Prom Night Shooter

Step 1: Ingredients and Tools

You'll need:-Shot glass-Grenadine (Density: 1.18)-Coconut Rum (Density: 1.04)-Red/Orange Gummi Bears Soaked in Triple Sec
Note:  Add gummi bears to a glass mason jar.  Fill mason jar with Triple Sec until the liqueur is 1-2" above the gummi bears.  Soak at room temperature for 12-24 hours.  The gummi bears will double in size.  Be sure to slosh the gummies around in the jar every so often or else they'll stick to one another and will tear when you try to pry them apart.

Step 2: Gummi Bear

Place gummi bear in the bottom of the shot glass.

Step 3: Grenadine

Add just a tiny bit of grenadine to the bottom of the shot glass.

Step 4: Coconut Rum

Carefully pour the coconut rum down the side of the shot glass.
Note:  You can use a spoon if you're concerned about the grenadine mixing with the rum.

Mimosa Jell-o (jelly) Shots

Try this fun twist on the Jell-shot for your next party - the mimosa Jell-o shot!  The combination of champagne and orange juice is one of my favorites - so I knew I had to try it in jelly shot form.  I thought about combining champagne + orange flavored Jell-o, but decided to try and capture all of the fresh flavors I could.  The choice is yours - in my opinion, sparkling wine is the perfect addition to any flavor Jell-o!
Ingredients1 1/2 cups orange juice1 tbsp sugar3 envelopes unflavored (Knox) gelatin1 1/2 cups champagneStrawberries to garnish

Pour juice and sugar into small saucepan.  Sprinkle with gelatin and let it bloom for a few minutes.  Heat over low heat and stir gently until gelatin is dissolved.  Remove from heat and stir in champagne.  Pour into 2 oz. plastic cups and refrigerate. 
If using strawberries, clean and slice the berries.  After the jell-o shots have chilled for ~30 minutes, add the berries.  This way they'll be slightly suspended in the mixture.
Enjoy!

Fruity Champagne Cocktails (Raspberry, Blackberry and Orange)

Since bunch is the only meal that encourages boozing before noon, you might as well make the most of it with some fun and colorful champagne cocktails!
Raspberry Ginger Lime Cocktail12 raspberries, lightly mashed1 oz Triple Sec1 oz  ginger syrup
Squeeze of limeFill with champagne
Vanilla Blackberry Cocktail8 blackberries, whole and lightly mashed1 oz vanilla vodka1/2 oz simple syrupFill with champagneGarnish with mint
Comforting Mimosa3 oz fresh orange juice1 oz Southern Comfort1 squeeze lemonFill with champagne* If making in a punch bowl, use orange juice ice cubes to chill (yummy and also prevents watering down).

Romtopf aka Berry Liqueur

Autumn is here and the berries have been ripening all summer and the freezer is full of them. No idea what you want to do with them now?
Why not make a Romtopf for the Christmas table?What is romtopf? It's vodka and/or rum that you've infused with summer ripened berries. There is a multitude of recipes for how to make Romtopf, both on the internet and in my family (this is the first Romtopf instructable on Instructables although there are other 'ibles that cover the same thing (see the bottom)). Within the family we have at least two:

1. 1,5-2 dl of vodka/rum and 1,5-2 dl of sugar for every litre of berries

1. Equal amounts of berries and sugar that you cover with the necessary amount of vodka/rum

They all have one thing in common though and that is how the process goes:

• Add a layer of berries, cover it with sugar and then with the vodka/rum

• Repeat the process with the berries you want in it until the jar is filled to the brim.

• Keep the jar somewhere dark and cool for at least a month

• Filter the containts from the berries and to keep a clear beautifully coloured liqueur. The longer the berries sit in the vodka/rum the better the taste is going to be. (Pictures of this is coming up in about a month)

What to do with the berries? They're going to be a bit discoloured after a month, but you can put them in a pot and stew them into a nice sauce to pour onto your ice cream.**Be beware that the berries contain alcohol so don't serve to under-aged kids or drive directly after. ** I did this with last years batch and served to my friends as we were having an end-of-term pre-party. Tasted great together with a small snifter of the newly-made liqueur.
Similar recipes:Cranberry infused vodka by mikeasaurusStrawberry infused vodka by shuttlebean - love the pictures!

The Antioxidant

Step 1: What you need...

4 oz of a pomegranate based drink. I used a pomegranate/blueberry fruit juice.2 oz of blueberry flavored vodkaa dash of raspberry liqueur a shaker with icea 6 oz glass

Step 2: Mixing

Put several ice cubes in your shaker. Pour the fruit juice and vodka over the ice. Add a dash of raspberry liqueur. Place the cap on the shaker. Shake to mix. 
Pour the liquid into a glass.

Mygarita

Save your best bottle for another day.use a reasonably priced, reasonably good unoaked red wine with fruity, spicy notes. When peaches aren't in season, a ripe pear or an apple is a good substitute. The orange liqueur makes a sweet citrus punch. You may leave it out if you wish. Ingredients 1 bottle (750 ml) red wine 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 1/4 cup orange liqueur, such as triple sec (optional) 1/4 cup sugar 1 sm orange, thinly sliced 1 sm lemon, thinly sliced 1 peach, pitted, peeled, and diced 1 cup lemon soda, chilled In a large pitcher, combine wine, orange juice, orange liqueur and sugar; stir to dissolve sugar. Stir in fruits and refrigerate until chilled and the flavors have blended, 2 to 8 hours. Just before serving, gently stir in soda; serve over ice. Serves 4

Parsley Soda: The Preferred Beverage of the Fashionable Elite

Step 1: Parsley Water

Wash and finely chop the parsley. Place in pot and add enough water to cover. Bring to the boil and let simmer until water absorbs parsley flavor to taste. 
Meanwhile, juice the 2 limes. You can boil lime zest along with the parsley if you would like.

Step 2: Strain and cool

Strain the parsley water into a bowl. Add chopped ice until the water is warm. If it is too hot it will kill the yeast. Add the lime juice.

Step 3: Filter

You can filter out the lime pulp and small pieces of parsley with a coffee filter. It may take quite some time for it all to pass through, so you may prefer just to pour it through a fine strainer a few times.

Step 4: Mix, bottle, and shake

Using a funnel, pour your concoction into a plastic 2-liter soda bottle. Add 1 to 2 cups of sugar, and the yeast. Add water until bottle is almost full--leave an inch or two of air at the top. Cap the bottle and shake to dissolve the sugar. 
Leave bottle to sit for a day or two until pressure has built up to the point that the bottle does not indent when you squeeze it. Put it in the refrigerator to stop the fermentation. If you let it sit too long, the bottle will explode.

Step 5: Enjoy, become the envy of your friends and enemies

The parsley adds a subtle crispness to the soda. 
Serve with appropriate panache.