One dessert trick Prairie and I have been playing with for the past few months is using soda instead of water* to make Jello. Different combinations of flavors are possible, and the carbonation makes the Jello ‘fizz’ on your tongue when you eat it.
Today, we figured we’d try Berry Blue Jello and Root Beer. The Jello’s setting in the fridge right now, so we haven’t tasted it yet…but the color is exactly the deep green of NyQuil. Looks a little disturbing.
We’re hoping it tastes better than it looks.
* To clarify: Use hot water as normal to dissolve the gelatin, then use soda instead of cold water for the second step. We picked this up from a Magic of Jello recipe book that Prairie found in the discount stacks at Barnes and Noble last year, and have been experimenting with it off and on since then.
“Stigmata (Live)” by Ministry from the album In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up (Live) (1990, 9:31).
When I read the title of this post I was really hoping it would be about making Jell-O with actual NyQuil.
That’s WICKED looking! Please post if it turns out ok, as I’ll be out to pick up some Jello and fizzies of my own! :)
(not to mention I’ll post it to my recipes site g)
BigK root beer no less, you’re a braver man than I… I equate most Big K soda products to a backwash of battery acid, especially the Dr Pepper clone (Dr K?)
Heh…I’ll take your word for it. I’ve never actually had any of their soda on its own, but it’s handy for the Jello concoctions since it’s so cheap.