Champagne Jello Shots are fun and festive single-serve cocktails for the holidays, a New Year’s Eve party, Oscar parties, and any other special occasion!
If you're looking for a super fun and festive holiday cocktail idea, you've got to make this easy Champagne Jello Shots recipe!
This is not one of your standard jello shot recipes. These glitter jello shots are elevated with Champagne (or sparkling wine), homemade simple syrup, and beautiful sparkly edible gold stars (or gold sprinkles).
While these make great New Year's jello shots, they're also the perfect way to celebrate bachelorette parties, engagement parties, birthday parties, a wedding shower and more!
They're the perfect cocktail jell-o shots, and would be so much fun at your next party!
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🎉 Perfect party cocktail idea
Sure, you can simply pour some sparkling wine for friends to drink at your New Year's Eve parties. But it's so much more fun to take it up a notch and make these cute little Champagne jello shots.
- They're served in mini plastic jello shot cups, making them easy to enjoy while mixing and mingling at parties.
- These fun jello shots are portion controlled, so you don't have to worry about guests over-indulging and helping themselves to open wine bottles throughout the night.
- You can use any colored sprinkles, colored sanding sugar, or edible glitter to match the theme of your celebration.
- No shot glasses = less dishes at the end of the night!
🍾 Ingredient notes
- Lemon juice - description of what it is/how it is used with affiliate link where possible
- Simple syrup - use this easy simple syrup recipe on the blog. You can make a batch for the whole week to use in other cocktails, to sweeten iced tea or coffee, or to help moisten cakes!
- Gelatin - This recipe calls for two (1-ounce) envelopes of unflavored gelatin. Be sure to use the unflavored gelatin for the classic Champagne jello shot.
- Champagne - for authentic champagne jello shots, use one cup of champagne. Only real champagne made in the traditional method in the Champagne region of France can legally be called Champagne. You don't have to buy expensive Champagne or the best Champagne - any bottle will do! You can, of course, substitute any sparkling wine that you fancy. We love sparkling wines from Gruet, Graham Beck, and Argyle Winery.
- Vodka - just ¼ cup of vodka adds a bit of depth to the flavor. You can also leave out the vodka completely and add more champagne, or more lemon lime soda
- Lemon Lime Soda (not pictured) - a splash of your favorite lemon-lime soda, like 7-Up, bumps up the citrus flavor. Alternatively, you could use ginger ale instead.
- Edible decorations - we use edible gold glitter stars for our jello shots. They look so fun and festive, especially for New Year's Eve! But you can use any other edible glitter or sprinkles.
✅ How to make sparkling wine jello shots
A full list of the simple ingredients and detailed instructions are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post. Here are step-by-step photos to show you how to make these delicious Champagne jello shots.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add lemon and simple syrup; shake well.
Pour mixture into a medium saucepan.
Sprinkle the mixture with the two 1-ounce packets of gelatin and allow to soak for 2 minutes. Then cook over low to medium heat, stirring constantly, until the gelatin is fully dissolved.
Remove from heat and stir in the champagne, vodka, and lemon-lime soda (or ginger ale).
Pour into small plastic cups and chill in the refrigerator for several hours until set.
Once chilled, sprinkle edible gold glitter or sprinkles over the top of the jello shots. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
🥂 Recipe FAQs
You can either use Champagne or your favorite sparkling wine. Be sure it's a high quality sparkling wine that you love to drink on its own, since the flavor is pronounced in the jello shots.
Sure! Substituting non-alcoholic sparkling apple cider, lemon lime soda, sparkling lemonade, white grape juice, or even ginger ale for the Champagne can be a great way to make them alcohol-free.
If using regular circular edible sprinkles, you can sprinkle them into the jello shots after about 10 minutes of chill time. This way the sprinkles can float down into the jello shots for a pretty overall sprinkle effect.
If you are using edible glitter stars or other specific shapes, like we did in the photos, wait to sprinkle them until after the jello shots have completely chilled. This way, they keep their shape! If you sprinkle them in too soon, the glitter spreads and loses shape.
Want to enjoy some of these after your New Year's celebration the next day? Simply store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They'll keep for up to two days.
🍽 Serving ideas
These Champagne jello shots are easy to customize for any occasion. Use colorful funfetti sprinkles for a friend's birthday party, red hearts for Valentine's Day, or green shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day – so many possibilities!
If you're serving these at a Christmas party, consider serving them with festive appetizers, like a Christmas Charcuterie Board, Christmas Wreath Salad or Christmas Tree Veggie Tray.
For a New Year's Eve party, serve them with Smoked Salmon Artichoke Dip with crackers or crostini, Dairy-Free Gougeres, or fun Charcuterie Cones.
🥃 Kitchen tools and equipment
For this recipe, you just need a few basic kitchen tools:
- Cocktail shaker- You'll need a cocktail shaker to combine the lemon juice with simple syrup.
- Whisk - Whisk together the ingredients to dissolve the gelatin and evenly distribute the other ingredients.
- Pot - You'll need a pot (I love this 4-quart cocotte for most everyday cooking!) to heat up the lemon juice and simple syrup, then to dissolve the gelatin.
- Little plastic cups - We use these plastic shot glasses to hold each individual jello shot. If you use these 2-ounce little cups, you should end up with about 10 to 12 jello shots using this recipe.
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And don't forget to make a batch of our super easy Simple Syrup to keep on hand for holiday cocktails and holiday baking!
Did you make this recipe? Don't forget to leave a 5-Star 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 rating in the recipe card, and if you really loved it, please leave a comment further down on the page. Thank you!
Champagne Jello Shots
Ingredients
- 2 oz lemon juice
- 2 oz simple syrup
- 2 (1-ounce) packets gelatin
- 1 cup champagne or sparkling wine
- ¼ cup vodka
- 2 Tablespoons lemon lime soda
- Edible gold glitter/sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add lemon and simple syrup; shake well. Then pour into a medium saucepan.
- Sprinkle the mixture with gelatin and allow to soak for 2 minutes. Then cook over low to medium, stirring constantly, until the gelatin is fully dissolved.
- Remove from heat and stir in the champagne, vodka, and lemon lime soda. Pour into small plastic cups and chill in the refrigerator for several hours until set.
- Garnish with edible gold glitter or sprinkles and serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is a general estimate. Actual nutrition details may vary depending on the exact foods & brands you use to make this recipe. It does not take into account any substitutions, toppings, or optional ingredients.
Naomi Nourse says
Would be very helpful to have the gelatin packet size listed in the actual recipe. I just ruined a whole batch because I added 2 (1.75oz) boxes of gelatin. Had to weed through the step by step instructions to finally figure out where I went wrong.
Marlynn Jayme Schotland says
Oh no! So sorry to hear that, Naomi. We did have the gelatin packet size listed in the step-by-step instructions and specified packets - not boxes - in the recipe card, but somehow the specific ounce listing per packet got left off in the recipe card. We've adjusted that to make it clearer. We appreciate you letting us know!
Hazel Farrah says
I plan to make these for our New Year's Eve pre-party that we are hosting on our yacht.
I can't wait to serve them to our guests......they look so beautiful!
Tara says
Oh how fun! Definitely the perfect way to celebrate the new year. I love the little stars on top.
Shadi Hasanzadenemati says
This is absolutely delicious! I love that it’s such a crowd pleaser.
Nic says
So so fun! I substituted with sparkling cider and they were amazing!
Cathleen says
These are the classiest jello shots of my life, I am so obsessed!! Thanks so much for this super fun idea! :)
Andrea says
I've never had champagne in a shot before. Sounds delicious!