I am so excited that our Seattle Seahawks are doing awesome again this year. We will be watching the NFC Championship game with some friends this weekend and I decided to come up with a fun drink for the adults to enjoy. My super awesome drink is this dual layered shot that shows off the fun blue and green team colors.
Seahawks Layered Shot
The reason that layered shots work is because of the differences in density. The more sugar a liquid has, the heavier it is so by carefully adding a lighter liquid onto a heavier one you can layer them. For my two liquids, I decided to use Blue Curacao and Green Vodka.
To turn vodka green I used skittles (which is also pretty fitting for a Seahawks drink). I had Brad pick out all of the green skittles from a large bag and then put them in a mason jar with vodka. This is not an exact science so I used as much was left in the bottle. You only want to soak the skittles long enough to get the green into the vodka. It actually went a lot faster than I thought and an hour or so later Brad let me know that my vodka was already green. I filtered the vodka through some cheesecloth to try and keep candy pieces out of the vodka.
If the vodka doesn’t sit nicely on top of the Blue Curacao, add more vodka to the mixture in order to lower the sugar content.
To create the drink. First pour the Blue Curacao into a 2 oz shot glass. Hold a spoon over the shot glass with the back end facing up. Slowly pour the green vodka onto the back of the spoon so that it drips down onto the Blue Curacao. There are lots of videos on youtube showing how to do this.
These shots turned out so fun. The colors were perfect, I especially love the lime green of the vodka. I did have a bit of cloudiness that floated to the top of the vodka, this is from the Skittles and can easily be suctioned off if it bothers you.
I can’t wait to enjoy them with some friends this weekend (and hopefully again in a couple weeks!) Do you have any special food that you are making for these final football games?
Carrie @Frugal Foodie Mama says
This is so much fun, Kendra! :) I am not really a fan of any of the teams left in the playoffs, but I love the colors in this.
Chelsea says
I always wondered how layered shots worked- so interesting! I have to try making my own now ;) Also, I love blue curacao! So yum.
Eugenia says
This looks soo cool!! I bet they are a hit!
Deb www.debcb.com says
In homeschooling, we’d call this a science class wince you talked about density. LOL Like I’d ever teach my kid how to make a shot…
Sarah Halstead says
Ohhh! That looks sooo good!! Yumm.
Carly Brydon says
The colors are AWESOME!
Kristin O'Neil says
This is so awesome!!! I have been wanting to do the whole Skittles vodka thing for a while! I never thought about using the coloring to change the color of the vodka!! Perfect!! I’ll have to remember this next year when the Ravens make it into the playoffs again. Hopefully!! I have a Thursty Thursday linkup going on!! I would love it if you linked this up!! It’s perfect!!
Cynthia - Clockwork interiors says
LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Just wish I had seen it earlier so I could make them for the big game! I’ve pinned it for Feb 1 ;) GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!
Kendra says
Yay! Let me know how yours turn out.
Jessy @ The Life Jolie says
Awesome idea- we are definitely having a superbowl party too- this might be trouble!
Kendra says
These will definitely be made for our superbowl party!
Erin @ Making Memories says
Oh my gosh! This is so awesome! Love it!
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Amber Kristine says
Oh man, these are definitely going on my list of things to make. Go hawks!
Pam@over50feeling40 says
What a cute idea for any team! Thanks for sharing with the Thursday Blog hop!
Karisa | Petite Modern Life says
These are great! GO SEAHAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ;)
and thanks for sharing at Think & Make Thursday!
Terri Watson says
Any ideas for nonalcoholic layered drinks? GO SEAHAWKS!!!
Kendra says
For the blue you could use the blue raspberry cocktail mixer. For the green, dissolve the skittles in some sort of clear(ish) juice. This should still have a difference in densities that it works.
Made From Pinterest says
What a great idea! I love this so much and am going to make this as soon as possible! Keep posting things like this, I really appreciate it!
Jessica says
These are so cute! Will definitely have to bring these to our party!
Frugal Hausfrau says
This is so cool, even though I’m still a bit resentful of the Seahawks beating the Broncos awhile back! LOL Thanks for sharing this on our Throwback Thursday link party! I love it! I’ll be pinning, too, so be sure to follow us there, and see you next week! :)
Mollie