In fact, the green one in this batch is rum. More on that at the end. Time to complete: 24 hours at most. Need something quicker and easier than Skittles Vodka? Note: you can also infuse vodka or rum with Starbursts. If you want to make 1. Now put your separated Skittles into 5 bottles, one flavor per bottle. You can use old water bottles, mason jars, thoroughly cleaned condiment jars, old vodka bottles — any container with a secure lid — plastic or glass.
And whatever bottle you use is going to get a lot of sticky gunk in the bottom that will need to be cleaned. When this is done, all five bottles will have a pile of Skittles soaking in the vodka.
Now your infusion bottles all have Skittles in the bottom. Give each bottle a good shake — the more, the better. The candy coating will start to rub off and color the vodka, but the white insides of the Skittles still have a lot of dissolving to do. After shaking them, set them aside for a few hours. These Skittles all dissolved overnight, but some people have had it take longer, so be sure to do this a full day in advance of when you want to serve them.
See the white stuff at the bottom? Feeling like this is too much work? You could always make Vodka Gummy Bears instead. Alternatively, speed up the process by running the jars through a dishwasher on a standard cycle with no soap but be sure the containers you are using are airtight. After the Skittles have mostly dissolved, strain each of the colors separately through cheesecloth or a coffee filter to strain out any remaining particles, starting with yellow, then orange, then red.
Use separate filters for green and purple so the colors don't bleed. Wash the bottles thoroughly, then return each strained Skittles vodka to the bottles. Cool in the fridge or freezer. To serve, simply pour into shot glasses and go for it! You May Also Like. Food Reviews. Holy Nostalgia, Charlie Brown! Original Recipes.
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Read Full Disclosure Policy. The full ingredients list and instructions are found in the printable recipe card at the end of this post. The base of this cocktail is of course the Skittles vodka that is then shaken with cherry juice, lemonade, and lemon-lime soda. Depending on where you live in the world and the type of Skittles you buy, the colors of the Skittles may have different flavors!
You could use whichever ones you like when infusing your vodka — all the fruity flavor variations should work just fine with the mixers in this cocktail. Vodka that is infused with Skittles is something that you really must try. And it is so ridiculously easy to do! It really is as simple as pouring vodka over Skittles candy and leaving it to infuse — all the details will be found in the recipe card. You can separate the different colors of candy and infuse them in batches to have different colors of vodka, or just use them all!
I like to try and give variations on the cocktails shared on The Purple Pumpkin Blog so here they are:. Want to turn this drink into a frozen slushie? Put all the ingredients in a blender with a generous amount of crushed ice — then blend till smooth. Serve with a straw, and watch out for brain freeze! If you want to make this adult beverage for a crowd, you can make a large batch of the cocktail no problem!
Serve in drinks dispensers , pitchers , or go really retro and serve it from a punch bowl! Make sure you add plenty of ice to your serving receptacle of choice.
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