How classy Jell-O shots became the boozy treat of the season

Brooklyn-based Solid Wiggles is pioneering a new dessert category: ‘cocktail jellies’ that double as edible art and taste nothing like the Jell-O shots you remember.

This holiday season, an unexpected treat has stepped into the limelight and onto the buffet table at many a festive gathering: the Jell-O shot. But the shot in question, which is currently going viral on TikTok and popping up on high-end menus across New York City, is nothing like the ones you probably remember from the sticky basement of a college frat party. Instead, these treats are sleek, refined, classy, and coveted—in short, the opposite of electric green slime in a plastic cup.