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7 Cheap and Cheerful Vodka Hacks for Students
Bored with taking shots or chugging your go-to mix? These hacks are guaranteed to upgrade your parties. Vodka comes in lots of flavours and the ways to use it are endless. Below are some of the vodka hacks for those of us that are lazy, cheap, or just don't like the taste of vodka.
1. Master the Jell-O shot
Match the Jell-O flavour to the vodka flavour! It'll make the shots taste less like rubbing alcohol. Some great combinations are orange Jell-O and orange vodka or lemon or lime Jell-O with lime vodka. Smirnoff lime vodka has a very strong taste of citrus and is great in Jell-O shots.
2. Make your own flavoured vodka
You can make this easy recipe overnight just by adding skittles to your vodka and leaving it to soak. This is the cheapest way to make flavoured vodka, and also works with other candy like Jolly Ranchers.
3. Use a cheap mix
Mix your vodka with water and MiO liquid water enhancer. Help avoid that hangover by hydrating while drinking, and have the most portable and cheapest mix.
4. Make a watermelon Jolly Rancher mixed drink
Simply combine sour watermelon vodka and Mountain Dew to create a drink that tastes just like a watermelon Jolly Rancher!
5. Upgrade your vodka cran
Mix vanilla vodka, cranberry juice, and grenadine. It's a sweeter and more delicious version of an old school drink.
6. Order a low-calorie cheap drink
Bring Crystal Light packets to bars and just order vodka waters. Not only will they have no sugar, but they'll taste great and be cheaper than a mixed drink you could have ordered.
7. Sprite.
A splash of sprite can fix almost anything, and not just a badly mixed vodka drink. It also works if your beer is too bitter or your wine is too tart.
Vodka is definitely my go to alcohol, and it became even more so during my first-year in university. It's cheap, easy to mix, and tastes a lot better if you use these hacks.