Christmas Sugar Cookie Jello Shots with Baileys Irish Cream, Butterscotch Schnapps, and Kahlua are a sweet treat for the grown-ups at your holiday party.
Like the Christmas Cookie Cocktail, these creamy shots taste just like a classic Christmas sugar cookie–yum!
Plus, like my Layered Christmas Jello Shots, Grinch Jello Shots and Santa Hat Jello Shots, they are super simple to make. If you can boil a pot of water you can make these tasty Christmas jello shots!
Ingredients
This section includes ingredient notes and substitution options. Get all measurements, ingredients, and instructions in the printable recipe card at the end of this post.
- unflavored gelatin – we used Knox Gelatine but generic would work as well
- Baileys Irish Cream – a sweet and creamy whiskey-basked liquor with a hint of vanilla and chocoalte flavors.
- Butterscotch Schnapps – I recommmend De Kuyper’s Buttershots.
- Kahlua – a rum-basked offee liquor with a hint of sweet vanilla flavor
- water – you will need 2 cups boiling water, and a half cup cold water
- whipped cream – add additional sweetness to the shots and helps dress them up for the holidays
- sprinkles – just for fun!
Jello Shot Tips
- Make your jello shots the day before your party to give them plenty of time to set.
- Place your jello shot cups in a baking pan to make them easy to carry to and from the fridge.
- This recipe yields enough for about 18 (2-ounce) plastic jello shot cups. If you are using large cups or glass shooters the recipe will yield less.
More Christmas Party Drinks
Christmas Cookie Jello Shots
Christmas Sugar Cookie Jello Shots with Baileys Irish Cream, Butterscotch Schnapps, and Kahlua are a sweet Christmas treat for the grown-ups.
Ingredients
- 4 envelopes of unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups boiling water
- ¼ cup cold water
- 1 cup (8 oz.) Baileys Irish Cream
- ¼ cup (2 oz.) Butterscotch Schnapps
- ¼ (2 oz.) Kahlua Coffee Liqueur
- whipped cream, for topping
- christmas Sprinkles, for topping
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine gelatin and boiling water. Whisk together until the gelatin is dissolved (this can take up to 5 minutes).
- Stir in the cold water, followed by the Baily’s, schnapps, and Kahlua. Allow the mixture to cool at room temperature for about 15 minutes. Then, pour evenly into shot cups and refrigerate until set, about 2-3 hours (or overnight).
- Before serving, top each shot with whipped cream and sprinkles.
Notes
I recommend making your jello shots the day before your party to give/celebration to give them plenty of time to set.
Place your jello shot cups in a baking pan to make them easy to carry to and from the fridge.
This recipe yields enough for about 18 (2-ounce) plastic jello shot cups. If you are using large cups or glass shooters the recipe will yield less.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 18 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 82Trans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mg
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by a third party and intended to serve as an estimate only. The accuracy of nutritional information is not guaranteed.
sounds disgusting, first you have double the amount of unflavored gelatin needed it going to be to hard a chewy and just with water as the base it’s going to taste like watered down alcohol. if you expect it to taste like a cookie it won’t and there will be no sweetness.
So you didn’t make them? Or if so, would love to know what you did to change up the recipe. I’m having a party and looking for ideas???
They turned out great. I didn’t alter the ingredients at all and they did not taste watered down.
I’m going to make these and switch the gelatin with jello pudding 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Yummm
what pudding did you use and how did it turn out
I would love to know how they taste with pudding. I’m a vegetarian and don’t eat gelatin!
Did you try them?
Can you use vanilla pudding mix instead? If so…same ratio?
The recipe says 4 envelopes of .25 jello mix.. only 1 oz of hello to 4 cups of liquid? Or should its be a 4 normal 3oz box and with less liquid to the normal ratio or 2 cups hot 2 cups cold?
The recipe is correct as written. You will need 4 packets of unflavored gelatin (1 ounce total). I use Knox unflavored gelatine.
Regular jello has sugar and flavoring in it so it makes sense it would take less using unfavored and unsweetened gelatin.
I made these and they were like rubber! I followed the recipe exactly
Oh no 🙁 Let’s try and see what could have gone wrong. What kind of gelatin did you use?
I agree with you, I followed the recipe, exactly, and it turned out like rubber. I was thinking of using half of the Jell-O amount.