BARTENDER’S RECIPES 8

BARTENDER’S RECIPES 8

832. EL PRESIDENTE

Worthy of a head of state.

1 1/2 ounces light rum

1/2 ounce vermouth

2 dashes of grenadine

Juice of 1/2 lime

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add rum, vermouth, grenadine, and lime juice.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

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INCOME TAX DAY—APRIL 15

833. INCOME TAX

Fill out the forms. Write the check. Drink until you forget.

1 ounce gin

1 teaspoon dry vermouth

1 teaspoon sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce orange juice

2 to 3 dashes Angostura bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, vermouths, orange juice, and bitters

3. Shake.

4. Strain into an old-fashioned glass with ice.

EARTH DAY

834. SAVE THE PLANET

You have the whole world in your glass.

1 ounce vodka

1 ounce melon liqueur

1/2 ounce blue curacao

1 to 2 dashes green Chartreuse

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add vodka, melon liqueur, blue curacao, and

green Chartreuse.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

835. BLARNEY STONE

COCKTAIL

Fun Fact: Kissing the Blarney Stone gives the kisser the

gift of great persuasiveness.

2 ounces Irish whiskey

1/2 teaspoon absinthe

1/2 curacao

1/4 teaspoon maraschino liqueur

Dash Angostura bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add whiskey, absinthe, curacao, maraschino

liqueur, and bitters.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Garnish with an orange peel twist and an olive.

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836. ST. PATRICK’S DAY

Raise a toast to St. Patrick. Blessed is he who chases

snakes out of a country.

3/4 ounce green crème de menthe

3/4 ounce green Chartreuse

3/4 ounce Irish whiskey

Dash Angostura bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add crème de menthe, Chartreuse, whiskey, and

bitters.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

837. CHILLY IRISHMAN

Begorrah! Get this man a scarf.

3 ounces cold espresso

1 ounce Irish whiskey

1/2 ounce coffee liqueur

1/2 ounce Irish cream liqueur

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

Dash sugar syrup

4 cups crushed ice

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a parfait glass.

4. Garnish with a three-leaf clover.

838. IRISH DREAM

An iridescent vision of rainbows and lush green hills

where fairies scamper.

1/2 ounce hazelnut liqueur

1/2 ounce Irish cream liqueur

3/4 ounce crème de cacao

4 ounces vanilla ice cream

1. Combine all ingredients in a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a frosted pilsner glass.

4. Top with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.

839. EVERYBODY’S IRISH

COCKTAIL

At least on March 17th they are.

1 teaspoon green crème de menthe

1 teaspoon green Chartreuse

2 ounces Irish whiskey

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add crème de menthe, Chartreuse, and whiskey.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Garnish with a green olive.

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840. CLOVER LEAF

COCKTAIL

I’m looking over a four-leaf clover. Oh, maybe it’s my glass.

Juice of 1 lime

2 teaspoons grenadine

1 egg white

1 1/2 ounces gin

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add lime, grenadine, egg white, and gin.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Garnish with a mint leaf.

841. DUBLIN COCKTAIL

If you order two, is it a double Dublin?

2 ounces Irish whiskey

1 teaspoon green Chartreuse

3 dashes green crème de menthe

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add whiskey, Chartreuse, and crème de menthe.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Garnish with an olive.

842. EMERALD ISLE COCKTAIL

As William Drennan said in 1795, “Nor one feeling of

vengeance presume to defile/The cause, or the men, of the

Emerald Isle.”

2 ounces dry gin

1 teaspoon green crème de menthe

3 dashes Angostura bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add dry gin, crème de menthe, and bitters.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

843. GREEN FIZZ

Pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars…green fizz.

2 ounces dry gin

1 teaspoon green crème de menthe

1/2 teaspoon powdered sugar

1 egg white

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Club soda

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, crème de menthe, powdered sugar, egg

white, and lemon.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass.

5. Fill with club soda.

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844. GREEN ROOM COCKTAIL

Where leprechauns wait before their Tonight Show

appearance.

3/4 ounce brandy

1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth

1/2 teaspoon curacao

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add brandy, dry vermouth, and curacao.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

845. SHAMROCK COCKTAIL

The man who has luck in the morning has luck in the

afternoon. And a shamrock never hurts either.

1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey

1/2 ounce dry vermouth

1 teaspoon green crème de menthe

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add whiskey, vermouth, and crème de menthe.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Garnish with an olive.

846. GREEN SWIZZLE

Here’s to the old lady up on the hill. If she won’t drink it,

oh, well—I will!

2 ounces dry gin

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 tablespoon green crème de menthe

1 teaspoon powdered sugar

Juice of 1 lime

Club soda

1. Pour gin, bitters, crème de menthe, powdered

sugar, and lime in a collins glass with shaved ice.

2. Stir.

3. Fill with club soda.

4. Stir again.

847. LEPRECHAUN

Magically delicious, so sayeth one lucky pixie.

2 ounces Irish whiskey

Tonic water

1. Pour whiskey in an old-fashioned glass with ice.

2. Fill with tonic water.

3. Stir.

4. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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848. LEPRECHAUN LIBATION

A popular favorite in leprechaun haunts all over Erin.

