Drunken Gummies (Vodka-Infused Gummi Bears)

This Instructable will teach you how to create the most delicious alcoholic treat that will make you the life of any party. (My first instructable!)

WARNING: Contains alcohol, so please only make this if you are of legal age in your area.

'PLEASE USE RESPONSIBLY AND LEGALLY!!!

Step 1 Prepare materials and get them soakin'!

This Instructable takes a bit more than a week to complete, but the end result is certainly worth it!

You will need:

- 1 1/2 cups of vodka (can use more or less if desired)
- 1 tub of gummi bear candies, plastic with lid (about 1kg. Tub found at Wal-mart)
- 1 can of frozen juice concentrate, any flavour desired (I used fruit punch.)

You can keep the juice frozen for now, as you will not need it for a few days.

- First step is to open the lid of your gummi bears and pour in the vodka. The amount and brand is at your discretion, though I have found 1.5 cups of Smirnoff vodka to be the best. I have tried this with raspberry vodka as well, with pleasurable results. Basically, pour the vodka into the packed bears until the alcohol barely peeks over the top.

- Give your newly introduced gummi-bears and vodka a stir, and replace the lid. Place the whole tub into the fridge.

- Let this sit for five days, stirring a couple of times each day.

Comments

[MonkeyAliens]

Hi, I'm making these soon, but I would like to know if any of you know how much time it can stay out of the fridge after they are done because I hear if you leave them out too long they sort of become a watery mess.

[MauriceN]

 People!  Does anyone try these recipes?  THIS IS A JOKE!  Someone is trying to get you to waste perfectly good gummy bears.  Think about it... add alcohol to something that is made to dissolve in your mouth/stomach and what happens?  THEY DISSOLVE!

Just to prove it, I tried about a 1/4 cup of vodka with about 20 gummies.  Within 24 hours, I had a purple sticky ooze.  Photo attached!

THIS iS A JOKE, PEOPLE!  Don't believe everything you read.

Too funny!

[sillyzombie666]

you may have used too high of a proof, too much vodka or the wrong type of gummies, you look like you used gumi worms and may just be too much / too big of a gummi. im trying this now and i keep taste testing em lol. also kep em in the fridge, also gumies dont dissolve in your mouth you usually need to chew them alot

[cmarcocci-quinones]

mine came out perfect u put way to much vodka in it (they are drowning)

[ebatton sonnabend]

This is real as the police are warning parents and schools about this.

[ncmorone]

Well I did it and it WORKED! It's not a joke :)

[DIY Micah]

Sweet. Another Project 86 fan on the boards. hehe.

[Scurvymcdiggle]

vodka is a solvent...this is exactly how you make infused vodka.

[Kroenen_03]

mmm... is a shame... did you put in the fridge?, maybe frozen it, so this way dont losse his shape at all... i will try it, in a minor scale...

[Bicyclette]

drink it then

[rolandofgilead]

I've done it quite a few times Maurice. Are you sure you followed the directions right? From the pic, it looks like you might have way too much liquid.

[yerjoking]

Scroll down. Someone commented talking about refrigeration, without it you end up with a gelatinous goo.

[Kiteman]

A project very like this has just been published on Gizmodo, but they haven't credited any source.

http://gizmodo.com/5864703/get-really-drunk-off-gummi-bears/

[PocketsWilson]

Except that this was posted nearly 3 years before your Gizmodo article.
Oops!

[Kiteman]

That was my point - Gizmodo pinched it from this author, without crediting the source.

[colorex]

That's pretty evil.

-1 for Gizmodo.

[polar2292]

To people wondering about the chemistry or if the vodka is essentially functioning as a solvent in this delicious chemical reaction... Not really, its not really about the Chemicals... but more about the amounts that make it a solute v solvent. Basically if you have a higher volume of vodka to gummy ratio, yes, you're correct. But from what I'm reading about the recipe (I haven't made it yet but I dearly wish to try it) you are adding the vodka to about a 1:5 to 1:10 ratio per gummy. In my mind, that makes the amount of gummy substantially higher than the amount of ethanol in the mixture. Remember that vodka (even the highest proof stuff you'd buy) is at most 75% ethanol. I believe that most of the vodkas you find are around 40% (80 proof) which dilutes the volume of EtOH even further... Hmmm, I wonder if I say its for learning chemistry, I can bring these in to work....

[maraki]

How long do you think I can keep them in the fridge?? I got them in the jar and they still look, taste and smell like on day one, but its been almost 3 weeks and I'm getting a little bit worried when I get an impulse to eat more of them at once..

For the ones that can't find any juice concentrate, you can just take some simple juice. I used blackberry or something like it.. Just made sure it was plain juice without added sugar etc. And they turn out great!! (All red, colored from the juice, but still great!)

[Crazymom2three]

No reason to wait a week!!!! I always do a 24 hour wait. Cover bowl in plastic wrap. Refrigerated and unrefrigerated both turned out the same. Never been a slimy messy goo and once they swell they are good to go.

[Mama Casey]

I have read the first 40 comments and been completely entertained by them. Curious as to how many posted their comments after indulging! God bless parents who work hard to protect their children! Really!!! A friend told me about hearing this on the radio. I decided to try it, without even having the recipe. Thankfully, I discovered this one before it was too late and my husband and I improvised. It's too close to Christmas to have them ready, but we're looking forward to New Years! LOVED all the comments I read.

