Luke from Atlanta writes in to let us know he doesn’t think these glasses are for dieters who want to make sensible portions of Jell-O.
Meant to send this in awhile ago when you posted the picture of the ping pong balls in the beer isle and I finally remembered. This is from my local Kroger grocery store where they actually have plastic shot glasses hanging directly in front of the Jello section, and I’m guessing it’s not because dieters want to be able to make small portions.
Well, yay.
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Sounds to me like Kroger is consumer-friendly and forward thinking.
Thanks for not making me search the aisles for my much-needed party favors, Kroger.
Well, to be fair, there is only 12 cups in there. They make those white plastic mini-cups for your bathroom that are much better for Jello shots, because you can push them out of the cup.
Damn you, GESD! Your reasoning is irrefutable!
Of course, now that I am looking for them, I can’t find the bag I used to have behind the bar. IIRC, they were 2-3 oz, made by Solo/Dixie, and white. I will see if I can find the rest of them. I may have given some to my neighbor to use for seedlings….
I believe I know what you’re talking about. The bar I frequent sometimes sells jello shots, and uses them when serving. Wax-coated, of the paper variety.
NO!!! Do not use the wax ones, when you pour the hot liquid into it it will melt into the jell-o and then when you eat it you will taste all the wax. Use the plastic type, NEVER the wax ones.
Never had that happen. Maybe the people who made them allowed the mixture to cool off before pouring?
OK, found them. They were behind the Jello-bean molds. They are 3 0z Solo cups. They are strong, yet bend easily, to allow you to get access to all the sweet alcoholy goodness. The UPC is 041165280104 . IIRC, this 80 pack was $2.00
The little white paper ones are great for jello shots for exactly that reason. You can basically just turn them inside out into your mouth. We used to make those for parties in college all the time. Here’s what it looked like in our fridge before one of the better ones:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52307971@N07/4819497408/
did you live in my dorm room?
Gah, paper? Many times the jello sticks to the paper. That’s why I like the plastic. And also mold. You can get really wrecked on my jello eggs. My molds: http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u45/gitemstevedave/FoodGloriousFood/?action=view¤t=100_3896.jpg and http://s165.photobucket.com/albums/u45/gitemstevedave/FoodGloriousFood/?action=view¤t=100_3897.jpg
Well, it was college, so we weren’t all that refined about it and didn’t mind sucking the jello off the cups. You’re right though, it definitely sticks a bit. I’ve never had jello eggs before, but I’ll bet those are pretty fun. So do the eggs from the red mold just end up being flat on one side, while the white one makes complete eggs? That’s what it looks like from the pictures.
The ones in the red mold are “Jello-beans”. They come out looking like jelly beans with a flat back.
Ahh, I gotcha. I was wondering what you were talking about in your other post when you mentioned Jello-beans.
Working at a supermarket allowed be first crack at things like this when we were supposed ot give them to the customers.
Those look like the little paper cups they give you your pills in at the hospitals. Hmmmmm.
It was likely a college student with a part-time job at Kroger who stocked the shelves.
It’s almost as good as my local Fry’s Electronics that had hand strengtheners next to the adult videos.
I use Jello Jiggler-egg molds for my jello shots. I’ve perfected the formula to where the Jell-o is 75% alcohol, yet is nice and firm, and easily handled. I also have Jello-bean molds I use.
75% alcohol? Do you use raw ether?
Nope. I use 1 1/2 cups of vodka, and only 1/2 cup water.
Isn’t that more like 30% alcohol then?
He’s saying 75% alcohol as in the mixture used, not the actual alcohol by volume.
Welcome to the Internet, would you like to be a moderator?
Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realize I was at ‘ebaumsworld’ and was subject to trolling. My apologies.
Don’t. I’m a good commenter, not a mathematician. I explained what I meant.
I understood… And you are welcome to make me jell-o shots anytime, Mr. GESD. I can’t guarantee that I’ll keep my decorum after about 5, though.
Just please leave Dale Jr. alone, or else you might hurt his resale value…
When I was in college we decided that playing drinking games that only resulted in the consequence of being drunk wasn’t much of a gamble or a game at all so we came up with something called Jell-O Roulette.
You make a couple of shots with a nasty, but non lethal liquid (ex-lax, ipecac, or if you don’t want to go extreme you can do clear vanilla or even vingar), mix them in with the batch and serve. Just a couple of up front tips incase you get drunk enough to try this…
1. Never do it in your own house unless you’ve pre-planed.
2. Never do it in a house with only 1 bathroom (it’ll be in use a lot with all of the drunkies walking around)
3.THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT!!!!! Always make sure everyone KNOWS that the shots are in there… somewhere. (You don’t want an unsuspecting drunk person who thinks they have to pass some gas actually crapping their pants, that’s not fun for anyone)
4. Always make sure that someone trustworthy (we called them the judge-usually the smarter person who opted not to play) know how many of them their are and where they are.
5. Have fun, take pictures!
it’s about time!! I can never find jello shot cups… although I prefer the ones with lids.
Yeah, when you’re taking them somewhere, the best ones are those little souffle cups you can get from a restaurant supply store. They should definitely sell those in the Jell-o section of the grocery store.
Kids have it so easy these days.
Oh no, I saw this and just shuddered at the thought of alcohol pudding shots…
I dunno, i like the idea of Vandermint’s Dutch Mint Chocolate Liqueur with some Jell-O fudge pudding…
mmm.
Or….
