Name: Jell-O Syringe Shots Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 3-ounce box strawberry jello; 1 Cup boiling water; 1 Cup chilled vodka

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Jell-O syringe shots recipe are just the thing your next spooky gathering or if you're throwing a nursing school graduation party. Super easy to make with three ingredients. This is the perfect adulting Halloween treat.

red jello shots in syringes with an eyeball on a black background. — Get ready to spook up your Halloween party with these fun and easy red Jell-O syringe shots. Perfect for adding a creepy, mad scientist vibe to your festivities, these jiggly shots are not only eye-catching but delicious too.

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Syringe Jell-O Shots for Halloween!
What You Need: Jell-O syringe shots recipe
How to Make Jell-O syringe shots recipe
Test Tube Shot Variations
How to Fill Syringes for Jello Shots
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Syringe Jell-O Shots for Halloween!

Halloween syringe shots serve a dual purpose: fun drink for guests and party decor! Win win! 👻🎃

Easier than traditional Jell-O shots, they only take a few minutes and three ingredients that you most likely already have in your pantry.

If you're planning Halloween festivities, you might also like to make a batch of my Halloween Candy Bark or Black Cocoa Cookies or White Chocolate Ghosts.

What You Need: Jell-O syringe shots recipe

bottle of vodka, box of Jell-O, bowl of water and fake syringes on black background.

16 1-Ounce or larger Jello Shot Syringes
Medium Mixing Bowl
Spatula or spoon
1 3-Ounce Box Strawberry Jello
1 Cup Boiling Water
1 Cup Chilled Vodka

How to Make Jell-O syringe shots recipe

packet of red jello being poured into a glass bowl on black background. — Pour a 3-ounce package of Jell-O into a medium or large bowl.

hot water being poured into bowl of gelatin powder on black background. — Pour a cup of boiling water over the Jell-O and stir until all the powder is thoroughly combined.

vodka being poured into glass measuring cup. — Measure a cup of vodka and pour it into the jello/hot water mixture and stir thoroughly.

Add the jello and boiling water to a medium mixing bowl and stir until the jello is fully dissolved. This step is important, as you don’t want the jello powder to clog the syringes.
Add vodka and stir again.
Put the jello into the syringes. Fill it just past the 1-ounce point.
Turn the syringe upside down so that the tip is in the air. Give the syringe a flick so that the air bubbles go to the tip and then slowly press the plunger of the syringe until all the air has escaped and the jello is flush with the tip.
Place the end cap on the syringe and store them, cap down, in a cup or something similar.
Chill for 2 hours or until set. Serve and enjoy!

Test Tube Shot Variations

This recipe was tested using vodka but you can swap that out for rum or tequila OR a flavored vodka 😋.

Change the Jell-O flavor. Green or purple would be equally spooky as red.

These were made for Halloween but this syringe shot recipe would also be great for a nursing school graduation party or a physician's graduation.

fake syringe being filled up with red Jell-O and vodka on black background. — These test tube-inspired Jell-O shots, made with vodka, rum or tequila, are the perfect addition to your Halloween horror food menu.

How to Fill Syringes for Jello Shots

You can fill the party syringes two ways:

Put the tip of the clean syringe into the bowl of jello before it sets and draw the plunger back to fill the syringe.

Or you can remove the plunger but leave the tips and pour the jello into the syringe through the top and then replace the plunger (this not the best method because you'll end up with a lot of air.)

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Yield: 16

Jell-O Syringe Shots Recipe

Get ready to spook up your Halloween party with these fun and easy red Jello syringe shots. Perfect for adding a creepy, mad scientist vibe to your festivities, these jiggly shots are not only eye-catching but delicious too.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 2 hours

Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 3-ounce box strawberry jello
1 Cup boiling water
1 Cup chilled vodka

Instructions

Add the jello and boiling water to a medium mixing bowl and stir until the jello is fully dissolved. This step is important, as you don’t want it to clog the syringes.
Add the vodka and stir again.
Suck the jello into the syringes by putting the tips of the clean syringes into the bowl of jello before it sets.. Draw the plunger back to fill the syringe. Fill it just past the 1-ounce point.
Turn the syringe upside down so that the tip is in the air. Give the syringe a flick so that the air bubbles go to the tip and then slowly press the plunger of the syringe until all the air has escaped and the jello is flush with the tip.
Place the end cap on the syringe and store them, cap down, in a cup or something similar.
Chill for 2 hours or until set.

Serve and enjoy!

Notes

You want to keep the jello thin enough so that when it sets up, it won’t be super hard to squirt the shot into your mouth.

If you want them even thinner than the recipe, you can add a bit more vodka, but be careful, or they won’t set up at all.

Don’t rest the tip of the syringes on the bottom of the bowl to fill them. You don’t want to end up with leftover jello residue.

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