You can substitute cherry brandy or liqueur (Cherry Heering, DeKuyper Cherry Brandy, Grand Marnier Natural Cherry, Southern Comfort Cherry, etc.) for the cherry vodka.

RECIPE: CHERRY JELL-O SHOTS

Ingredients

Preparation

1. POUR boiling water over the Jell-O and stir until thoroughly dissolved. Cool to room temperature, then stir in the vodka.

2. POUR the mixture into shot glasses or Jell-O shot cups. Refrigerate until well-set, at least 6 hours. Makes 32 1-ounce jello shots, give or take.

Check out these heart-shaped Jell-O shots.

TIPS FOR MAKING JELL-O SHOTS

Thanks to GreatPartyRecipes.com for these tips:
 
Preparation

 
Eating

We commit to eating a whole grain breakfast every day, trying to build up to our our Daily Value of 48 grams of whole grain (here’s why). We tend to alternate among Cheerios, Shredded Wheat and oatmeal.

We don’t buy Raisin Bran often enough. But Raisin Bran is also a whole grain cereal, with 23g of whole grain per serving—more than Cheerios’ 20g per serving. (Oatmeal [not instant] has 32g, Shredded Wheat has 16g.)

So when we were offered a sample of new Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Raisin Bran Cereal with Cranberries, we accepted and polished off the box in two days, enjoying it for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

Given the antioxidant craze, we’re surprised it took this long. It’s a more sophisticated flavor update to the long-popular classic Raisin bran, and the cranberries and raisins plump up nicely in the milk.

The latest member of the Raisin Bran Family—Original, Crunch and Omega 3 From Flaxseed—is Cranberry.

Discover more at KelloggsRaisinBran.com.
  

Steph, a blogger in Sydney, Australia, created this masterpiece: a fluffy vanilla cake layered with strawberry and balsamic vinegar icing, topped with heart-shaped macarons filled with the same icing strawberry-balsamic icing.

The recipe is on her website, RaspberriCupcakes.com.

In Italy, fresh strawberries with a few drops of fine aged balsamic vinegar are a popular dessert. Steph loves the combination, and it was a short leap to adding caramelized balsamic vinegar to strawberry buttercream icing.

“All I did was purée the fruit and mix it into my regular buttercream icing, along with that amazing caramelised balsamic vinegar,” says Steph. “It has a gorgeous depth of flavour and a bit of tang from the balsamic. It helped that I [already] had that beautiful sweet and thick balsamic vinegar, which seemed perfect to use in desserts; but you could use any balsamic and adjust the amount you add to the icing until it tastes just right.”

In terms of going the extra mile to make heart-shaped macarons: Steph, we take our hat off to you.