Skittles Vodka Tutorial
by Jen
Infusing vodka with Skittles is a very popular trend right now. There are a couple of different ways to do it. My way involves separating all the Skittles into their separate flavors and making five different bottles of Skittles vodka.
For this project, you’ll need:
- One 1.75 liter bottle of vodka (I used Stoli – you don’t need the most expensive vodka, but do avoid the cheap ones)
- Five 8.5 ounce flasks or bottles (I got mine from The Container Store. Also check out these from Amazon. For a Halloween party, serve these neon-colored concoctions in spooky lab flasks or potion bottles.)
- One 1 pound bag of Skittles
- Five empty plastic water bottles
- A funnel
- Bowls for separating the Skittles into flavors
- A measuring cup (not pictured)
- Coffee filters or paper towels
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.
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 I 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. In my picture here, you can see that the colored candy coating has already rubbed off into the vodka, but the white insides of the Skittles still have a lot of dissolving to do. 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. We’ll take care of this in Step 6.
Step 5: Strain
There are a number of ways to strain this stuff and get all the white gunk out. Some people prefer paper towels, but I used coffee filters and found they worked just as well. I put a funnel inside a measuring cup.
Then I put four coffee filters in the funnel. It’s hard to say exactly how many you’ll need, since not all coffee filters are exactly the same. I’ll tell you one thing I did learn, though: orange and green needed more filtration than the others. I discovered this when I thought I was finished, and found a little bit of white stuff still floating in those two flavors. No problem, though: I just strained them again through one more coffee filter, and that took care of it. So if you find you haven’t strained it thoroughly enough, the good news is: you can always fix that later.
Then I poured one of the infusions into my strainer setup. I had to pour about a quarter of my infusion in, then wait for some of it to soak through, then pour another quarter in, until I was done. (If the strainer clogs with white gunk, use a spoon to scrape the white gunk out of the way.) In the end, you’ll have about 8 ounces of Skittle infused vodka. Then I dumped the funnel and coffee filters into one of the bowls I’d used earlier for counting out Skittles, to catch drips as I carried it over to the sink. I washed everything out for re-using (except the coffee filters, of course – those I just rinsed before disposing of, so the sugar wouldn’t attract ants).
Then I took the liquid from the measuring cup and poured it into a flask, via the now-clean funnel. You can see here that the green is a little thick, and it shouldn’t have been – that’s why I ended up having to re-filter it. Then I rinsed the funnel out again.
Repeat this process for each flavor.
Here you can see about how much gunk the filtration takes out:
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:
Now, 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
- Some people mix them with fruit juice. I didn’t try this, because to me the Skittles were plenty of sweetness for my taste buds.
- Everyone’s taste varies – there are so many directions you can take this drink in, you really should try anything that sounds good to you!
Cheers!
ETA: Everyone keeps asking where I got these flasks. Here’s the link.
Posted in Featured, How To, Vodka on January 19, 2009
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I’ll take the green one! Yum!
February 13th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
where would you get those flasks shown?
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We have a thing here as us girls are egtting older, we drink the color of the rainbow for our birthdays and thats our limit. We’re almost 30 now. You know as well as anyone else there are only limited numbers of COLORED alcohol. So I greatly appreciate this! But we’ll obviously have a few doubles. We love skittles!
February 13th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
K, those flasks came from The Container Store. The 8.5 ounce size. The seals are very good, and one quick washing got the Skittles flavor completely out.
February 13th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
The lemon lime skittle drink already exists and tastes exact..It’s Cryptonic Lemon- Lime Liqueur with Red bull or any energy drink. You can also do a skittle bomb by dropping a shot of Cryptonic in the energy drink..It’s amazing!! Alot easier than going through this process and it’s 70 proof!! Try it and taste the rainbow!!
February 13th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
I’m trying this right now..and even with only two coffee filters it doesn’t seem to really be straining? How long should it take on average to strain? It’s been at least 4 hours and I’ve only got about 50ml strained -_-;;
February 13th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
I found out the problem -_-;;….the filters pretty much got “clogged” with all the white gunk and so nothing else could get through. The best way I found to get around this is to shake the bottles before pouring into the strainer (equally distributes the white gunk amongst all the liquid), and replace the filter after each section (in your case, 1/4) is done straining.
