Experiment: Ice cube shot glasses

Hello, did you miss me? I took a few days off blogging and I am hopefully rejuvinated. I have a few new ideas and hopfully I didn't lose  you while I cogitated on them. I will continue with my usual witty posts as well. [I see you rolling your eyes]

Experiment
Introduction:

My daughter bought me an early Mother's Day Gift and I love it. She certainly knows me, but I am not sure that is a good thing in this case. You decide but if you think I am a bad role model, I don't want to hear about it. My daughter is almost 21 [in 14 days to be exact] so maybe she had alterior motives in buying me this gift.  What was it you ask? Shot glasses made of ice. How awesome is that? They are way fun and looked cool [no pun intended].  There were a few draw backs but with much experimentation I am sure we can perfect the glasses. Volunteers?

Materials:

• Kit shown.
• Bottled water [less bubbles? and husband insists]
• Alcoholic beverage of choice although most refreshment would work
• Time to enjoy [which I did not have]

picture source

Procedure:

I had to make a quick stop at the grocery store and while I grabbed snacks for the youngest sleepover so the oldest meandered over to Newbury Comics [my favorite store] and picked up the molds for the shot glasses. They were promptly filled and frozen and tried. Mine didn't look quite like the ones in the picture but they make like a bazillion before they get perfect ones for the pictures. The pictures to follow are of our first attempt.

It is hard to see from the pictures but there were nice ridges as shown in the first  picture but the pattern wasn't as "cut"

My husband warned me and was right, they leak quickly. The sides seem fairly thick but the bottoms melts through very fast. Other than wasting perfectly good liquor it could be fun, outside, on a hot day.

There was only one of the four left when I experimented [the kids had fun with two, not alcohol, and the husband used one for boubon] so I haven't got a lot of data for you but I think my assesment is fairly accurate.

True to what my husband said the glass did leak very quickly but it was fun to drink out of and the ice did cool the drink down quickly. My drink was a mixture of kahlua and vodka. It was yummy but messy.

A frost formed quickly on the shot glass and it leaked very quickly. Cheers

Conclusion:

I think the ice shot glasses are a lot of fun and have great potential. Some of the suggestions from the family to prevent the leaking, or at least control it somewhat are:

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  drink faster
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  keep the liquor [beverage of choice] in the freezer, or at least the fridge
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  after the glasses have frozen, pour a bit more water on the bottoms and allow to freeze again [as you all know the water "shrinks" after frozen so more room is made in the mold which allows for addition of morewater.
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  drink faster

I think it might be worth it to purchase another set of molds [$9.99] to allow for more extensive research and fun.

It has been a loooong time since I have done an experiment so forgive me if the format is wrong. I am pulling this out of the far recesses of my mind. One thing I am sure of is the conclusion....these glasses were a lot of fun and I a big thank you to my daughter. [she blogs at Somthing about nothing & Everything else ]