I have not been great at blogging this month. The reason being that two weeks ago I went back to London to visit my girlfriends (photo below!). I spent a glorious week eating, drinking, and playing with my friends. We went to Brighton, we had tea, we had game night, we lunched, we dressed up and went to a wine bar, and we stayed in and spent time together. It was a delicious, perfect week.
Then this last week was my birthday. I got presents, cards and ate lots of cake. I’ve also officially been of legal drinking age for ten years. Yikes, right? Anyway, all that fun and activity has meant I haven’t spent much time in the kitchen. In honor of all my partying and celebrating, I’ve got the easiest (and booziest) recipe: drunky bears plus other boozy gummies.
Warning: this is seriously a boozy recipe. It looks cutesy and fun, but it’s a recipe for old people who can be responsible. Ok? You’ve been warned.
Basically all you do with this recipe is take your favorite kind of gummy candy and soak it in your favorite kind of liquor. It’s seriously potent, about half dozen gummies and you’ll start to feel a bit tipsy. Bring them to a party and make sure there are lots of other nibbles too. What’s fun those is you can do all kinds of combinations. I made gummy bears with rum (rummy bears!), coke bottles with Jack Daniels (Jack & Cokes!) and butterflies with strawberry mead (no cute name, but very outdoorsy).
There are two ways to go about doing this. First, put the gummies in a bowl and cover them with your preferred liquor. Then, either put them in the fridge and let them sit there for 4-5 days. Stir them 1-2 times per day so they don’t get to soggy and sad. Or, for speedier results, leave the gummies at room temperature for 2-5 hours. The longer you leave it the boozier they will be. Then drain off the excess booze (I guess save it if you want?) and serve your gummies to your party guests.
What I enjoy about the gummies is they get plump, soft, and shiny as they absorb the alcohol. I especially liked the Coke bottle gummies as they turned into shiny jewels. The gummy bears turned a little wrinkly and funny looking. The butterflies got fatter and lost a bit of detail. I will say, while all of the combinations I made have merit my favorite was the mead gummies. It was sweet, fruity, and a really lovely treat. I will say, I recently discovered Charm City Meadworks and I’m obsessed. Check them out if you can. It’s tasty with gummies or for regular sipping.
After a very fun June, this is a simple recipe to keep the party going. But, I promise I’ll be back later this month with more traditional recipes for the kitchen. Until then, hope you’re enjoying your summer too.
Messy level: I don’t think there’s a recipe that could be less messy. You are literally pouring something onto something else and then walking away. What’s cleaner than that?!
- Variety of gummy candies (let's say 1 bag of gummy bears)
- Preferred liquor, enough to cover the gummies (vodka, rum, whisky, whatever)
- Pour the gummy candy in a clean bowl. Make sure you have enough space to pour liquid into the bowl.
- Pour the liquor over the gummy candy. Make sure the gummies are submerged.
- Let the gummies sit at room temperature for 2-4 hours.
- Drain off the excess liquor.
- Serve the gummies at a party. Or store covered in the fridge for 1-2 days.
