Gummi Shot Glasses

It's always the same. . .you get drunk, you get hungry. Wouldn't it be great to have a shot glass you could snarf down as soon as it was empty?

Gummi shot glasses are shown here, but the same idea could be applied to chocolate with or without various jams as filling, or other candies (gummi-types are recommended). You can also use this mold/tray to make awesome chocolate cake shots.

Note: If you're underage and feel like getting drunk, don't - if you do, don't blame me.
Also Note: The mold used here is from thinkgeek.com - it's intended for making ice shot glasses which are awesome, but not as tasty as gummies.
And one more note: If your finished shot glasses are a little on the sticky side, try a (very) light dusting of corn starch, and make sure to keep them cool if you can. Both will help cut down on the stick-factor.

Step 1 You'll Need. . .

Hardware:

• Nifty Fred silicone shot glass mold available from thinkgeek.com
• Bowl for melting gummies (microwave safe, please!)

Software:

• 16 ounces gummi worms (or bears)

Comments

[rick6213]

Vodka Imported from Holland!

[lcuccia]

I need to make 100 Gummy Bear shot glasses for this saturday, how many bags of gummy bears do i need. My mold makes up to 10 at a time. Please someone let me know soon. Thanks

[shesparticular]

I'm afraid I can't give a figure for your mold, since the one I have makes only 4 at a time and I don't know if yours is different, but each 4 glasses in my mold required 16 oz of gummi worms. So, for 100 glasses that would be 400 oz (in my mold).

[steviesteveo]

11kg of gummi worms? Mind is absolutely blown.

[shesparticular]

Mine is as well, but for 100 glasses I suppose it doesn't seem so unreasonable.

[mzummallen]

Effen Vodka. If you don't like Effen Vodka, too Effen bad.

[shesparticular]

:)

[Air_Assassin]

Who's thinking about vat19?

[OrIsIt]

What can i do to subsitite the mold? I was think of take diffrent plastic of paper cup and taping the for a mold? will this work? And will i melt from drinking tea with it

[shesparticular]

I'm kind of a big fan of this mold since I've also been able to use it for baking, but if you don't have one or don't want to purchase one, I'd suggest one of the following:

1. Filling a large container with corn starch and inverting a shot glass into it in several places (open side down). Then fill these spaces with the melted gummies.
2. As you mentioned, placing a small plastic cup (lightly oiled) inside of a larger cup and taping the two together along the rim.

I'm not sure how tea would work since I haven't tried hot beverages. At least made with this mold though they're rather thick so I don't think it would be a huge problem.

Please let me know how it goes!

[ppham]

hmm I tried making these recently. Finally got a batch that wasnt too sticky on finish but they seem to deform pretty quickly (5 minutes or so) if they're left in room temperature. Is this normal? would coating them in powdered sugar or corn starch make them more resistant to deforming in room temp? Or perhaps i should add corn starch to thicken it during the melting stage? any help would be appreciated.

[shesparticular]

I'm afraid I haven't had a problem with them changing shape at room temperature, and to be honest I'm not sure if adding corn starch to the gummi mixture would help or not. It could affect the taste some, and corn starch thickens when heated (to boiling is ideal). You might try just cooking the gummi mixture a couple of seconds past melting and see if that helps. Please let me know how it goes and good luck!

[ppham]

Hey, is it possible if you could list the brand and ingredients of the gummi bears on the packaging you used? The difference in ingredients between different brands of gummi bear may be why there are differences in results. I'll give the extra seconds of cooking a shot and see how it goes.
Thanks for all your help!

[shesparticular]

They were Walgreen's brand, but I've also used Black Forest brand gummi worms. Both list the following:

Ingredients - Corn Syrup, Sucrose, Gelatin, Citric Acid, Apple Juice Concentrate, Sodium Citrate, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Coconut Oil, Carnauba Wax, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1

Hope that helps!

[mrsmonkey]

Ok so I tried this yesterday and unforunately it didn't come out like yours was pictured. Here's what I did. I split up the gummy bears by colors and while I was doing that I had boiled water using my double boiler because I don't have a microwave. As each color was melting I had dusted the mold lightly with corn starch to prevent from sticking to the mold. After I had placed all the melted gummy bears in the mold I had placed them in the freezer. I went back to the freezer about 2 hours later and tried to pull them out so I can make more and it would not pry off the mold for anything. By the time I got the gummy off the mold it no longer looked like a shot glass or held itself up. Any ideas as to what went wrong or what I can do to make it work? I need about 40 of them by Sunday night, so I really need to start them asap!! PLEASE HELP!
I was also thinking to maybe spray the mold with pam before pouring in the gummy bears, but idk... PLEASE HELP!!

