just me grumbling now.. the link you gave still doesnt list me. unless im looking in the wrong place. i probably am
for the alcoholic suckers story i said i would tell later.. i have some time now that DS is out with grandma for a while longer (read at most another 45 minutes)
I was playing Diablo 3 when my DW comes running to me all excited telling me i HAVE to make this for our next party we go to while holding out her phone. on the phone was a link to someones college "science experiments" on alcoholic suckers, and jello. (BTW, did you know you can actually NAIL jello to a board and if properly made will stay there until you remove it?, although the more hard liqueur you add the more runny it gets.) i was tasked with the "Chore" of making flavored suckers (lolipops if you need a picture since i cannot make a round mold for the life of me, it becomes oval shaped REALLY quickly) that contained alcohol.
My first flavor i attempted was a Strawberry Daiquiri (wow i cannot spell that word without googling it first, even my browser spellcheck kept trying to change it to Aquarius . ) the first attempt did not have enough rum in it to meet my standards with only 1 shot per 10 suckers. attempt #2 was ~1.5ml strawberry flavoring, with 2 shots of rum and about 5 drops of food coloring. that came out perfect. poured the molten sugar into my cookie sheet with powdered sugar for a mold. take a picture. then work on second flavor. Watermelon. used 99 watermelons liquor (99 proof!) and watermelon flavoring. with 1 drop of pink food coloring. those came out pretty well. onto third attempt. Jagerbomb flavored suckers. this attempt did not turn out that great.. not sure if it was because i pulled it off the heat too soon afraid of overcooking it, or the liquor/soda did not want to set up right. they turned out more like a hard taffy than a sucker.
took them to a halloween party where everyone loved them. i WARNED everyone that they were alcoholic (while they were already drinking beer and taking shots) (uhm, childs home, might take a bit longer to type up now) so to only eat a few of each at most. of course nobody wanted to listen to me, so they all became drunk much faster than they anticipated and had a blast at the party. a few days later i was asked to make another batch for someone to take to another party. i did and they told everyone how great they are and they were a hit there. the number of times i have made them is directly porportonal to the number of amazing parties i ahve been to. i would make some to send to yall but im not sure if im allowed to mail them or not..
