My Jello Americans: 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

White Chocolate Spodee

White Chocolate Spodee

VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS!

Our Chocolate Covered Spodee's was such a hit, that when the cool people at Spodee asked us to come up with something for one of their videos, the choice was obvious. Whenever we do a video, we like to highlight a technique that is too complex to describe on paper. Ever wondered how to make a chocolate covered jello shot? Check the video ABOVE!

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Woodruff & Lavenderliner

Woodruff and Lavenderliner

Berliner Weisse

Granulated gelatin

Woodruff syrup

Lavender syrup

authentisch.

Created for Philly Beer Week, the base of this jello shot is Nodding Head Brewery's Ich Bin Ein Beliner Weisse, a very tart variety of wheat beer, in which syrup (woodruff or raspberry) is traditionally added.

Woodruff syrup (Waldmeistersirup) in an herbal additive with vanilla, marshmellowey flavor. From what my google skills are telling me, it's unheard of to drink a berliner weisse in Berlin without syrup added.

The bottom layer of the jello shot is berliner and lavender: berliner weisse has a distinct sour taste, and balancing out citrus is one of lavender's second best talent (first is fancying up bougie cupcakes).

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Banh Mi Jello Shot

Banh Mi

granulate gelatin

jalapeno infused rum

limeade

agave

coconut milk

cilantro

Nobody loves a Vietnamese hoagie more than Mi. The thing I was most excited about to South Philly from Fishtown was the availability of Banh Mi sandwiches. These jello shots are inspired by the spicy, cilantro sandwiches (warm baguettes eaten separately).

We infused white rum with fresh jalapenos, which are so potent we only steeped it for about an hour. We actually used a little extra agave in the lime cilantro lime layer (the top of the domes) to curb the 'heat' of the rum. The coconut cream is very sweet out of the bottle, so it mixed well with the savory liquor.

The jello shots are placed on sesame crackers, from Kung Fu Hoagies, a new (vegan) banh mi food cart that I'm thrilled comes to Passyunk Ave sometimes.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Dreamsicle

DREAMSICLE

granulate gelatin

stewart's orange cream soda

mandrine orange vodka

vanilla vodka

scm

It's hot as hell in Philadelphia (if hell is about 85 degrees) and what's better than an orange creamsicle from the ice cream truck on a hot day? If you don't feel like waiting 'til the truck makes it's rounds at, like, 11 pm, have I got a jello shot for you!

Chocolate Covered Spodee

Dark Chocolate, Paramount Crystals

Spodee

Cherry wishniak soda

Granulated gelatin

Last week we made Jello shots for the launch of Spodee, a depression era spirit. It's a spiced and sweetened wine, fortified with moonshine, and it is delightful. I'm completely done with putting chocolate bitters in Sandeman's Reserve- Spodee is more affordable and delicious.

We had a blast at the launch party, which was in a warehouse with INDOOR food trucks, an ice cream tricycle and a plaid clad blue grass band. Hand-to-god we were in Fishtown, not Brooklyn. Chrissy, Moe's sister took a lot of great pictures but unfortunately I'm in most of them :(

May the Fourth

DARTH VADER

Sambuca & Cream Soda

The carbonation of the cream soda made the Darth Masks a little pock marked.

Lesson learned!

Cinco De Mayo Collection

A collection of Mexican themed jello shots:

Flan

Banderitas Mexicana

Frida Kahlo

Jalapeno Pots de Creme

Strawberry Rhubarb Margarita

Friday, April 27, 2012

12$ Shirts

We made these shirts a while ago because merchandising is the most important part of any project.

Here's a little background info from a conversation with Drew Lazor of the City Paper:

About three weeks back we received an mysterious package at Meal Ticket HQ containing a T-shirt emblazoned with cryptic Toynbee tile-inspired phraseology about ... gelatin. We were a bit flummoxed at first but then realized there really could be only one origin for such an on-message piece of apparel. Yes, this is the handiwork of Moe Sheehan and Cory Kete, the twosome behind the amazing My Jello Americans Jell-O Shot blog. CP profiled them in 2010.