[PDXPirate]

For those outside the states that are having trouble finding juice concentrate: Tropicana apparently distributes in Germany. If you contact them through their website, they can direct you to a nearby distributor. --but another solution is JuicyJuice brand concentrate, which comes in a can like a soda can, isn't frozen, and can be stored on a shelf. And...is available through Amazon--Yay!

[Cammer]

I figured out a shortcut if you don't want to wait.
 

1. Just take the gummi bears out of the package, a good handful will do, then pour a shot of vodka, probably cherry flavor would be good to try. 
2. Shove the handful of gummi bears in your mouth.
3. Slam a shot of vodka.
4. Chew vigorously and swallow.
5. Repeat until you've had enough.

This procedure eliminates the days and days of waiting.  Instant results!  :)

[shogan6]

Lol this totally made my day!

[demxod8]

haha!! nice. that made me laugh. definitely the type of method I would use.

[rhoward10]

I made these but i didnt refrigerate them
since gummy bears and vodka dont go back when not refrigerated. It took 4 days and they are awesome!
Pleasantly squishy throughout and they dont even taste like alcohol! (Uh-Oh)

I used about 2 liters of vodka and 6 cups of gummies in a tupperware container!
along with a frozen juice concentrate but i didnt add an water.

[mjansie]

any replacements for the juice/water stuff?
Like regular juice or something. I don't think I have ever seen the concertrated stuff in stores here

[cmarcocci-quinones]

FREEZER section!!!!! mine is around the cool whip and frozen fruit look around there

[ldesabato]

They are in the freezer section. Usually on the bottom shelf. They are easy to miss since most people never buy them :)

[tmcelmurry]

You can use koolaid. I envelope of koolaid. 1 cup of sugar. 1 quart of water. Hope it helps :)

[jenschmidt08]

Frozen juice concentrate is simply 100% juice that has been boiled so the vast majority of water is gone. You are basically left with a sticky syrup. I'm not sure how long you'd have to boil it for the vast majority of water to be gone. It's a 3:1 ratio here (3 cups of water for every 1 cup of concentrate).

Hope that helps! :)

[lshird-burbie]

Frozen juice concentrate is in just about any grocery store you walk into. Are you sure you know what you are looking for cuz I find it hard to believe that you can't find it. it's in the frozen juice section LOL In a can that you dump into a pitcher and and add water to. MinuteMaid is usually the main brand, or there is usually a store brand.

[mjansie]

Well, you come to a Dutch or German supermarket and please point it out to me, since I am obviously to dumb to look for a can that should probably be next to the frozen fruits...
Seriously, we do not even have a frozen juice section

[cardinalsfan]

you havent seen frozen juice concentrate? check the freezer aisle

[mjansie]

Nope, I even checked the American import store, but I can not find it :(

I want drunken gummy bears too!

[kirstenvan]

Limonadesiroop!

[maraki]

i know it's been months since your comment, but living in Munich I had the same problem and to tell the truth I didn't even bother looking.. I just took regular juice, but made sure it was plain juice, no sugar added or anything. Worked out perfectly!

[tadams12]

hope you found it by now, sorry they were so rude to you. not that it is a good reason but they were to silly to thinnk that you could be living anyplace other than America. Most Americans have never left and have no ides that they can not just go buy the same types of food anyplace in the world.

If it helps you can use any type of pre made Juice such as Apple.

[jsmith208]

the frozen juice concentrate is with the freakin Bacardi mixers in the frozen section. where in the heck are you from?

[tazia1]

Hey mjansie - I didn't have any frozen juice concentrate on hand, so I just added liqueur - raspberry flavor, cherry flavor, vanilla flavor - a mix of whatever I had on hand. No nonalcoholic liquid went into my gummy bears at all and they still came out great!

[jhughes17]

I think this is a great idea and i have a batch in the fridge right now. I am reading comments and people are complaining about kids taking them to school????? UMMMM DON'T THESE CHILDREN HAE PARENTS? IF YOU HAVE KIDS DON'T MAKE THEM DUH AND HELLO IF THE KIDS ARE MAKING HMM MOM BOWL OF GUMMIES IN FRIDGE WITH LIQUID FOR A WEEK???? Oh just a science project w/e check it out anyways. ARE YOU THAT STUPID NOT TO NOTICE OR JUST NOT AROUND ENOUGH OR DON'T CARE. TEACHERS GUMMIES THAT SMELL OF ALCOHOL HMMM PROBABLY NOT OKAY. ITS NOT THE IDEA THAT'S THE PROBLEM EVERYONE ALWAYS WANTS TO BAN EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF KIDS. WELL THOSE WHO ARE NOT MADE TO BE GOOD PARENTS OR DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO BE ON THE KIDS BACK SHOULDN'T HAVE KIDS NOT EVERYONE HAS CHILDREN FOR REASONS. WE CAN'T JUST KEEP BANNING PARENTS NEED TO STEP IN AND DO THEIR JOB SOMETIMES. GOT IT FROM A FRIEND TALK TO THAT FRIEND AND THEIR PARENTS HAPPENS AGAIN REPORT DISTRIBUTION TO MINORS STOP THE PROBLEM WHERE IT REALLY OCCURS. YOU GOTTA HAVE A ISSUED TEEN FOR THEM TO LOOK IT UP AND DO IT. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. STOP BLAMING EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE ELS FOR YOUR MISTAKES.