Skittles Vodka
By Katherine
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Ingredients
- One 1.75 liter bottle of vodka
- Five 8.5 ounce flasks or bottles
- One 1 pound bag of Skittles
- Five empty plastic water bottles
- A funnel
- Bowls for separating the Skittles into flavors
- A measuring cup
- Coffee filters or paper towels
Details
Level of difficulty Easy
Cost Expensive
Preparation
Step 1
Separate Skittles into Flavors
Start by simply separating the Skittles into flavors. You want 60 of each.
Step 2
Setting up your Infusion Bottles
Fill your water bottles with 6 ounces of vodka each. It doesn’t need to be exact – you can always even it out later by pouring in a bit more vodka to the ones that come out with less.
Step 3
Add the Skittles
Pour the Skittles of one flavor into one infusion bottle, then pour the next flavor of Skittles into the next infusion bottle, and so on until all five bottles have a pile of Skittles soaking in the vodka.
You could certainly be more sophisticated than I was here, and use a funnel to pour the Skittles of each flavor into one of the bottles. The reason Skittles vodka tutorialI did it this way was that I felt it would be easier to wash each flavor of Skittles off my hands before moving onto the next one than it than to get that flavor out of the funnel each time – that plastic tends to hold onto the flavors, skin doesn’t.
Step 4
Shake ‘em, shake ‘em, shake ‘em
Now your infusion bottles all have Skittles in the bottom. Give each bottle a good shake – the more, the better. After shaking them, set them aside for a few hours. It’s a good idea to shake them again then, especially if you’re making a bigger batch. My Skittles all dissolved overnight.
Once they’re all dissolved, you’ll notice a lot of white muck floating at the top.
Step 5
Strain
Step 6
Chill and Serve
Now you’ve got 5 flasks or bottles of Skittles infused vodka:
Stick them in the freezer for several hours – overnight is fabulous…and they’re ready to serve
Step 7
these are pretty strong on their own – nearly pure vodka. They are also very sweet. You can drink them straight, served up in a chilled martini glass, or you can use them in a cocktail:
Mix them with ginger ale, 7-up or Sprite to taste
Mix them with cola to taste (diet cola cuts the sweetness a little)
Serve them on the rocks to water it down a little
You’ll also want to cover your workspace with newspaper or freezer paper – this infusion can get messy. If you’re making a different sized batch, here’s the formula you need to know: I used 60 Skittles to 6 ounces of vodka, which yields about 8 ounces of infused vodka. If you want to make 1.5 times that, or 3 times that, just multiply your amounts.
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