{"id":598,"date":"2011-05-12T20:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T01:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/?p=598"},"modified":"2019-11-22T14:25:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T19:25:07","slug":"vodka-gummy-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/vodka-gummy-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodka Gummy Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently went to see my dear friends, Rhonda &#038; Lindsey, play in a softball tournament with the Son&#8217;s of Pitches.  It was seriously the most entertaining softball tournament I&#8217;ve ever been to in my life.  While I was there, I got to try Vodka Gummy Bears for the very first time.  It will probably come as no surprise to you&#8230;I loved them.  So&#8230;before I ate too many, I begged for the recipe.  <\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pound of Haribo Gummy Bears (do not substite with off-brand)\n<\/li>\n<li>Bottle of Vodka (I used a 750 ML bottle of Grey Goose Vodka)\n<\/li>\n<li>12 oz can of Minute Maid Premium Fruit Punch (defrosted)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Making Vodka Gummy Bears takes patience, like 5-7 days worth of patience.\n<\/li>\n<li>Put Gummy Bears in a large glass bowl (the largest bowl if you have a set of 3 nesting bowls).\n<\/li>\n<li>Pour Vodka over the Gummy Bears until they are completely submerged.\n<\/li>\n<li>Put plastic wrap over the top of the bowl and put the bowl in the refrigerator.\n<\/li>\n<li>Stir Gummy Bears a couple of times a day for 3-5 days.  (First day, they were quite challenging to stir.  I had to wash my hands and &#8220;stir&#8221;\/separate with my hands.  I kept adding vodka to keep them submerged.)\n<\/li>\n<li>When Gummy Bears are nice and plump, drain vodka off. (note:  liquid will be gummy bear color and thick with sugar. you can drink it if you dare.)\n<\/li>\n<li> Add the 12 oz can of defrosted fruit punch and 1 1\/2 cans of water to the bowl.\n<\/li>\n<li>Stir Gummy Bears a couple of times a day for another 2 days (or so).\n<\/li>\n<li>Taste test a Gummy Bear to see if they have achieved maximum plumpness and are soft in the center.\n<\/li>\n<li>Drain off excess liquid and put Gummy Bears in shot glasses.  (I used plastic shot glasses.   And since I made so many, I put the filled shot glasses in a large rectangular tupperware container.)\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Important!  Keep Vodka Gummy Bears cool.  They dissolve if they get warm.<\/p>\n<p>Who knew candy could be this much fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently went to see my dear friends, Rhonda &#038; Lindsey, play in a softball tournament with the Son&#8217;s of Pitches. It was seriously the most entertaining softball tournament I&#8217;ve ever been to in my life. While I was there, I got to try Vodka Gummy Bears for the very first time. It will probably&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/vodka-gummy-bears\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vodka Gummy Bears<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":884,"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.glendathegood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}