17 Summer Entertaining Food And Drink Hacks

Everything tastes better in the summer.

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Take a wooden skewer and stick it through the center of the hot dog lengthwise. Then, take a paring knife and cut into the hot dog at a slight angle until you hit the skewer. Turn the hot dog and continue cutting small slits until you reach the other end. Pull out the skewer, and the hot dog will be spiralized and ready for the grill.

To quote our taste-tester who gave this TikTok-viral recipe a full test-drive: "Frozen Jell-O pieces are mind-blowingly soft and contain super tiny ice crystals, which makes them texturally similar to, say, Italian ice. But far more unique, TBH. There's an added bounciness and subtle chew to the Jell-O that truly has to be tasted to be believed."

Here's the original Reddit recipe to make them from scratch.