Kahlua and Vanilla pudding!
whaaat? pudding shots are the best invention ever. trust.
chocolate pudding, milk, vodka, and your favorite flavor of bailey’s. but you gotta add a whole tub of cool whip in order to get the pudding to set after you’ve put a bunch of alcohol in them.
stick them in the freezer and serve with spoons.
God, looks like I know what I’m doing this weekend…
And the following morning…
Finally Kroger does something right! Yippee!
not really, do you know how many of those shot glasses you’d have to buy to make a good batch of jell-o shots? It’s waaaaaaaaay cheaper to just get disposable ones, unless of course you do jell-o shots like every other day in which case the investment would make sense.
It’s a numbers game.
I’ve never made a Jello shot in my life and I don’t “drink” them. I just thought it was funny that Kroger put shot-size cups next to the Jello. Usually you need to go all the way across the store to get two items commonly used together. Like Velveeta and Ro-Tel during football season. They’re at opposite ends of the store.
Kroger sucks.
They look more pudding cup sized to me than shot glasses.
Probably some computer correlated the sales of the glasses and the jello; resulting in the posting of the glasses next to jello.
And I’m sure at least some parents will serve jello to their kids in the nice colorful glasses…
Yes, one of the attributes of an intelligent species is its ability to see a correlation between two seemingly unrelated items. N shit.
I prefer the row of 100 I can get from the liquor store for $3.99 (where the liquor is cheaper than at Kroger). Those shot glasses pictured are harder plastic and crack very easily. I’ve broken every one I’ve bought.
Your Kroger sells liquor?
Now if they just had margarita flavored jell-o for sale…
I always used Lime Jello with Tequila. (sometimes I would even get fancy and sprinkle a little bit of salt in the top of each one) They were awesome. I also recommend Pina Coloda shots with Pineapple Jello and coconut rum
Not Margarita flavored jello but very close and VERY tasty
Margarita Jello Shots
6 ounces Lime Jello (large box)
16 ounces Water (boiling)
6 ounces Tequila
2 ounces Triple Sec
1 ounce Lime Juice
1 ounce Water (cold)
Mix the jello mix with the boiling water until the powder is fully dissolved and then add the rest of the water and the alcohol. Pour the mixture into either shot glasses or paper cups.
The Jello Shot Faerie will be out of a job, if they make it this easy to make jello shots!
(At my mom’s job, they are not allowed to drink alcohol at company events. So they make *ridiculous* amounts of jello shots. This results in the Jello Shot Faerie visiting our house every so often: Suddenly the highest shelf has half a dozen brightly-coloured cups on it.)
So they’re allowed to *eat* alcohol but not drink it?
Very tricky….
Seriously, is there some kind of “alcohol/think of the children! morality code” going on here with Consumerist?
I can only speak for myself, but I don’t think it’s scandalous. I think it’s very convenient.
Of course, my mom worked in a family friend’s liquor store when I was a kid and brought me with her. So it’s all relative.
who cares…
These look like small pudding cups next to pudding, not shot glasses next to gelatin. But I digress…
How is this an issue? Why should anyone care? Has the PTC taken over Consumerist?
Jell-o shots! Yay!
I’m a total MOM because when I saw that picture, I just thought, “cool – those little cups would be perfect serving size pudding cups for my kids”.
Is it just me, or does the author of this post sound a bit puritanical? What is wrong with putting these two things together? Personally, I think Jello shots are stupid (I’m an adult; if I want a shot of something, I don’t need it via lime-flavored gelatin), but they’re a hit at parties, so why not pair them together in an aisle? Impulse items totally work. If someone wants to drink, they don’t need your criticism.
I always prefered the solo cups that were 3/4 oz with a lid. They were perfect for transportation (we had a lot of backyard BBQs and Bonfires) and I have a short tongue (TMI) after the first 30 or so your mouth gets sore.=
think of the children!!!
Jello Shooters. Duh.
Is this an “I-Hate-Kroger” week?
Umm…. so what’s odd about that? Or is this another half-attempt at news?
So what’s the problem? Consumerist, it looks like you are just trying to stick your nose into everybody’s business. Back off for heaven’s sake.
Um…. This is the third time this exact story has been mentioned since 14th july. That’s 8 days. Two of which have been at Kroger-owned stores.
Do you guys not have a filter for those “every idiot who wants to tip Consumerist” posts?
> http://consumerist.com/2010/07/walgreens-wants-you-to-play-beer-pong.html
> http://consumerist.com/2010/07/one-stop-shopping-for-beer-pong.html
Hate to burst your bubble, but Kroger themselves probably didn’t put them there. An outside company comes and puts up those “clip strips” all over the store.
So? Grow up people.
“Luke from Atlanta writes in to let us know he doesn’t think these glasses are for dieters who want to make sensible portions of Jell-O.”
Dieters, no. Sensible portions, yes. A Jello Shot can only be so big before it ceases to be a shot!
I have to thank Mr. Tom Leher for the invention of Jell-O Shots! Haven’t had too many workplaces where drinking was frowned upon, but one is one too many!
Same thing at Schnucks, Dierbergs and Shop and Save in St. Louis. It’s probably a Jello thing.
Heh. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this at both the Emory and Georgia Tech Krogers, and just thought whoever decides where to put stuff was being reasonable and resourceful.
Don’t use any alcohol with an overly high proof. It’ll denaturize the gelatin and turn to plasticky ew. And remember kids, it may taste like candy, but it’s packed with poison!