Best Alcohol-Infused Fruits & Vegetables

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No room for a photo booth in your studio apartment? Take your party to the next level another way: with booze-infused fruit. Though most people might be familiar with sticking a bottle of cheap vodka into a watermelon, there are plenty of other fruits and even vegetables that work just as well (and taste much better).

These boozy party favors are easy to make at home; simply soak your mixture of choice overnight in a mason jar or tightly closed container and store in a cool, dark place until it's time for the main event.

Here are seven homemade sweet and savory spirits to kick your summer up a notch.

Grilled pineapple is one way to the enjoy this fruit, but better yet, use it to make homemade pineapple rum. One approach is to simply let chunks soak in your favorite rum for about a week, strain and discard the fruit, and then use the liquid in a summer cocktail. But you can also turn your experiment into a display by layering pineapple slices in a large glass jar, adding the rum and letting people mix the juice with other ingredients.

Another way to beat the summer heat is with a refreshing cucumber cocktail, so take it to the next level by serving homemade cucumber gin. Simply slice cucumbers and add them to a jar with a few leaves of basil and the gin of your choice. Your work here is done.

These tiny berries pack quite a punch—once you soak them in alcohol, of course. Make homemade blueberry vodka by lightly muddling the fruit in a jar with vodka and letting it sit for a few days before straining and adding to your favorite cocktail. You can also make a boozy dessert garnish by soaking halved berries for a few hours in the alcohol, then topping off your favorite scoop of ice cream or tart.