Gummi Shot Glasses

Step 2: Gummi Shots!

1. Heat your gummies in a microwave safe dish for about 1 minute and 20 seconds or until liquified (if you don't want brown-ish shot glasses, make sure to separate the red and orange from the green and yellow worms as shown here)
2. Pour or spoon into the mold and tap on the counter to level it (make sure to fill to the top, otherwise your shots won't have solid bases and will leak)
3. Pop into the freezer for about an hour and a half, or until the gummi has set

Comments

[garnishrecipes]

Great idea :D I'll try these for Halloween this year, to hold the "worms and dirt" I make. (Also, for parents after trick-or-treating is long over)

[shesparticular]

Hope you enjoy them!

[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

[ATL94]

Thats really cool. is there any other way to make it without the molds though?

[shesparticular]

I haven't tried it with shot glasses, but I would assume that as with making other gummi shapes you could use cornstarch as a mold. If I have time soon I'll try to make an 'ible about it, but basically you'd need a large container of cornstarch, into which you'd press a shot glass open side down (basically creating the same shape as the mold). You'd then pour the melted gummies into this. Personally I prefer the silicone mold though since it can be used for materials other than gummies as well, and it's reusable and easy to clean.

[shadowsong13]

How does it make the indent or inner part of the cup (Where it holds the liquid), without it leveling?

[shesparticular]

I'm sorry, I'm not sure if I understand your question. Because of the shape of the mold, the shot glasses are basically formed upside down - there's a portion that pokes inward which forms the inner portion. Let me know if that helps, if not, I can try to take some more pictures of the mold to show better how it's shaped.

[shadowsong13]

Thanks you basically answered by question.