February 13th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Akira, you know what? I accidentally left out my fix for that problem in Step 6 (I’ve just edited the article to correct that). I scraped the white gunk out of the way with a spoon, and that enabled the liquid to keep seeping through. Sounds like you found a method of your own, too!
February 13th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
where did you buy the glass flasks…and the plastic freezer container…was that just the one that came w/ your fridge?
February 14th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
WOW.. looks kind of time consuming, can I just come over and try yours! LOL
February 14th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
haha yeah but my method is kinda annoying..i think ill try the spoon next time =P
Also just a random note..i seemed to have the hardest time straining the green and purple, orange went fine for me lol
February 14th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Shannon, unfortunately, it’s all gone.
Akira, that’s interesting that you had trouble with different flavors than I did. Huh!
February 15th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Do you think this will work with Glutton free Jelly Beans? I can’t eat Skittles.
February 15th, 2009 at 7:49 am
very nice, I will try this.
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February 15th, 2009 at 9:40 am
have you thought about putting the skittles into the vodka wrapped up in cheese cloth? that might save you all the filtering later on since all the solids in the skittles will already be in the cloth.
February 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
here’s a link to a site that sells the glass flasks…fyi:
http://www.ebottles.com/showbottles.asp?familyid=1315
February 15th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
How long do you think these will keep? Should I wait until shortly before I want to use them to make them, or will they store for a while?
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Does it have the burning, alcohol vodka taste?
I cant stand straight vodka.
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February 15th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Carlymeyer, sorry I missed your question. I had answered it earlier, here:
http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/#comment-58
I think that’s a bit cheaper, unless you’re buying a lot of them (then your link, with the bulk discounts) would be better.
February 15th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
@Krisi, vodka works nicely with a LOT of things for infusions, so there’s a very good chance your jelly beans would work. I’d suggest trying a small batch at first, so you don’t waste too much of either product to find out. If you do try this, I’d love to hear how it turns out!
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@Peter Schultz, in theory it should keep for quite some time (it’s just vodka and sugar, mostly), especially if you refrigerate it. I only kept mine around for a few days, though, so I can’t say for sure. But I would think it should last at least a couple of weeks…?
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@Alice, I’m not crazy about straight vodka either. I could still taste the burning alcohol taste in this drink, but the Skittles flavor overwhelms it to some extent. But if you find the vodka fumes are still bothering you, you can always mix this with something – even serving on the rocks tames the alcohol taste down.
February 15th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
My friends and I tried this and had such a horrible time trying to strain all the flavors that we finally gave up. It would NOT go through a coffee filter and the paper towels just soaked it up. In the end we just decided we would live with the medicine-y texture. The flavors are fantastic, texture, terrible.
February 16th, 2009 at 12:54 am
Would this still work if instead of using vodka you used Everclear or shochu/soju?
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@Rachel, I’m sorry to hear that. I wonder if brands make a difference with coffee filters/paper towels? I DID have to scrape the gunk off to keep it filtering through (see Step 6), but it did ultimately work for me.
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February 16th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Started a batch using Everclear. The skittles are either dissolving REALLY REALLY slow or not dissolving at all. We will keep you posted on how it turns out.
February 16th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
You can also skip the skittles and stop by a candy making store where they sell a huge array of flavorings and colors.
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February 16th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Wow! Great recipe, I will have to try it.
One suggestion to make the infusion work a little faster. Put the flask/bottle in a pan with water and then heat them up (the water will make sure it doesn’t get too hot and break your bottle).
This tip was gleaned from the way the Finns make their Salmiakkikossu. It is essentially Salmiakki candy in Koskenkorva (their brand of vodka).
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February 16th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
@ Jen- I have no idea. we initially strained them to get the big pieces out with a kitchen sieve. No problems there, tiny holes plus big skittles chunks= peachy keen. When we put the filters in the sieve and tried to restrain, the vodka just sat there. After a half hour we barely had any filtered back in the bottle. When we gave up and poured it back in, there was an obvious film on the filter. We tried again and put the filter in a funnel, and that did a tiny bit better, but it was still very slow drips.