[shesparticular]

I'm afraid I'm really not sure what the issue might have been since I haven't had this problem. I'd suggest trying some cooking spray on the mold and seeing if that helps. Also, did you melt the gummies fully (so that they were liquid, not just softened)?

Just as a note, I had to totally invert the mold (as pictured in the picture in step 3) in order to unmold them (they don't just slip out). If you pull on them as gently as possible with the mold inverted you should be able to get them unmolded without any major issues.

[mrsmonkey]

I melted them down completly to a point where it was a liquid ( although they get really gummy and sticky very quickly )
I inverted mine also, the outside of the shot glass was perfectly fine, the only issue I had was the inside of the mold itself ( like where the alcohol would go normally ).
I will try this again tonight with cooking spray. I really hope this works. I was soooo excited about this...
Also, any other ideas as far as what I can melt and put into the mold to use?

[shesparticular]

Also, just as a note, after inverting the mold, it works best if you push the center portion of the mold inwards instead of trying to pull the gummi off of it - hopefully that'll help!

[shesparticular]

Hopefully spraying the mold will help. As for other things to try, I'd suggest chocolate which makes for an awesome and yummy presentation, and should unmold much more easily.

[craig3]

I have a quick question, I just tried this using an ice tray made to look like guitars but when i take them out, they are quick sticky and shine, where as your shotglases look quite matt finish and not sticky. Did you cover it in something or is that just the way it came out?

[shesparticular]

As noted in the previous comments, dusting them with corn starch or powdered sugar can help to cut down on the stickiness. Hope that helps!

[the_kender]

but if you are doing it with cornstarch instead of a mold, how does the cornstarch keep it's shape when you pour the melted gummies into it?

[shesparticular]

If I was going to create molds using corn starch, I'd probably do something like this - using a deep container of starch and inverting a shot glass into it to create an impression similar to the silicone mold used here. Cornstarch can be used for this type of molding and works really well, it's done this way in industrial candy making as well.

[defenceman101]

Tried this today everything seems to have gone well but the bottom of the shot glasses are a little juicy, i put them back in the freezer and i guess ill see what happens in a few hours. It might have been the rum not wanting to freeze all the way but who knows. Any way thanks ive been trying to do this with jello since i got the molds and have not been able to make it work

[shesparticular]

Not exactly sure I know what you mean. . .Adding alcohol to the gummies once they're melted will probably lead to them not setting up at all or not well.

[Le Kayk]

Would using gummies with a sugar coating mess up the process at all?

[shesparticular]

I really don't know, since I've not tried this, but I would probably stick to plain gummies and apply sugar after unmolding. Thanks for the question!

[ikeike40]

HI

[AlexLPD]

Incredible, this is the best drunk instructable I have seen so far... I will make this soon....

[lemonie]

They're selling these now...

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[ceafin]

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Vat19 has consistently sent me things that were completely globbed or broken, and they do nothing to support the customer in terms of their products' quality being poor. While I would hope this isn't how they treat everybody, it is my personal report.

Besides, why buy it when you can make it yourself! :)

[peacemaker5000]

love it

[terribug]

These would also be great to put ice cream or candy in, at kids' parties.  my kids would love them!

[paulhogan]

I love this! What a great idea! Now if I could only find a drink worthy of these sweet shot glasses...

[ungood]

Skittles Vodka would go well.

[theojones]

This makes me want to do the Skittles Vodka EVEN more...http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/

[shesparticular]

Personally, I like lemon drops so I plan to give Lemon Head vodka a try soon (also need to find a source for just yellow gummies)

[zenergetic]

I would try the albanese candy co, they have the BEST gourmet flavors (like 15) and you can buy individual colors. I did a kahlua chocolate shot out of a banana gummy shot glass... it was amazin!  I also love midori and vodka in the pineapple gummi shot glass...

[thedragonmaster]

try golden gummi bears. Worked for me!

[shesparticular]

The toughest part is finding just yellow gummies that aren't gelatin-based (yeah, I'm one of those "crunchy veggie chicks"). I saw some at Whole Foods a while ago, but it's probably easier to just make them.