Apple Pie Jello Shots Recipe
This Apple Pie Jello Shot recipe is a taste of fall in a party shot! Simple to make, these Apple Pie Jello Shots are great for parties, tailgating, and more!
Jello shots are very popular party “drinks”. Everywhere you turn someone has a Jello shot recipe. But, in a bit of irony, most “Jello” shot recipes are not made with “Jello” (Kraft) at all… they are made with unflavored gelatin, usually Knox (Unilever) or store brand.
While researching gelatin shots recipes, I spent some time on the Knox gelatin page, and the read is fascinating. It is the largest distributor of gelatin selling 60% for home and institutional usage, and 40% to industrial and manufacturing. Knox really took off after the owner died and his wife took over the company. If you have a few minutes, give it a read. I learned some things (the first gelcap in the 1920s!), and you may too.
Hubby and I attended party a few weeks ago at my brother’s house. I volunteered to bring gelatin shots. I made 6 different varieties! Here is the tower with some of the gelatin shots (there were 80 shots in all):
Over the next few weeks I will be posting all the recipes that made up that tower!
● Apple Pie Jello Shots Recipe
● Cherry Surprise Jello Shots Recipe
● Glow in the Dark Jello Shots
● Margarita Jello Shots Recipe
● Some of the recipes were better received than others. This Apple Pie Jello Shots Recipe recipe was very well received! Hubby and I didn’t care for it. Too much cinnamon for us. We were the ONLY two people who didn’t care for it.
● If you don’t like cinnamon that much, lower the fireball whiskey to ½ cup, and increase the Crown Royal Apple to 1 cup.
● If you are making these in a glass shot glass you might consider lining the bottom with a crust.
Apple Pie Jello Shots Mise en Place:
● Medium Pot
● Measuring Cup
● Wooden Spoon
or Silicone Spatula 
● 20 2oz Souffle Cup with Lids
or Shot Glasses 
or Plastic Shot Glasses
Apple Pie Jello Shots Ingredients:
● 1 cup Water
● 2 cups Apple Cider (non alcoholic)
● 2 envelopes Unflavored Gelatin (.5oz Knox in a can)
● 1 cup Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey
● ½ cup Crown Royal Apple
Apple Pie Jello Shots Directions:
● In a medium pot, bring one cup of water and two cups of apple cider to a boil on the stove.
● Add unflavored gelatin to boiling water; dissolve completely.
● Remove from heat and allow to mixture cool to close to room temperature; approximately 15 minutes.
● Add Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey and Crown Royal Apple to the jello mixture; combine.
● Pour into 2 ounce soufflé cups. Allow some headroom and do not fill to the top.
● Remove any bubbles that may form.
● You may cap your soufflé cups, or wait until the gelatin has set before capping.
● Place in refrigerator to set, approximately 2 hours.
● Serve after set.
● Note: if you use 1 or 1.5 ounce glass shot glasses you will end up with 40 or 30 of these (depending on the shot glass size).
● To print the Apple Pie Jello Shots recipe, click here.
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Lynn Burke says
Ya got me with this one! Thinking Thanksgiving. Where do you find your souffle cups, please? Silly me, I looked in my supermarket. (Seriously?) Thanks, Ann.
Ann says
LOL.
Lynn, this link (affiliate) will get you them on amazon —> 2oz Souffle Cup with Lids
or, if you have a Restaurant Depot you can get into (they require a membership), you can get them there.
Ann
Heather says
Walmart… in with the cups, they are also called condiment cups
Didi says
Killing me with this one, seriously killing me!!
Ann says
Ha! I have two more to make. If I can get eggnog (I’m too lazy to make it), I’ll bring them to Denise’s in two weeks, Didi.
Ann
Lynn Burke says
Just ordered the souffle cups. Thanks so much, Ann! : )
Ann says
I hope you enjoy, Lynn. Remember, if you aren’t that big a cinnamon lover, swap out the amounts on the booze!
Ann
Sophie says
Can you specify how much jello to use. I got a different box
Rebecca Bertram says
What if I have Hot Damn 100, what other substitution would I need to make as the Hot Damn is a higher proof?
Heather says
Use less hot damn, I did a one and used hot damn instead and they were way to much flavor
Cheryl says
I use the apple flavored jello instead of the unflavored.
David Bursky says
Any suggestions on how to make it non alcoholic?
Ann says
David, it is basically a ratio. You can use the standard ratio I wrote in the post for 1 envelope of jello (you might want to consider the jolly rancher green apple jello otherwise, this is gonna be pretty tasteless). For the liquid, I’d use apple cider, apple juice, steep some cinnamon tea for a bit and use that. You’ll need to think outside the box and try and replicate the liquor flavors.
Ann
Heather says
I make a lot of different kinds of Jell-O shots but this was a fan favorite in my neighborhood!!
Raschel says
Can you tell me how much gelatin to use? I bought a different brand and I’m having a hard time converting. Thank you
Ann says
2 envelopes Unflavored Gelatin (.5oz Knox in a can), but it does not matter the brand. When I listed the envelopes, they are standard size small packets. I switch between Knox and generic all the time. It makes me wonder if it is all made by Knox under generic branding (I do not know this, I am questioning it).
Ann
Emily says
Yuck. Way too much Fireball. We had to throw it all away.