I will add though, that we used extremely cheap vodka (McCormicks, if you are familiar) and ran it through a brita filter multiple times with *excellent* results. It went from such a strong rubbing alcohol taste/smell that you couldn’t even hold your face over the pitcher to being very drinkable. There was a visiable sludge in the filter by the time we were through. If you are on a budget and have a filter, I highly recommend trying this!
February 16th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
@Deano, great idea! Thanks!
@Rachel, huh. I wish I knew what the cause of your filtration problems was. Hmm. Nice tip on the Brita filtering!
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February 17th, 2009 at 6:08 am
It has been 17 hours since we started out batch. All the vodka mixtures are pretty much dissolved. Only a few reminices of skittles on the bottom.
The batch containing Everclear (and green skittles only) has only turned slightly green and all the skittles are still whole and very colored. I do not think there is enough water in the everclear (5% water) to dissolve the skittles. May either need to be watered down.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:00 am
you know everytime I see Skittles now I read it as Shittles.
Anyway, this looks tasty, thanks for the tip!
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Why do you have to use the wasteful plastic bottles? Why not just do everything in their glass bottle?
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February 17th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
where did you get those flasks i love them i want some
February 18th, 2009 at 10:41 am
i tryed this and personally i think it works better with skye vodka but stoli works as well.
February 18th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Tried it. Wonderful. Gave me and the kids something to do in school holidays. Very sweet, but perfect for cocktails
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February 19th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Just a quick note that will help with the messiness of this undertaking. rather than using coffee filters, a strainer, a measuring cup etc. use cheese cloth. Shove a descent size piece into the top of the water bottle. and then poor into the flask. If the cheese cloth is packed tight enough it will easily collect all the junk and make a LOT less mess
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February 19th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
or just buy flavored vodka.
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Hell, you are maniac! No plx, dont tortue vodka with this schemical pills!
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February 20th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
whoa 60 skittles per 6 ounces?!? Thats a lot of sugar!
February 20th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
coolest thing ever!!
February 20th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I tried the recipe this weekend. DAMN it was amazing! I used the cheapest vodka ever (Majorska) and it still worked great. I only made the red skittles, and the vodka smelled SOOOO good when it was done. I only had problems when it came to filtering, so at step 6, I decided to grab 2 fresh coffee filters and re-filter all the liquid that wasnt going through the 4 filters, and that worked fine.
This is the BEST rescipe ever. Thanks Jen! You’re the best!
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February 22nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
This is DELICIOUS! Trying my batch right now. For me, the paper towel worked better than the coffee filters and didn’t absorb as much of the end product.
Happy infusing!
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February 23rd, 2009 at 3:37 pm
This was AWSOME!
Vodka straight is great.
Mix it with 7up and it tastes exactly like skittles.
I bought these bottles 2 days ago at the Container store, I liked them as well. 23.50 for all 5.
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February 25th, 2009 at 10:06 am
If you don’t have the time to make this, try Cryptonic and either RedBull or Monster. Tastes exactly like a skittle and is very easy to drink.
February 25th, 2009 at 11:28 am
this recipe sounds amazing. i currently have my skittles soakin in the vodka at home right now. i left them overnight. this morning the skittles all seemed to be dissolved so hopefully by time i get home from work i can start straining them! ill let u know how it turns out. thanks for the idea ;D !
February 26th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
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February 28th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Got my batch going last night, here in Toronto.
Bought 5 375ml Absolute. I know it’s somewhat cheaper to buy in larger quantities but then I also have a nice bottle for each color.
Removed 2 shots from each bottle.
Added ~60 skittles to each, seperated by color. A 320g bag had almost exactly 60 of each.
Shaking them every so often since last night.
Not sure if I want to put them in the dishwasher for speedy solution or just continue the manual way. Glass bottles, filled, explode if put in washer? everyone seems to make them in plastic bottles for mixing. Thoughts anyone?
February 28th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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March 1st, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I tried this recipe this weekend, I wanted to thank you for it. It was pretty easy to do except the filtering was labour intensive plus my place smelled like a brewery LOL. I blogged about the whole process here. Do you know how long the infusions last though?
