Irish Jello Shots
Everyone loves jello right? Make these Irish Jello Shots, with the colors of the Ireland flag and put them in plastic shot glasses. You can make them with or without alcohol.
Aren’t they fun? The kiddos and adults are sure to love them! Just like the Candy Corn Jello Shots and the Mardi Gras Jello Shots, you can make these Irish Jello Shots with or without alcohol. But for today…we are keeping it kid friendly and less expensive.
These Irish Jello Shots are made to match the colors of the Ireland flag – green, white and orange. The supplies you need are very simple, to serve the Jello Shots, you will need 2 oz plastic shot glasses. I found these at the party store. You can certainly use the same recipe and layer the Jello in a glass bowl.
Begin by layering the lime jello about 1/3 full, the recipe will make about 32-36, 2 ounce size shot glasses. Each of the jello layers, as well as the sweetened condensed milk layer, are mixed with unflavored gelatin like Knox, this will give the jello thickness.
Next comes the middle layer made with sweetened condensed milk. And then the orange jello layer. Each of the layers need about 20 – 30 minutes in the refrigerator to chill and firm up.
Then right before serving (or up to 30 minutes) add the Cool Whip or whipped cream to the top and sprinkles if you like. These Shamrock Sprinkles would be super cute too!
And don’t forget the spoons. We had these leftover from our Holiday Appetizer Bar, but Amazon has both green and orange!
St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Whip up one of these St. Patrick’s Day Desserts! Green desserts, Chocolate Mint and even Rainbow Treats that are all sure to bring a smile to your families face! !
Irish Jello Shots
This fun St. Patrick's Day Treat can be made with or without alcohol.
Ingredients
- 1 small box Lime Jello
- 1 small box Orange Jello
- 1 can (14 oz) Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 6 envelopes Unflavored Gelatin
- 4 + 3/4 cups boiling water - divided
- 1/4 cup cold water
- Whipped Topping {garnish}
- Sprinkles {garnish}
- Plastic Shot Glasses {or any glass will work}
Instructions
- NOTE: This recipe makes enough to fill 36 shot glasses, you can divide the jello in half, but you will have leftover milk. You could also divide the can of milk in half, if you want the leftover milk.
- In a small bowl, combine lime jello, 2 envelopes gelatin and 2 cups boiling water, stir until jello is dissolved.
- Pour into glasses, filling about 1/3 full
- Place in fridge until set, about 20 minutes
- In a small bowl combine sweetened condensed milk and 1 cup boiling water, stir well.
- In another small bowl, add cold water and sprinkle 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin, set aside for 1 minute. Add 3/4 cup boiling water and stir well. Add to milk mixture and stir.
- Pour on top of lime jello, filling another 1/3 amount
- Place in fridge until set, about 20 minutes
- In a small bowl, combine orange jello, 2 envelopes gelatin and 2 cups boiling water, stir until jello is dissolved.
- Pour into glasses, filling the remainder of the glass
- Place in fridge until set, about 20 minutes
- Garnish with whipped topping and sprinkles {I used Cool Whip in a decorator bag and a Giant Round Tip}
Adult Jello Shots
- EDIT: The following recipe is for regular flavored jello only, it does not include the white layer. The jello shots shown are non-alcoholic. If you want to make the white layer, you will need to add the gelatin to make it thicken. Note - I did not make them with alcohol.
- Add 1 cup boiling water to 1 box of Jello and stir to dissolve.
- Add 3/4 cup vodka and 1/4 cup cold water, stir to combine
- Add to shot glasses and chill
- Note - this is for a single flavor
- You will NOT add the unflavored gelatin if you are using alcohol
Notes
You can easily change the flavor or color of the jello for a fun everyday treat. These Candy Corn Jello Shots or Mardi Gras Jello Shots are fun too!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 36 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 13Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 10mgCarbohydrates: 2gFiber: 0gSugar: 2gProtein: 1g
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The white layer is melting the green layer. White is now a little green. 🙁
There are so many questions about this recipe why don’t you just rewrite it?? It is obviously confusing to everyone. Even by reading the comments I am still confused and I make boozy Jello-shots all the time.
I’m sorry it was confusing to you. I have separated out the portion for the adult version, so you can read it easier.
My white layer melted my green too for my boozy ones- my non-boozy ones seem
“Ok”
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am i blind? i don’t see the recipe for the white layer. What are you supposed to do to make the white layer?
My apologies Shawna! We recently went through a new site design and some of the recipes accidentally were deleted.
I have updated the recipe >> https://hoosierhomemade.com/st-patricks-day-food-irish-jello-shots/
Thanks for stopping by!
-Liz
I have tried to make the adult version of the white layer without using the gelatin (following the revised steps you have added). The condensed milk, water, and vodka do not set alone without using gelatin. Unless I am doing something wrong, I believe that the recipe for the white layer is wrong. How do you get your white layer to set without using gelatin? I used a can of condensed milk, a packet of gelatin and a cup of vodka, and found adding the gelatin is the only way this works. I really appreciate you sharing your recipe but the steps you have for the white layer using vodka is very confusing.
Hi Katie, the recipe for the white portion is for the non-alcoholic version. The adult version has flavored jello only. If you are wanting to add the white layer to the adult version, yes you would need to add the gelatin to thicken it. I did not add the white layer to the adult version.
Hope that helps!
~Liz