How to Make a Vegas Bomb Shot – This classic cocktail recipe includes whiskey, peach schnapps, and Red Bull for a fun drink with some serious zing. It’s a winning concoction to enjoy a bit of Vegas anywhere you are!
Now, this is not what I would call a “casual weekend” cocktail. Straight-up, there’s no sipping here.
However, if you are hosting a 21+ party with a bit of flair, these fruity and strong Vegas Bombs are sure to be a big hit!
Booze and caffeine are combined into one explosive beverage to keep you loose and ready to rumble all night. Cranberry juice, whiskey, and peach schnapps are shaken together and poured into a chilled glass. Then bombs away, a shot of Red Bull energy drink is dropped in. It’s traditional to then quickly drink up the cocktail. But hey, we don’t blame you if you take your time.
This is a very slight variation from the original Vegas-born beverage. We made our recipe a touch more boozy, because what happens in Vegas…
Instructions: First, chill all ingredients and glasses. The cold helps make the cocktail taste much smoother, without watering it down with ice.
When ready to prepare the drinks, set out a tall glass tumbler and a shot glass.
Serve both glasses and let the partaker drop the shot of Red Bull into their tumbler. Messy but fun!
Fun Tip: The higher you hold the shot glass above the tumbler, the bigger the splash!
This recipe is for one drink. Increase the ingredients to prepare the number of cocktails you need. However, I recommend that you make them one at a time… For safety purposes. *wink*
Some people use other flavors of schnapps or flavored rum instead of peach schnapps, but still with the classic combination. However, to mix things up, try this it with a splash of Malibu or Pineapple Rum, instead of or in addition to the peach schnapps.
In fact, there are so many fun variations of the Vegas Bomb recipe that boozemixer.com has an entire page of ideas! Here are a few of our favorites:
- 1 1/4 ounces Crown Royal Whiskey.
- 1/4 ounces Peach Schnapps.
- 2 ounces cranberry juice.
- Red Bull or other energy drink in a separate glass.
- 2 – 4 ice cubes.
Best Vegas Bomb Recipe
This classic Vegas Bomb Shot cocktail recipe includes whiskey, peach schnapps and Red Bull energy drink for a fun adult beverage with some serious zing. It’s a winning concoction to enjoy a bit of Vegas anywhere where you are!
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Yield: 1
Serving Size: 1 drink
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 drink, calories 252 kcal, Carbohydrate 20 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 1 g, Saturated Fat 1 g, Sodium 2 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 19 g, unSaturated Fat 2 g
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces cranberry juice
- 1.5 ounces Crown Royal (whiskey)
- 1.5 ounces peach schnapps
- 1 ounce Red Bull (energy drink)
- Ice (optional)
Instruction:
- Chill all ingredients.
- Set out a tall glass tumbler and a shot glass.
- Measure and pour the cranberry juice, Crown Royal, and peach schnapps into the tumbler. Stir well.
- Then pour the Red Bull into the shot glass.
- Serve both glasses and let the partaker drop the shot of Red Bull into their tumbler. (The higher they hold it, the bigger the splash.)
Vegas Bomb
The Vegas Bomb cocktail is a potent shot that’s a popular order at bars. It’s not the craftiest or most nuanced beverage—but you can’t deny that it’s fun. The Vegas Bomb recipe consists of three liquors—Crown Royal Canadian whisky, peach schnapps, and Malibu rum (or other coconut rum)—plus Red Bull energy drink. That’s what you’ll find being served in the vast majority of cases, however, occasionally recipes throw in a splash of cranberry juice or some butterscotch schnapps, or they employ other brands of energy drinks besides Red Bull.How to Drink a Vegas BombDrinking a Vegas Bomb involves dropping a shot glass into a larger glass (similar to other “bomb drinks,” including the Jäger Bomb and Sake Bomb) and chugging the contents in one go. In this case, the three liquors are combined together in the shot glass, then dropped into a glass of Red Bull.The Vegas Bomb drink isn’t what you would call a nuanced cocktail, but if a party drink is what you’re looking for, the Vegas Bomb shot is a fun and popular one—particularly among college students, bachelorette parties, and bachelor parties—who desire a dose of caffeine with their alcohol. And most party-centric bars, especially those that serve a college crowd, will have the ingredients on hand to make one.Alternatively, if you don’t want to go the two-glass-chug route, you can simply shake all four ingredients together with ice in a cocktail shaker, strain the contents into a glass and drink at your leisure. It doesn’t have quite the communal, glass-slamming effect as your typical Vegas Bomb experience, but it tastes the same and still gets the job done.Vegas Bomb OriginsSo, where does the name “Vegas Bomb” come from? There are some who believe the Crown Royal symbolizes a Royal Flush—the highest ranking poker hand—which makes the name fitting in true Las Vegas fashion. There is also a Royal Flush Shot, a mixture of Crown, cranberry, peach schnapps, and raspberry liqueur, so the Vegas Bomb shot recipe is an easy departure from that, losing the raspberry while adding the Red Bull and glass-within-a-glass drinking method.Those are both very plausible reasons for the name. But one thing we can absolutely confirm we’ve heard is this: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But what happens after Vegas Bombs, well, that’s less certain.
Prep: 1min
Total: 5min
Nutrition Facts: Fat 0, Fiber 0, Carbohydrate 0, Protein 0, Cholesterol 0
Ingredients:
- 0.5 oz Crown Royal
- 0.5 oz Peach Schnapps
- 0.5 oz Malibu Rum (or other coconut rum)
- 4-6 oz Red Bull energy drink
Instruction:
- Pour Crown Royal, Peach Schnapps, and Malibu Rum into a large shot class.
- Pour chilled Red Bull into a pint glass with no ice.
- When ready, carefully drop the shot into the glass of Red Bull, and chug it.
- Alternatively, skip the above steps, and just mix all the ingredients over ice.
Vegas Bomb
A vegas bomb drink made with a natural, zero calorie energy drink and a shot of whisky, cranberry juice, and peach schnapps.
Prep: 5min
Total: 5min
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 52 kcal, servingSize 1 serving
Ingredients:
- 1/2 ounce Crown Royal (Canadian whiskey)
- 1/2 ounce cranberry juice (I used a cranberry juice blend)
- 1/4 ounce peach schnapps
- 8 ounces energy drink (I used Steaz Energy Zero Super Fruit)
Instruction:
- Add Crown Royal to a shot glass.
- Pour cranberry juice, peach schnapps, and the energy drink into a tall glass (you may not need all of the energy drink).
- Holding the shot glass just above the energy drink, drop it into the glass. The energy drink should fizz a bit and combine with the shot. Enjoy quickly.
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