Holiday Round-up!

A Very Merry Round-up - Jelly Shots of Holidays Past! 

OMG. Hello. Happy Holidays. Have missed you all - what a crazy year it's been. I had the best of intentions about getting posts back to weekly this year. As it turned out, they were, what, quarterly? Yikes. There has not been much time for jellies. I've had some pretty major personal stuff going on, covering every possible aspect of my life, topped off with a career change and a head injury. In a nutshell, the overriding tone of 2012 was "cr@p-tastic cr@p sandwich served in a raging sh!tstorm." (Excuse my language. The descriptors are accurate, however, admittedly not ladylike.) I'm so lucky to have my wonderful, amazing, remarkably tolerant friends and family. And - let's not forget - there's a bright, shiny New Year ahead!

On that note, I was going through the blog archives, and Wow! I was cheered to find lots of super adorable holiday jelly shots ...  I put together a little round up - hope these "Jelly Shots Past of Holidays Past" bring some fun and frolic to your holiday festivities.  (Click below for recipe links!)

I have big jelly shot plans during the holiday break from school - a bunch of new jelly shot concepts in the works, and still want to get the long-awaited Bloody Mary out of testing (you've been so adorable and sweet and patient - and I have the cutest serving idea EVer in mind). And Sobieski vodka kindly sent me a big box of their lovely flavored vodkas earlier this year - will be so much fun to play with!

Something for you to be thankful for - now that I've posted this, you don't have to be greeted by Rumchata Skulls as the most recent post on this blog! Delicious, yes. But not festive AT ALL, although perhaps more suitable for my current demeanor than anything thing merry and/or bright. (BAH HUMBUG. Please send some Christmas Spirit my way!)

And thanks sooooo so much for continuing to visit and read Jelly Shot Test Kitchen blog, and buy the recipe book. It's fun to do something that others enjoy (all over the world - it boggles my mind in the nicest way!) as well as something that brings a little lightheartedness into this crazy world. Putting this post together was a trip down memory lane. Looking at all the photos, well, it's clear that you've all been a big part of my life for years now. Anyway, I appreciate your kindness - you are all the absolute sweetest things - I hope you and yours are enjoying all the best of the season.

XOXOX,

M.

Fruitcake Jelly Shots

(give them a chance - they're better than the real thing!!!)

Eggnog Jelly Shots 

(ditto for the 'nog ...)

Gingerbread Martini Jelly Shots

Spiked Xmas Ribbon Salad

Santa's Hat Cocktail Jelly Shots

Rumchata Jelly Shot Skulls

RumChata Jelly Shot Skulls: so delicious ... so BLOODTHIRSTY!!

Hi! Yes, yes, long time no jelly shot. Please don't be cross. I return with a tiny, yummy present for you - RumChata Jelly Shot Skulls!

What's RumChata, you ask?

July 4th Remix

July 4th? Jelly up!

Hi everyone! Getting ready to celebrate? Me too!

Sugar Cookie Pudding Shots

Sugar Cookie Pudding Shots deserve a 21 Roman Candle salute! Mmm pudding....

Hi all, are you ready for Independence Day? It's soon upon us. I am not even the slightest bit prepared. But I do have a fun recipe for the holiday! These Sugar Cookie Pudding Shots are not only patriotic - they are also creamy, and tiny and just darn good - the amaretto gives them just the right cookie-ish flavor.

Sunny Day Jelly Shot Parfait

Good day? Sunshine? Oh yes ... always, with a Sunny Day Jelly Shot Parfait!

Yes, yes. So very, very, very, horribly, unbearably overdue for a post. So many ideas ... so little time. So instead of making a billion tedious excuses - like I usually do - I'll get right to the point .... Sunny Day Jelly Shot Parfait.

Cinco de Mayo Jelly Shots

A few fun (and selectively spicy!) warm-weather favorites! Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Hi all, just a few thoughts from the JSTK recipe trove for Cinco de Mayo jelly shots. My thought process was more along the lines of jelly shots that might be pretty and fun, and taste good with your party fare - I wish I had more margaritas and the like. Maybe that's a good project for the summer! (Oh yes! I think it is!)

Jelly Shot 1-2-3

Which Final Four Jelly Shot 1-2-3 will be Numero Uno? (Helene's money is on Louisville ...)

Certainly you knew that it would come to this, eventually - the day when JSTK put a spin on the childhood treat that most likely fueled my unhealthy obsession fascination with gelatin as a whole. That's right, Jello 1-2-3! Unfortunately, that magical three layered delight is no longer available as a ready made mix, but there are recipes a-plenty out there on the interweb.

Waffle Jelly Shots

A well-balanced HH begins with waffles - and that goes double on Intl. Waffle Day! 

foreground, Blueberry Waffle Jelly Shots, back, Classic Waffle Jelly Shots

Well, I promised you dimples, and dimples you shall have. Plates and plates of waffle-ly dimples! International Waffle Day is March 25th ... what are you doing to celebrate?

Shamrock Jelly Treats

Shamrock Jelly Treats - is being cute the same as being lucky? 

Shamrock Jelly Treats. They're mean (well, not really but I need that for rhyming purposes), they're green, they're tiny little St. Patty's Day treats. Non-alcoholic, or shall I say POTENTIALLY non-alcoholic. I did post boozified directions under the recipe.  These little guys were created for Women's World (as were the Pistachio Pudding Shots I posted earlier today ...)

Pistachio Pudding Shots

Happy St. Pattys! Top of the Pistachio Pudding Shot to Ye! 

Sigh. I missed you! I'll save the excuse-making for later. I know you're busy, and this way you can head straight into the kitchen to whip up a batch of these adorable little green Pistachio Pudding Shots. (So many of you have been asking for pudding shots, and, although apparently some procrastimication was involved, I do listen!)