I have to confess that this isn’t so much a recipe as a
concept, but as concepts go, it’s a damn fine one. Basically you dissolve
Skittles in vodka until they make it taste delicious and – bonus – turn a
beautiful colour. A few years ago we made a batch of this for all my husband’s
(grown-up) cousins at Christmas, and it went down a storm. One thing to mention
is that while it’s pretty low effort, it does need to be left overnight to
infuse, and it does take a couple of hours to filter, so factor that in when
making.
Ingredients
A bottle of vodka (I used the Sainsbury’s Basics stuff)
2 bags of Skittles
Coffee filters (I find these are the best for straining
it)
Nice glass bottles & tags, if it’s for a gift
It’s very important to note that if you add all the
Skittles together, the vodka will end up brown – so you need to separate the
colours. If you want to make just one colour, for example green, simply add all
the green skittles to the bottle and then eat the rest. Alternatively, you could
decant the vodka into smaller bottles and use a different colour of Skittle for
each one – it’s up to you.
Leave the vodka to infuse for at least four hours, or
overnight. Give the bottles a shake every now and then. You’ll notice that the
Skittles start losing their colour very quickly and that sediment builds up in
the bottles (usually on the surface of the vodka) – this is completely fine,
and will be filtered out later.
As I mentioned, the filtering takes quite a while – what
I usually do is peg a filter to the top of a jug, fill up with vodka, and then
leave while I get on with other jobs, topping up every now and then. You will
need to change the filter occasionally when you notice that it’s started to
drain very slowly. Once you’ve filtered it all, pour into pretty glass bottles
and finish off with a gift tag.
Ingredients