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THE GUMDROP MARTINI
And a recipe for making your own gum drops!
Ingredients: Vodka, Bacardi Limon, Southern Comfort, Dry Vermouth, Lemon Juice
The classic gumdrop colors and flavors are orange, red/cherry, yellow/lemon, green/ lime and black/licorice. This gumdrop cocktail is flavored after the lemon gumdrop flavor but it packs a bigger kick.
Did you know that the Apollo 9 Command module was called Gumdrop? When the module was delivered it was wrapped in blue cellophane and, being shaped like a cone, it acquired that cute nickname! Not that that has anything to do with a Gumdrop Martini but I thought it was interesting.
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HOMEMADE GUMDROPS
4 Cups of White Sugar
1-1/2 Cups Boiling Water
2 Envelopes of Knox Gelatin
1 - 2 Tsps of Candy* or Food Flavorings PER FLAVOR
Food Coloring
*Professional Candy Flavorings come in a much wider range of flavors that even include, banana, tutti fruit, watermelon and more.
Tools: 1 Qt. Saucepan, Teflon pans for different flavors, wax paper, mixing spoons, measuring cups, measuring spoons
Directions:
Soak your gelatin in the saucepan in 1/4 cup of cold water for five minutes, then add the 1-1/2 Cups of boiling water. When your gelatin is completely dissolved add your sugar and boil on medium/low heat for 15 minutes.
At this point you can divide your mixture into as many parts as you want for your different flavors. Pour each into a separate Teflon lined pan, mix in your flavorings and your food colors to get the desired color and taste.
Set your pans into the refrigerator at least overnight or for a full day, then you can cut your gumdrops to any size you want and roll each in some granulated sugar. Store in layers of waxed paper in a sealed container.
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