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So these are just “Blue Kamikaze Shots” under a different name. They were kind of chaos, but a fun kind of chaos. One thing that made them more chaotic was that I order my groceries online and requested a specific brand of vanilla frosting but marked that I accepted substitutes, expecting to get some other brand of white vanilla frosting if they didn’t have that particular brand. What I got was “Holiday Funfetti” frosting which, to be fair, was vanilla. It was also green. So these were extremely Christmassy Psionic Blasts. Imagine them coming from a mind flayer wearing a Santa hat.

Differences from the recipe as written:

We didn’t bother with the vodka. It’s not like it adds much flavor. This meant we effectively had slightly more than two shots
As we frequently do, we used a different orange liqueur (a mixture of Gran Gala and Tuaca) and added blue food coloring to compensate for color
We also added some edible shimmer because all drinks are cooler with shimmer
Our vanilla frosting was green funfetti frosting
We mixed the pop rocks in with the other funfetti candy bits, and added sparkle. We called this “the funnest-fetti”

Reactions: They were good, but very chaos. Candy bits, sparkle, food coloring, pop-rocks, this made for a lot of chaos, and a bit of popping in our mouths. I don’t think leaving out the vodka impacted the flavor, but really, vodka doesn’t taste like anything except for alcohol.

Would we make this again: Well, we still have icing to use up. That said, I’m not really a shots person? I’d probably add sparkling water so I could turn it into a sipping drink.

Does this taste like something that matches the write-up: The write-up says that it tastes like a crackling halo of psionic energy. I asked Partner if they did, indeed, taste like that, and Partner said, “Yes.” So.

I found these online under the name Pot of Gold Jello Shots, but jello shots involving Goldschläger (often with other flavors added) seem pretty common in general. Ours wound up much darker and less translucent than most, mostly because I used coconut sugar instead of regular white sugar. They’re pretty good, though, if you like cinnamon.

Differences from the recipe as written:

The sugar was replaced with a combination of cocnut sugar, allulose, and golden monk fruit.
We were a little shy of 16 ounces of Goldschläger, so we made up some of the difference with Apple Crown Royale, about a teaspoon of Allspice dram, and water

Reactions: We liked these quite a bit (and still have several in the fridge), and they’re fun, although a little difficult to get out of the tray.

Would we make these again: Maybe? We don’t often engage in the sort of events where you would do jello shots. When discussing it, Partner and I had an exchange like the following:

Me: “We don’t really do D&D-themed parties where it would make sense to have jello shots.”
Partner: “Well, if we went to a Fallout themed thing, we could call them radioactive slime or something.”
Me: “We don’t do Fallout themed parties where that would make sense, either.”

And it’s kind of hard to do single-servings of jello shots. Luckily, jello shots store in the fridge decently well for a little while, at least. I mean, if there’s an excuse to do them again, odds are good (although we might either do all Allulose or just break down and do white sugar in order to get clearer jello blobs).

Does this taste like something that matches the write-up: The write-up talks about them being deceptively dangerous and sneaking up on you, which I’d say is an accurate warning.

I found this drink elsewhere online going by the name of “Under the Mistletoe”. About the only differences between this and the one I found is this version calls for more cranberries and a LED ice cube. LED ice cubes pretty much always improve drinks, so I’m down with those modifications.

Differences from the recipe as written:

We used Swoon Simple Syrup instead of actual sugar simple
Our grocery didn’t have fresh thyme (!!!) so we used some of the cedar leaves we had gotten for a Sioux Chef recipe awhile back

Reactions: We both liked it. It was pretty tart, but not overwhelmingly so, and still tasty. Partner went out of Partner’s way to eat all the fruit bits, but I only ate part of mine.

Would we make this again: Maybe? Without all the garnish? It calls for a lot of ingredients that we don’t have around for standard, although we do have cranberry juice a decent percentage of the time. The fresh cranberries are kind of a pain, though, especially because now we have to figure out what to do with the rest of the bag.

Does this taste like something that matches the write-up: For the small portion of the write-up that focuses on the flavor, sure. I feel obligated to share the Düngeonmeister Tip from the bottom of the page, though: “Nobody can quite remember why it is that mistletoe became a traditional decoration in the winter months. Wizards have said that it may have been part of an ancient spell component ritual that could help attack the darkness in long winter nights.”

Ha ha.

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