March 1st, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I don’t get how no one has commented on this because the math just isn’t working for me. I have a 1.75L bottle being split 5 ways. That goes 350ml per infusion (and actually I got about 400ml, but no matter). 350ml is about 12oz, and after having filtered my first flavor I still have 350ml. It won’t fit into even my 9.5oz bottles I’d been collecting. Have people been using 1/5s (750ml) or am I somehow not losing alcohol everyone else is?
March 1st, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Waywardmedic, I’m not sure how long they last – vodka and sugar (basically what this is) SHOULD in theory last a very long time, but I don’t think anyone so far has left them around for long enough to see.
I’d guess at the very least a couple of weeks?
Mitch, I didn’t use the entire 1.75L bottle. I had a lot left over from it after I was done. I just poured the six ounces of vodka into the water bottles along with the skittles, as I described, and ended up with about an 8 ounce yield of the actual infusion. Hope that helps!
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Okay, I chill some Vodka overnight. Then I fill a tumbler with it, and stuff my pockets full of Skittles. (If I haven’t been lucky enough to have some lovely lady do it for me already, Rowr!)
Then I swig the vodka while jamming handfuls of the candy into my mouth and chewing the whole mess until it becomes a nightmarish paste of rave dreams and willy wonka dispair – then I swallow the whole gooey mass, rinse, lather, repeat.
Your process is much too time consuming for my desired end result – to wake up with the taste of oompah-loompah hoonanny and carnival snacks marinated in my tonsils.
Mmmm, sir – I simply say mmmm.
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March 8th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Hey Jen, you’re right, they didn’t last very long especially when my friends found out what I did. I guess this question will forever remain a mystery.
March 9th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Thanks, this recipe is going good, my brother is having his 18th this weekend (legal drinking age here) and he wanted 700ml of green, so apart from the weird looks i got for pruchasing 6-7 bags of skittles, its going good.
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March 12th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Something i have noticed is that after freezing, something forms @ the bottom, some floaty white stuff (i am a scientist & very tempted to run this threw the machines to find out how to do it quicker) it melted after a few hours at room temp
March 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Making mine right now
Just got my bottles delivered, went to the store and bought the vodka. Can’t wait. I’ll have to get some 7 up.
March 16th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
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March 18th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Homer: Got any of that beer that has candy floating in it? You know, Skittlebrau?
Apu: Such a beer does not exist, sir. I think you must have dreamed it.
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March 19th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
We made this last week using 12oz. bottles, and boy was I impressed! So impressed, I’m writing a blog about it, and directing any takers to your page to make their own skittlie goodness..thanks for your tutorial!
DJ
http://whenshescontentshepurrs.blogspot.com/
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March 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm
I know this sounds a bit obvious, but you can do the same thing with unsweetened kool-aid mix. You can avoid the sugary goop by using xylitol or sorbitol, or even stevia (not sure how well stevia would work with vodka). Or if you like fake sweeteners you can use liquid equal to taste.
(You can do this with everclear too.)
Alternately, melt the skittles with some water on the stove into a syrup, then add in the vodka. should take care of the white stuff, which is probably gum arabic.
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:36 pm
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March 24th, 2009 at 12:27 am
I finished making my first batch a few days ago, and it was truly a hassle for me to strain them using coffee filters. I was frequently replacing filters and lost significant ounces due to soaking into the filters. Maybe it was just that they were cheap Big Lots filters, who knows. When it was all done I had some 7 up waiting an was wondering how they would taste… Amazing!! Well worth the trouble. I did 1 shot of skittle vodka to about 3/4 can of 7up plus ice. They are really sweet, like drinking skittles, so good. To make them a bit stronger (Since you can’t even taste the vodka) I might add a bit of plain vodka to the mix, I like my drinks a bit on the stronger side though.
Next time I’m planning on getting some cheese cloth, never heard of it before, but sister said it’d probably work better. Also, I’m going to try Starbursts next time, does anyone know if there would be anything to filter there??? My sister is going to try jolly ranchers due to taste preference and to avoid filtration. After the starburst experiment I’m going to do tropical skittles with the cheese cloth, and maybe even sour skittles. Can’t wait.
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March 29th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I found Coffee filters to work rather poorly, the liquid becomes too think to strain. Anyone have any better ideas for straining?
March 31st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
are those flasks really necessary?
So I cant store the vodka in plastic bottles for very long?
