Lemon Bar Shot

It’s HOT in the northeast again.  I know I shouldn’t complain because I’d much rather deal with extreme heat than the hazards of winter weather.  So, rather than complain about the heat, I chose to combat it with a refreshing Lemon Bar Shotible. 

The combination of sweet and sour in a gelatin shot was a great fit for a poolside afternoon.   Instead of just using straight gelatin, I mixed in some instant pudding again to add creaminess to better match a lemon bar.

 For the inside, I wanted to do something that would emulate the cake base of the treat.  I remembered that my friend Melanie had introduced me to cake flavored vodka.  It’s more than a little bizarre just how close it tastes to birthday cake.  So, I mixed plain gelatin, the cake vodka and a little sweetened condensed milk to add some creaminess to the filling.

The texture still wasn’t quite right, but Jeff suggested a topping of crushed vanilla cookies.  The addition of a little powdered sugar finished it off.

Pineapple Upside Down Shots

I think Jeff is ready for the summer to be over because I keep making Shotibles that are appropriate for the season, and summer desserts almost universally include fruit.  Jeff hates fruit in his desserts.  He’s been known to pick cherries off or eat around the filling.  The fruit I decided to go with this round is pineapple.

More specifically, I decided to make my version of Pineapple Upside Down Cake.  I baked a pineapple flavored box cake mix.  In honor of the “upside down” aspect of the cake, I cut off the tops of the glasses just to make them stand on the wider end.  I then cored the “bottom” of the glasses.  It's a little avant-garde, but I think it works.

I made a filling with brown sugar, crushed pineapple, butter, flour and pineapple rum, and then topped each with a little brown sugar and a piece of maraschino cherry. 

Key Lime Pie Shot

The Key Lime Pie Shot isn’t the Shotible I had originally intended to post on the 4^th of July.  I meant to post this a few days ago and then post some sort of Red, White and Blue shot on the 4th, but life got in the way.  It is quite summery none the less.

Frank contends that this is the best Shotible to date.  He’s a pretty good authority seeing as he has sampled more than anyone besides Jeff and myself.  He even tells us that the thought of them has kept him up at night.

The Key Lime Pie Shot was a great chance to break out the graham cracker crust again.  It takes a bit of work to get the right consistency, but in the end, it is totally worth it.

For the filling, I used key lime juice, cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk and spiced rum.  I topped it off with a little lime zest. 

The Key Lime Pie Shot was definitely a crowd favorite on a hot summer afternoon with friends.