Fortunately for everyone, hairstyles have changed since then! These deliciously wiggly shots began to take the party world by storm as they appeared on drink menus in bars and staples at 80’s house-parties, or as they called them then, parties. It wasn’t until the 1980s that the gelatin shot really began to rise to popularity alongside the likes of Michael Jackson and Madonna. When Jerry Thomas wrote How to Mix Drinks, we doubt he knew his recipe would still be cool over 150 years later. What’s even more surprising is that he was not, in fact, the first person to actually invent this delicious treat! What we now call jello shots date all the way back to 1862 when a recipe was recorded in the very first cocktail manual ever published. You may be surprised to learn that the modern gelatin shot wasn’t invented until the 1950s! According to Mel Magazine, a man named Tom Lehrer created the gelatin shot we now know and love as a means of sneaking booze into a Christmas party on a military base (our kind of guy!). Gelatin has been around for a really long time…since the 15 th century! That doesn’t mean that Joan of Arc and Johannes Gutenburg enjoyed pounding gelatin shots though. Does your go-to party treat wiggle and jiggle while providing that much needed alcohol after a long week? These party staples, commonly known as jello shots, are tasty and so much more fun than your average drink! But do you know the history behind them?
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