I want to make a rainbow layered drink for a party? Any Ideas?

Question

The bottom is going to be purple jelly, but can anyone give me ideas for the red, orange, yellow, green, blue and indigo layers? They also kind of need to go in that order too.

By the way I don't mind using food colorings if I have to.

Answer 1

Follow in this order from bottom to top.

Your purple jelly will work very well for the base.
Red - Grenadine
Orange - Peach Schnapps with orange food colouring
Yellow - Galliano (natural colour is yellow luckily for you)
Green - Peppermint Schnapps with green colouring
Blue - Malibu Rum with blue colouring
Indigo - Vodka with what ever coulouring will give you indigo.

So again, slowly pour the alcohol over the back of a spoon starting from the top of the list working down. These drinks were selected from a list I have made of what alcohol has what density. There are many many more but that's what being a good bartender calls for. The taste I don't really know. I bet it would taste pretty good.

If you are not sure about your skills at pouring layered shots as it does take work, make them a few hours before hand and chill them individually in the fridge. The specific gravity will take care of itself and the layering effect will occur.

The flavoring of the two schnapp's, the rum and especially the galliano will easily hide the taste of food colouring.

Good luck.

Answer 2

As a bartender, I've never heard of anyone or any recipe using grape jelly and don't think it would do well with alcohol, nor taste good (I suppose you could still try). That said, if you want to layer drinks, the trick is to either use the back of a spoon, pour down the side of the glass or use the cherry technique (pour over the cherry to soften the collision). You could use raspberry liquor (Chambord, for instance) for the purple, melon liquor for the green (Midori), Blue Curacao (used especially for coloring drinks), orange juice (orange), grapefruit or pineapple juice for the yellow. I find that mixing different consistencies, like orange juice, grenadine and tequila (tequila sunrise) results in better layers. The statement above about density is correct-you want the more dense liquid to sit on the bottom and work your way up to the lightest.You don't want to use the same as it will mix and look muddled-so keep this in mind should you use food coloring instead. You also might want to try making individual jello shots (with vodka) and layer them after they have set-this way, you could have your desired color combinations as well, would not have to spend a small fortune trying to stock different mixers and you would not have to master the skill of layering.

Answer 3

Ooh, this sounds fun. Cherry juice (like from the jar of marachino cherries) or granandine is red and heavy enough to sit near the bottom.Then oarange juice. You could put frozen bananas in a blender with a little milk for yellow, and that will help keep the layers seperate so far. Midori is green and the melon flavor should taste allright with the fruit flavors so far, but I think we should stop there and make blue sprite and indigo ice cubes or maybe indigo whipped cream, what do you think? Let me know how it turns out! Have fun.

Answer 4

this is easier to do with frozen drinks. By freezing the purple layer, then the red, orange and so on in different steps. Unfortunaltly, it's winter, people don't really want cold drinks, and it's time consuming.

Bartenders usually use liquids with different viscosities, and such (much like oil and vinegar).

The best bet for the actual color would probably be using food coloring. If you are making a fruity drink, indigo can be produced by blending blueberries, red from cherries and strawberries...ect.

Answer 5

Try a multi layer jello shooter! You'll need the tall shooter glasses, and cherry, orange, lemon, lime, berry blue and grape Jell-O Powder. Prepare the Jell-O normally, but use 1/2 cup vodka instead of the 1 cup hot water. If you still want to use your purple jelly, that will work too, it might make the Jell-O easier to slip out.

Answer 6

Roy G. biv, like a mug.I use to order a drink from applebee's and they still make it.It's called a nuclear rainbow. It's like 7 shots in a martini glass. You have to have skill to pour this drink. And they do have to be in a certain order. I know that Aftershock is on the bottom. the order is in a special way so they will not mix up,with caution.

And it's not jelly.So this does not really help you. Also if you get the drink poured correct,you can't shake it or do anything to mix it up. It will taste like crap. So good luck!

Answer 7

In order to do this you needs liquids of varied densities. Pour them in order from most dense to least dense. After the first liquid is poured, gently pour the subsequent one the convex side of a spoon. this will disperse the liquid evenly over the layer underneath it and help prevent them from mixing. You will have to expirement with different combinations of liquors and mixers to find a combination that tastes good and gives you the desired layered effect.

Answer 8

I am not sure how you are going to layer without them mixing...whenever you mix drinks they fuse into one another. The way bartenders layer shots is by using alcohols of different consistency so one actually "sits" on the other.

Answer 9

make sugar cookies contained in the type of a rainbow and positioned diverse colored sprinkles on like a rainbow... if no longer then: purple -- kool-help, strawberry shortcake, strawberries, hotdogs orange -- oranges, orange sherbet punch, carrots, carrot cake yellow -- lemonade, cornbread/ cornbread cakes, applesauce eco-friendly -- salads, cucumbers (u can decrease them in slices then decrease edges with a fork to made it look really effective), pickles blue -- blueberry cakes, blueberrys, blueeberrys pancakes purple -- purple lemonade, purple applesauce (positioned somewhat purple nutrition coloring in it) pink -- grapes, grape juice and also you'll also continuously make merely about any shade jello or positioned nutrition coloring in something desire i helped

Answer 10

BLOW CHOW IN IT