Red Carpet-tini

I saw a couple different recipes out there for a Red Carpet-tini drink for the Oscars. I decided to make my own version based on ingredients I already had. I thought it turned out great. The color looked perfect and it tasted delicious! For my recipe, 1 bottle makes about 6 drinks.

Ingredients:
Fresh or frozen raspberries- about 3 per drink
1/2 a shot of Grand Marnier in each drink
1 bottle of Pink Prosecco

Basically I took 6 champagne flutes and put 3 raspberries in each glass. I then poured 1/2 a shot of Grand Marnier on top of the raspberries. I used frozen raspberries and let them soak in the Grand Marnier for close to 2 hours. It's up to you how long you let them soak but I definitely recommend letting them soak for some period of time. Having the frozen raspberries thaw in the liquor helped meld the orange and raspberry flavors. Finally, when you're ready to serve the drinks, top each glass with Pink Prosecco.

Margarita Jello Shots with salt

Ingredients:
1 large box of lime jello
2 cups of boiling water
1 1/2 cup of Tequila
1/2 cup of Grand Marnier 

The most basic Jello shot recipe includes replacing the cold water with alcohol. In college I used to just use cheap vodka but I've now realized you can mix up the flavor by pairing a liquor with the flavor of the Jello you're using. Tequila seems like an obvious choice for lime Jello. As luck would have it, I had almost exactly 1 1/2 cups of tequila left which meant I needed half a cup of something else. Many margarita recipes include Grand Marnier or something similar so I chose that for my other half a cup. Just follow the recipe on the Jello box which basically mixes the boiling water with the powder first. Next add the cold water (or alcohol) and stir together and dish into tiny cups. Put in the fridge to set. When you're done, sprinkle sea salt on the shots before taking, salt is the perfect addition to give you a well rounded margarita taste.