Last March, "Cory made a Toynbee tile out of gelatin and put it on the the street [in Fishtown]," explains Sheehan, who currently lives in Austin. "It's fun to use some local lore in the shots." Like real ephemeral Toynbee tiles, the gelatin version was stepped on and ground up by Oxford Street pedestrians, but the duo's immortalized the idea via these tees. Sheehan and Kete don't have plans to retail the shirts, screen-printed by Awesome Dudes. But there's a chance you'll see some local MJA action out on the town this summer, when Sheehan returns from Texas to visit Philly and help out her cousin, "Honest" Tom McCusker, with his taco truck."

Because we hate to turn a profit here, they are priced at $12 which includes US nationwide shipping.

If you are international please email us at MyJelloAmericans at gmail . com before ordering.

The Transubstantiation

Growing up in my family of 6 kids we liked to play a lot of make believe. The best was pretending to be an authority figure of some sort. A parent, a teacher, a cop or robber, and of course, as we went to mass every Sunday and had a healthy fear of the lord, a priest. One day in the living room my sisters and I used potato chips and pretended to be priests and churchgoers.

(Perfectly normal, right?)

Well, my mom yelled at us.

Apparently we were making a mockery of something really special. I thought we were being good Catholics. The shock that we were doing something wrong was immense. So much so that I still remember it 25 years later. The desire to pretend to be a priest may have waned as I grew older, but the guilt grew stronger, affecting every aspect of my life.

For example, for years now I have worked every Easter Brunch as a dutiful employee of various restaurants. Today I am only modestly employed and don’t work. Because of this modest employment, I also can’t travel to be with my family. The guilt is great. I wasn't able to get out of bed today. That is, until this great idea came to be. How better to assuage this Catholic guilt than with a Jello shot that would disappoint my family?

I present, the Transubtantiation. It’s just water and gelatin, but with a little faith, our favorite party god can turn it into wine. Let us pray.

The Transubstantiation:

Gelatin

Water

Faith

Friday, April 6, 2012

Easter Past

Here is a collection of all of our easter related jello shots! By clicking on any photo, you should be directed to each it's original post (fingers crossed).

Peeps!

(with video)

Deviled eggs!

whitechocolatespace Deviled eggs!

Faberge Eggs!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

cream easter eggs

Cream Easter Eggs

Just experimenting with the chocolate meltables again. These are white chocolate easter eggs filled with a delicious cream jello. The exact flavor of cream jello is something we are going to use for an upcoming shot (we just made these eggs with the excess), so I don't want to spoil the surprise.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Inside out Reese's

Inside out Reese's

Inside out Reese's
Back in the olden days, we attempted using chocolate melts to create jello shot cups with lesser success than what you see here. After seeing the most adorable and beautiful recipe in Victoria Belanger's new book, we decided to try it again. So, it turns out the meltables are a lot easier to work with if they are thinned, Vicky B uses vegetable shortening, we used Paramount Crystals, which are basically the same thing.

This technique was super easy, and the great thing about adding the Paramount Crystals is that it made the peanut butter cups so soft like the texture of a real Reese's- and having the jello contained in a cup means you can make a softer, more pudding-like shot since it doesn't have to hold a mold.

3.14159265 in the Sky

I don't know about you, but I'm a dreamer, not so much a doer.

One of my dreams is to one day be a doer.

Until that day comes I will meander through this world nurturing irrational dreams.

In honor of these dreams, which I think we should all have, we present the Pi in the sky.

An homage to our favorite irrational number and our many irrational dreams.

Pi in the Sky:

The Shot is a Pecan Pi.

A crust of pecan sandies. (very crumbly) crushed and mixed with melted butter

A filling of caramel, crushed pecans, brown sugar, molasses, SCM and Bourbon

Topped with candied pecan crumbles
*Recipe Below*

If you want more digits (and who doesn't want more digits?)

here is Pi to one Million

CONTEST!!
Leave us a comment sharing your Pi in the sky dream.
The best Pi in the sky dream (according to our logic) wins a My Jello Americans Wall Calendar.

(See Below)

I'll give an example:

Today I dreamt that I would have this posted exactly at 3:14 eastern time. Needless to say I was saved by the multitude of time-zones giving me a second and third chance. It's 3:14 somewhere, right?