Hey UJ, what's in the jars?

[unclejesse]

It's been a bit of a pressing day (major coffee spillage on the carpet, poo-nami at the mall, followed by A simply hating life), so I decided to make myself a treat for the next time we have a rough day:

I'm infusing gummy bears in vodka. One is strawberry, the other is lemon-lime.

I'm going to let it sit for about a week. Well I'm going to give it a good try to wait that long.

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Yummy!!!!

[lydiasings28]

Overnight should do the trick.

[spaghetticat]

Yum!

[unclejesse]

Jan 14, 2013 19:20:14 GMT -5 lydiasings28 said:

Overnight should do the trick.

Don't tell me this!!! I said 1 week dang it!

[muppetinma]

Yay for drunken gummies!!!! I find you need to leave them for 3-4 days at least.

[mikehoncho]

YUM! Let us know how it goes. I want to do this

[muppetinma]

For our naughty or nice gift exchange, I wanted to get one of those 5 pound gummy bears and soak it in vodka. Alas, our price limit was such that it wasn't feasible. (I probably could have done it with plastic bottle vodka, but that' s a crime against humanity)

[bebeetmoi]

Ohhh those look delicious! What do you do? Just stuff a ton of bears into a jar, pour in the vodka and wait the allotted time? Does the vodka really pick up the flavor of the gummy bears??

[unclejesse]

Jan 14, 2013 20:08:14 GMT -5 bebeetmoi said:

Ohhh those look delicious! What do you do? Just stuff a ton of bears into a jar, pour in the vodka and wait the allotted time? Does the vodka really pick up the flavor of the gummy bears??

I didn't add a ton, just opened a regular package and took out all the red, yellow, and green ones and put them in little mason jars, filled it with vodka and shook it up. Not sure how much flavor the vodka will take on, but the gummies will soak up some of the alcohol.

[muppetinma]

Jan 14, 2013 20:08:14 GMT -5 bebeetmoi said:

Ohhh those look delicious! What do you do? Just stuff a ton of bears into a jar, pour in the vodka and wait the allotted time? Does the vodka really pick up the flavor of the gummy bears??

The point of this is to eat alcoholic gummy bears. Usually, if you just cover them with vodka, they will plump up and there will be very little vodka left. If you're looking to flavor vodka with candy, your best bet is to use skittles, jelly bellys, or some other candy that will dissolve. But, then you have to filter it when you're done, which can take FOREVER. Not that I've ever done that before. . . . .

[unclejesse]

Oh muh Gawd, jelly belly liquor sounds amazing! I do have Jelly Bellys...but they are the Harry Potter ones, and a vomit vodka just doesn't do it for me.

But the pear jelly beans....drool

[bebeetmoi]

Jan 14, 2013 20:15:00 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

Jan 14, 2013 20:08:14 GMT -5 bebeetmoi said:

Ohhh those look delicious! What do you do? Just stuff a ton of bears into a jar, pour in the vodka and wait the allotted time? Does the vodka really pick up the flavor of the gummy bears??

The point of this is to eat alcoholic gummy bears. Usually, if you just cover them with vodka, they will plump up and there will be very little vodka left. If you're looking to flavor vodka with candy, your best bet is to use skittles, jelly bellys, or some other candy that will dissolve. But, then you have to filter it when you're done, which can take FOREVER. Not that I've ever done that before. . . . .

Ohhhhh OK OK. But- and excuse my density- do eating the gummy bears actually give you a buzz? If so, I'm making a trip to Target tomorrow.

[unclejesse]

Jan 14, 2013 20:18:30 GMT -5 bebeetmoi said:

Jan 14, 2013 20:15:00 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

The point of this is to eat alcoholic gummy bears. Usually, if you just cover them with vodka, they will plump up and there will be very little vodka left. If you're looking to flavor vodka with candy, your best bet is to use skittles, jelly bellys, or some other candy that will dissolve. But, then you have to filter it when you're done, which can take FOREVER. Not that I've ever done that before. . . . .

Ohhhhh OK OK. But- and excuse my density- do eating the gummy bears actually give you a buzz? If so, I'm making a trip to Target tomorrow.

Yep. Add Target to your to do list tomorrow!

[muppetinma]

Jan 14, 2013 20:18:30 GMT -5 bebeetmoi said:

Jan 14, 2013 20:15:00 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

The point of this is to eat alcoholic gummy bears. Usually, if you just cover them with vodka, they will plump up and there will be very little vodka left. If you're looking to flavor vodka with candy, your best bet is to use skittles, jelly bellys, or some other candy that will dissolve. But, then you have to filter it when you're done, which can take FOREVER. Not that I've ever done that before. . . . .

Ohhhhh OK OK. But- and excuse my density- do eating the gummy bears actually give you a buzz? If so, I'm making a trip to Target tomorrow.

YES.

Spoken from WAY too much experience.

[bebeetmoi]

Sold.

[mikehoncho]

Jan 14, 2013 20:03:53 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

For our naughty or nice gift exchange, I wanted to get one of those 5 pound gummy bears and soak it in vodka. Alas, our price limit was such that it wasn't feasible. (I probably could have done it with plastic bottle vodka, but that' s a crime against humanity)

Don't crush my high school love of Burnetts with your hate!

[eav2c]

Oh! I so want to do this. Yum!

[mamasaurus]

I like your style.

[kdrake8]

Yes. This is happening in my life too.

[kandrze1]

I love it! This was my roommate and my favorite thing to do in college. I might have to bring it back.

[ruby412]

There is no better cure for a poo-nami type of day than vodka gummi bears. Yum!

[hass2001]

Ooooh, tell me how this turns out!

When you said skittles, muppetinma, I immediately thought of sour skittles. Did you try sour? I don't know why but sour skittles vodka sounds really good to me.

[devotchka]

Jan 14, 2013 19:05:57 GMT -5 unclejesse said:

It's been a bit of a pressing day (major coffee spillage on the carpet, poo-nami at the mall, followed by A simply hating life), so I decided to make myself a treat for the next time we have a rough day:

I'm infusing gummy bears in vodka. One is strawberry, the other is lemon-lime.

I'm going to let it sit for about a week. Well I'm going to give it a good try to wait that long.

omg what a great idea! i wanna come over to your house

[creamsiclechica]

UJ, wait the week, you will not regret! And pear jelly belly jelly beans are one of my favorite candies ever. I now wanna make this and do shots of it with you.

[ashleydl83]

I need to try this.

[muppetinma]

Jan 15, 2013 1:14:30 GMT -5 hass2001 said:

Ooooh, tell me how this turns out!

When you said skittles, muppetinma, I immediately thought of sour skittles. Did you try sour? I don't know why but sour skittles vodka sounds really good to me.

Never tried sour skittles, so I'm not sure how it would turn out. Sorry.