March 31st, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Anonym, *some* people believe it’s bad to store vodka in plastic bottles. Others don’t (see this comment on another post). There are studies about plastic leeching chemicals into water if it’s left in the car to heat up, so I would guess if you keep it refrigerated, it’s probably okay to use plastic.
I just prefer glass.
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April 14th, 2009 at 1:27 am
i also find that if you use a FRENCH COFFEE PRESS, and let the skittles mix just soak in the jug over night, WITHOUT PRESSING IT YET…. wait overnight, press it slow and firmly in the morning and you just pour out the good stuff on top into your flasks…SAVED ME ALOT OF TIME!
It also depends on what the thickness of your mesh is. For example, with my press it worked fine… but at my gf’s we had to use a coffee filter after still, since there was a fine layer of floatin gunk lol you just gotta see what works with what you have, but i would deff. reccommend the coffee press, if your lazy like me & can’t be f***ed to go thru all that filtering effort.
April 15th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Ho! Ho! Yet another way of customising your Vodka))) Was really bored of trying it out wit variety of fruit juices….. gr8 experiment….
April 17th, 2009 at 5:06 am
fuck everyone that says this is a dumb idea, i think it looks brilliant! i’m deff. gonna try this
April 17th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
love this idea! I want to make them as favors for my wedding. I posted a link to this project on my blog, http://www.wifetacular.com
April 18th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Oh my God I made these last night and drank three of them and threw up everywhere.
I’m doing it again next week.
April 19th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I opted to use a shaker or one of those scrambled egg shakers to filter once with a strainer and then put the filter in between the shaker and cap to filter back out again. Made it easy to filter twice in one shot and that helped with the green as you noted…
April 20th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
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April 25th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Ignore my last comment, I used the coffee press idea posted earlier, and it is by far the most efficient way. I actually resorted to putting the coffee filters I was using around the press to improve the filtering as I bought a metal press not a nylon one.
April 26th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
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April 28th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I was linked to this earlier today and I cannot wait to do it; I have planned to make these on Thursday so I have them for the weekend, I will take a bunch of pictures and let you know how it comes out!
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May 3rd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Any one know where I can buy the same or simular glass flasks as metioned on this page? Im in New Zealand so where I can buy them in New Zealand or a store that will ship them to me here in New Zealand?
May 12th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
This is the best idea I think I have ever heard of.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:33 am
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May 28th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Thank you for the tutorial, I’m going to make my own tonight. Got the flasks right at the Container Store just as OP said.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:31 am
if you are not in a rush, you can freeze the vodka before straining it, it solidifys the fat, so it groups together and makes it easier to strain, especially as sometimes you can skim off the larger chunks, making it easier to filter.
May 30th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Ikea also sells similar bottles, but probably a bit bigger than yours… i believe they were about 4.99 or 5.99
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June 3rd, 2009 at 12:14 pm
I have a question about the filtering process…are you putting 4 filters together then pouring through?
Or are you doing one 1 filter at a time (4 times over)?
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Kevin, I used 4 at once.
June 4th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Very cool, thanks for the reply. I have got to try this out!
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June 19th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Am I the only one who noticed there wasn’t a Step 3?
June 19th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Ha, Pete, you’re right. I’ve fixed it now.
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July 5th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I’m going to try this on the weekend. I have a couple of fun ideas for you, since you seem to be creative with your alcohol. I have been soaking gummie candies (the best were the spiders and green army men) in sourpuss alcohol. They’re the best after refrigeration. I have also been making jello-shots in oral syringes (the kind you give medicine to children in). Its awesome because you just suck the un-set jello into the syring and then chill. You just “shoot” the shot into your mouth…no scraping it out of a cup.
July 7th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I just attempted to create some Mamba Vodka! Lets see what happens….
July 20th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Could I use Rum instead of vodka?
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:46 pm
so i just made my skittle vodka and have them doing the whole overnight thing but i used the whole bottle of vodka was i suppose to? i thought it came out to less when i just put the 6 oz in so i just evened it the rest of the bottle is that bad? should i go buy more skittles? AHH HELP ME!!!
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 pm
It should work with rum, Ali. If you try it, let us know how it turned out!
