Serving jello shots is a great way to spice up the liquor menu at your party, or to simply make vodka more colorful and enjoyable to consume.
If you’ve never made these before, then you might be wondering how much vodka you should put in your jello shots. Here’s what I found out about it!
How Much Vodka For Jello Shots?
A basic jello shot recipe typically needs ½ cup or 4 ounces of vodka. You may increase this amount, but 19 ounces is the recommended limit. Additionally, measuring the amount of vodka needed to make delicious jello shots requires careful consideration of other key ingredients like gelatin mix, water, and any non-alcoholic beverage you might want to add.
If you’re wondering whether you can put too much vodka in your jello shots and how much vodka it would take to make hundreds of jello shots, keep on reading!
How Much Vodka Can I Put In Jello Shots?
Jello shots can be made using a wide variety of recipes and ingredients.
If you stick with the most basic recipe which uses one packet of gelatin, one cup of juice, and a half cup of cold water, then a half cup of vodka will suffice.
Using these proportions will give you a jello shot that has a 10 percent alcohol by volume (ABV). This is assuming your vodka has 40% ABV or proof.
Increasing the ratio of vodka, gelatin, water, and other ingredients has to be done with care because the vodka could either be watered-down or become too overwhelming.
Can You Put Too Much Vodka In Jello Shots?
Putting too much vodka in your jello shot would prevent it from setting. This is because alcohol has components that interfere with the gelatin’s setting properties.
Additionally, ratios depend on how many ingredients you plan to use, but if you want to increase the vodka in your jello shot, you have to increase everything else too.
How Much Vodka For Strong Jello Shots?
In some cases, it’s possible to use a half cup or 4 ounces of boiling water with a little over 2 cups of around 19 ounces of vodka to make a cohesive jello shot.
As a result, this jello shot would have a higher ABV and it would almost taste like a pure vodka shot. For a slightly weaker jello shot, stick with 14 ounces of vodka.
How Much Vodka For 40 Jello Shots?
Determining the amount of vodka required to make 40 jello shots depends on the specific recipe you plan to use.
If you choose a recipe that uses 4 ounces of vodka to make 12 jello shots, you’ll need 10 to 11 fluid ounces to make 40 jello shots.
How Much Vodka Is Needed For 100 Jello Shots?
Your choice of jello shot recipe is crucial in determining how much vodka you’ll need to create 100 jello shots.
Following a standard recipe with just the basic ingredients, it would take around 28 ounces or 3½ cups of vodka to create 100 jello shots.
The amount of vodka you use should be equally divided if you need to make more than one batch of jello shots to create a total of 100 shots.
In most cases, it takes three to four batches to make 100 jello shots given the average kitchen tools and a partially full fridge.
How Much Vodka For 500 Jello Shots?
Generally, you would need 140 ounces or 17 ½ cups of vodka to make 500 jello shots. This estimate applies mostly to basic jello shot recipes that don’t use a lot of extra ingredients.
If you want to learn more about vodka, you can see our related posts on what vodka to use for jello shots, how long you need to soak gummy bears in vodka, and how long vodka gummy bears last.
Conclusion
For jello shots to set and taste delicious, you have to put just the right amount of vodka in the jello shots.
You can refer to basic jello shot recipes for the ideal ratios of gelatin mix, water, any non-alcoholic beverage you want to add, and vodka.
In most cases, the ideal amount of vodka would range from 4 ounces or a half-cup to 14 ounces or 1¾ cup.