I wanted to bring a special jelly shot to a friend's birthday party. Something with that sort of super-cute aesthetic appeal would be fun. I envisioned a multi-colored, molded unicorn jelly shot - perhaps with a horn fashioned from pastel licorice. So, you must be wondering why there are no photos of unicorn-shaped jelly shots in this post. Well, things do not always run like a Swiss train at the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen. The night before the party, I made the jelly shots, in adorable horse molds. The next morning, I unmolded the jelly shots, or rather, I should say attempted to. The loosening, and hot water bath method wasn’t working with the plastic molds. The resulting unicorns were looking a bit careworn to say the least, i.e. many were missing ears, limbs or random chunks of jelly flesh. I clearly needed a Plan B. With a few twists, I came up with the Sparkle Magic Jelly Shot. The most efficient route was a layered rum and flavored gelatin-based jelly shot. I used coconut rum, with coconut milk added to the opaque layers (vanilla yogurt works well too). A little edible pearl dust added to the transparent layers added some birthday sparkle. It all worked out wonderfully. Using the shot glasses meant that the setting time for each layer was very short, and the jelly shots were completely set by party time! Crisis averted!