Stephen, it’s hard to say – you don’t have to use exactly the proportions I used. I would suggest that if, in the morning, it looks transparent, you might want to add more Skittles and let it go another night. But if it looks opaque (like in my pics) it’ll be fine.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:47 am
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July 29th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Jen,
I made a batch and it turned out pretty well. However after they sat for a few days, more of the ‘gunk’ appeared at the bottom of the jars. I went a little light on the filtering and had a feeling that this would happen. What other methods do you know of or have tried that works better than coffee filters?
July 29th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I did not try this myself, but check out this comment:
http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/#comment-254
in which BobbyZ describes in detail using a French coffee press. I think I will definitely try that method next time.
July 30th, 2009 at 3:45 am
this looks yummmmmmmy
July 30th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
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July 31st, 2009 at 7:59 pm
We boiled our skittles with enough liquid to cover them half way. (we used powerade that corresponded with each skittle flavor so we didn’t have any watering down) and then mixed it with the vodka. Tastes like skittles with a kick. We did have some of the waxy white stuff floating around, but it stuck to the sides of the bottle, so we didn’t care. That, and we’re college kids, so who cares if there’s stuff floating in our alcohol.
Cheers!!
August 12th, 2009 at 9:18 am
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I followed the tutorial exactly and wonder how do you get 8 oz infused from 6 oz of vodka? I started with 6 and ended with 6!
August 18th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Michele, for me the Skittles added a couple of ounces to the overall volume. Maybe the brand of coffee filters you used got yours filtered more thoroughly or something? (That would make it thinner, so less volume.)
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Made these for a party -mixed with champagne. Potent and fun. But if you are interested in the bottles – you can get bottles similar to those shown, but biggter, at IKEA for like $1.99 each.
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October 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am
We are making skittles vodka right now and so far it is looking very good!
only the straining process is taking VERY long, any suggestions on how to speed it up?
October 16th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
G and M, check this out:
http://mixthatdrink.com/skittles-vodka-tutorial/#comment-254
Straining through a French press.
October 20th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
hey i love the way u think so i used it for my sixth grade science project
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November 29th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I strained it through a tea strainer and a coffee filter and then again and still have some white sludge on top. Anyone try skimming it?
Also, seems like it might be too sweet for a martini. Anyone try 1 oz of skittles vodka, 1 oz of plain vodka and 3/4 oz of vermouth?
November 29th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Skimming isn’t working too well. Wondering if adding more vodka to “absorb” some of that sugar. Thoughts?
November 30th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
In my opinion, these ARE too sweet for martinis, but some people love it. Your alternative recipe sounds good! Let me know how it turns out if you do try it.
Hmm, it sure sounds like you’ve done enough to get all the white sludge, so I’m not sure why that’s not working. For me, there was a tiny bit of sludge left on the orange and green ones – just couldn’t seem to get rid of it, but it wasn’t enough to harm the flavor. More sugar might help, and it would certainly reduce the sweetness, which sounds like that would be more to your taste.
December 1st, 2009 at 5:43 pm
I think I finally got a good filtering solution. I heated the solutions for 25 – 35 seconds in the microwave. Then, to filter them into their final flasks I loosely stuffed the spout of my funnel with a piece of paper towel. Just a little ball in the spout end. I poured the mixture in and you want a medium speed drip, not to slow but you don’t want it pouring through the towel too quickly either. I found, as the mixture cooled the sugars clumped together and didn’t make their way through to the final flask, also I could spoon out the bigger pieces.
December 3rd, 2009 at 9:41 am
love skittles and knw this its the best!!!!
December 10th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
When filtering I just held a square of CLEAN fly screen over the top of the water bottles as I poured it into the funnel, and btw the white stuff isn’t sugar its actually rock sediment that they use to coat the candy to give it a crunch, you can see it if you suck the colour off an m&m or skittle.
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December 27th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
will this work with any flavour skittles (like the chocolate ones)?
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hey really apriciate this vodka skill i was just wondering about step:6 chill and serve how long exactlly would you say to keep them in the freezer for i mean i dont wont them frozen solid and also i dont wont the glass cracking do you think it would be worth just throwing them in the fridge until cold
thanks for reading
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March 10th, 2010 at 10:40 am
I did mine overnight and they didn’t freeze solid. But it depends on your fridge – a few hours should be enough, too.