Comments on: Booze Bites: Irish Car Bomb Jell-O Shots

By: kimberlie

kimberlie — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:59:59 +0000

Do you know if I can pour these directly in disposable shot glasses (plastic) and do it that way? (Rather than using a mold.)

By: jrg

jrg — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:49:57 +0000

thanks for the great idea. I made these and would suggest a few things:
-way too much gelatin. 4 packs really ruined the taste.
-use 24 oz of beer and 2 gelatin packs. Then up the Bailey’s to like 8oz
-I added about a tbs of sugar to the beer / gelatin mixture. Heating a stout beer really makes it bitter

By: Heath

Heath — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 05:50:47 +0000

These turned out a little thick as prepared with the directions, think we’re going to try again with a few different ratios.

As for the name, when I was in Ireland, I didn’t call it an “Irish Car Bomb”, instead I explained the drink to the bartender and he told me it was a “Belmont Bomber”, but neglected the Bailey’s.

It’s a name, if people don’t like the name, the can go look somewhere else… silly sensitive people annoy me.

By: Guy Manningham

Guy Manningham — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:34:49 +0000

I made them before for a St. Patty’s Day pregame party and they sure did the trick. Bill Cosby approved.

By: Sasha

Sasha — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:59:15 +0000

I love the idea of these and plan to try them an about a week. I bought the teacake pan for the shot in the glass effect but I don’t see instructions on how to do this. I’m assuming the Guiness layer needs to set up first, be removed and turned upside down and then the Baileys/Jameseons layer would be added. The indentation seems so small though that I wonder if the proportions will be off.

By: kath

kath — Wed, 02 May 2012 00:58:06 +0000

nancy california,canada,russia or poland to my knowledge have had no carbombs.sex on the beach or a slippery nipple never killed anyone either.thats why its so sensitive to irish people.its a memory,a trauma.but i have to say the drink sounds nice

By: MothyrGrimm

MothyrGrimm — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:28:57 +0000

Seriously people? Do a little Googling before posting. The name of the drink (Irish Car Bomb) has been around for AGES, this is just how to make it into amazingly-awesome-yummy-gorgeous-om-noming jello shots. You can’t all of a sudden un-name a drink because of some douchebags. Just like the previous poster said, there’s a ton of crazy/offensive named drinks out there, especially shots.

I definitely can’t speak for all Irish of course, but I don’t think they much mind… not to mention I have a sneaking suspicion they invented a lot of drinks themselves. I know the pub I go to (ran by an Irishman) loves having Irish related drinks that have crazy names, not only Irish Car Bombs, but Irish F*ckers (baliey’s & vanilla vodka) and Red Headed S!uts (Jager & Peach Schnapps)… Just in case you ever want to do another jello shot tutorial

By: Zima

Zima — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:16:08 +0000

These looked really great so I made them for St. Pattys. But like Amanda below, I wasn’t a huge fan and I suspect that’s cause I’m not a beer drinker . And if I was to make it again, I would do a “reverse car bomb” (explained on my blog: http://whiskeysyrup.blogspot.com/2012/03/irish-car-bomb-shots.html)

Also I noticed there was no mention of how many servings you get from the given measurements…that kinda threw me off mid-process. I had to double the amounts to get about 14 cupcake sizes.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:32:39 +0000

So I made these this past weekend and we weren’t fans. The thickness of the beer and the Bailey’s just made it too chewy to really enjoy as a Jell-O shot. The texture was way off. They looked really cool though

By: Megan

Megan — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:04:58 +0000

bakersroyal,
Thanks! I figured as much, they’re in my fridge as I type, hopefully they turn out amazing.
Also, to those commenting on the title, I haven’t been a drinker for very long, and even I know that Irish Car Bomb is a common drink. Come on.