots with the same method as the mouths.

Be sure to use a very clean paint brush for the decorating! I wash mine with hot soapy water after every use. You also have to be careful when you’re doing the painting because if you splatter it a little you’ll get little dots on your ghost that don’t come off. A few of my ghost have “freckles,” as you can see from the photos! I would recommend doing the decorating pretty close to when you plan to serve the shots because after a day or two the food coloring starts to spread out and the candy eyes will start to melt into the shots.

Ghost Jello Shots Recipe

This is a pretty straightforward jello shot recipe! The fun is in the decorating! You can use vodka or rum. Since they are pina colada flavored I chose to use rum, it just made more sense to me! Be sure to use white/silver rum not dark rum so you keep the ghostly white color!

Ghost Jello Shots

Yield: 12-14 shots

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Additional Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 hours 20 minutes

Cute and fun to make shots for Halloween!

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Ingredients

• 1 box Pina Colada Jello Mix (I use Jel-Shotz brand)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup vodka or rum (white rum, so it's clear)
• black food coloring
• candy eyes (or make your own with white circle sprinkles)

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl, mix the boiling water with the gelatin mixture. Stir well until it's fully dissolved.
2. Stir in the alcohol.
3. Divide evenly into shot cups, transfer to the fridge to set for at least 4 hours.
4. When they're set start decorating! Add the eyes to each shot first.*
5. Then, put a few drops of food coloring into a small bowl. Using a small, clean brush, paint the mouths on. If you use gel food coloring you can add a drop or two of vodka to thin it out.
6. Enjoy!

Notes

If you can't find candy eyes or don't have time to go to the store, you can make your own with flat white circular sprinkles and black food coloring. Just paint a dot onto each one to make eyes!

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