Vegas Bomb (4 Ingredients)

A very common shot to order at the bar, Vegas bombs, are a perfect combination of an energizing pick-me-up and a shooter. 

This recipe gives you a Vegas bomb shot just like you'd order and drink when you're out at the bar

In just 5 minutes, you can enjoy a batch of these shots with all of your friends. These shots are a great way to start the night, or a great way to keep your energy levels up if you're getting tired later in the night. 

If you love this recipe for Vegas bombs, make sure you check out more of my favorite classic shot recipes. 

What You'll Learn In This Recipe

This recipe is great because it only requires 4 ingredients, which may already be lying around your house.

Crown Royal Canadian whisky: There are many different types of whisk(e)y on the market. Crown Royal Canadian whisky is very similar to bourbon, having notes of apples, caramel, and vanilla. 

This is a smooth whisky whose flavor works perfectly with the sweet, fruity components in the rest of this shooter. 

Peach schnapps: Peach schnapps is a mild alcohol that takes a clear-grain spirit, such as vodka, and infuses peach flavors into it. The result is explosive peach flavors, great for bringing fruity flavors into your shots or cocktails. 

Malibu rum: Malibu is a rum-based liqueur. It is sweet with a nice coconut flavor that makes it very versatile for tropical cocktails. Adding this to your Vegas bomb helps counter the strength of the whisky and provides a complimentary flavor to the peach schnapps. 

Red Bull: This ingredient is what will give you that caffeine boost that will keep the partying going. This recipe uses Red Bull to top off these shots. 

You can use as little or as much of the energy drink as your heart desires. Red Bull makes a bunch of different flavors for their energy drinks, so feel free to try different ones to change up the flavor of your personal Vegas bomb shooters.

If you’ve ever seen how fast bartenders can whip up Vegas bomb shots, with a bit of practice, this recipe will turn you into a pro as well. 

1. To begin making your Vegas Bomb shooters, fill a cocktail shaker partway with ice. Next, add in the Crown Royal Canadian whisky, the peach schnapps, and the Malibu rum. 

With all those ingredients in, give your mixture a strong shake for about 15 seconds, until it is well chilled. 

This technique is known as the shake method. As the name implies, you shake the ingredients of your cocktail together, mixing them thoroughly.

This helps incorporate air into your cocktails, making them lighter and therefore smoother when you're drinking them. 

It is crucial that you do not add the Red Bull into the mix at this stage. The carbonation in the Red Bull will build up in the cocktail shaker and will cause your mixture to explode all over the place. 

2. Once shaken, evenly strain the mix into four rocks glasses. Because these shots are bigger, and you want the extra room to add Red Bull, I recommend using rocks glasses for these shooters.

3. Finally, top each shot with about ½ ounce (15 ml) of Red Bull. It's really that easy!