1 ounce green crème de menthe

2 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey

3 1/2 ounces ice

1. Pour crème de menthe, whiskey, and ice into a

blender.

2. Blend.

3. Pour into a goblet or large wine glass.

849. PADDY COCKTAIL

As my uncle Paddy once said, “May the enemies of Ireland

never meet a friend.”

1 1/2 ounces Irish whiskey

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

3 dashes Angostura bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add whiskey, vermouth, and bitters.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

850. EMERALD ISLE COOLER

May the leprechauns be near you to spread luck along

your way.

3 scoops vanilla ice cream

1 ounce green crème de menthe

1 ounce Irish whiskey

1 ounce club soda

1. Pour vanilla ice cream, green crème de menthe,

and Irish whiskey into a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a chilled highball glass.

4. Add club soda.

5. Stir gently.

851. TOP OF THE MORNING

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for

all that ails you. Along with this drink.

1 ounce brandy

1/2 ounce apple brandy

1/2 ounce sweet vermouth

Dash of lemon juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add brandies, vermouth, and lemon juice.

3. Stir well from bottom.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Serve with one olive.

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852. LITTLE GREEN FAIRY

Tinkerbell’s tipple of choice.

2 ounces green Chartreuse

2 ounces Benedictine

1/5 bottle white dinner wine

2 ounces blue curacao

2 ounces cherry brandy

2/5 bottle brut champagne

1. Pour Chartreuse, Benedictine, wine, curacao, and

brandy in a pitcher.

2. Stir and chill.

3. When ready to serve, pour into a champagne bowl.

4. Add champagne.

(Serves 25)

853. GREEN FIRE

The burning ring of green fire. It’s caused many a good

Irishman to chase the rainbow.

1 1/2 ounces gin

2 teaspoons green crème de menthe

2 teaspoons kummel

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, crème de menthe, and kummel.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass.

5. Add ice.

FOURTH OF JULY

854. AMERICAN FLAG

When mixed properly, these colors don’t run.

1/2 ounce grenadine

1/2 ounce cream

1/2 ounce blue curacao

1. Layer in above order carefully in pousse café glass

or a pony.

855. LIBERTY COCKTAIL

Take this cocktail to your tired, poor, huddled masses.

1 1/2 ounces apple brandy

3/4 ounce light rum

1/4 teaspoon sugar syrup

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add apple brandy, rum, and sugar syrup.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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856. FIREWORKS

Toss one back and prepare to witness mental pyrotechnics.

Kaboom!

1/2 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce light rum

1/2 ounce tequila

3 ounces pineapple juice

1 ounce cream of coconut

2 teaspoons milk

1 drop grenadine

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add vodka, rum, tequila, pineapple juice, cream

of coconut, milk, and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a collins glass half filled with ice.

5 Garnish with a cherry.

857. BETSY ROSS

Fun Fact: Betsy Ross was excommunicated by the Quakers.

Maybe because she enjoyed too much brandy.

1 1/2 ounces brandy

1 1/2 ounces port

2 dashes Angostura bitters

2 dashes blue curacao

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add brandy, port, bitters, and blue curacao.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a brandy snifter.

858. YANKEE DOODLE

COCKTAIL

One word: Dandy.

1 3/4 ounces gin

1/4 ounce cream

1/4 ounce lemon juice

1/4 ounce crème de yvette

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, cream, lemon juice, and crème de Yvette.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

859. AMERICAN GLORY

HIGHBALL

Keep your eye on the grand old flag. Hard to do after an

afternoon of these.

1 1/2 ounces champagne

1 1/2 ounces orange juice

Club soda

1. Pour champagne and orange juice into a highball

glass with ice.

2. Stir.

3. Fill with club soda.

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860. STARS AND STRIPES

POUSSE CAFE

Every heart beats true for this red, white, and blue.

2/3 ounce grenadine

2/3 ounce white crème de menthe

2/3 ounce crème de yvette

1. Layer carefully in above order in a pousse café

glass.

VALENTINE’S DAY

861. THE KISS

Sweet as your first.

1 1/2 ounces vodka

1/2 ounce chocolate liqueur

1/4 ounce cherry liqueur

3/4 ounce heavy cream

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add vodka, liqueurs, and cream.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

862. HANKY PANKY

COCKTAIL

Too little hanky panky can leave your mate very cranky.

1 3/4 ounces gin

3/4 ounce sweet vermouth

1/4 ounce Fernet Branca

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, vermouth, and Fernet Branca.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Garnish with an orange peel.

863. RED HOT PASSION

A sure-fire recipe for afternoon delight.

1/2 ounce bourbon

1/2 ounce amaretto

1/2 ounce Southern Comfort

1/4 ounce sloe gin

Splash triple sec

Splash orange juice

Splash pineapple juice

1. Pour all ingredients over ice into a hurricane glass.

2. Stir gently.

3. Garnish with an orange slice.

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864. KISS IN THE DARK

A nice way to end the day. Or begin the night.

3/4 ounce gin

3/4 ounce cherry brandy

1/4 ounce dry vermouth

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, cherry brandy, and vermouth.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

865. SWEETIE BABY

Serve with a side of candy hearts and say “I love you.”

2 ounces amaretto

5 ounces vanilla ice cream

1/2 ounce milk (optional)

1. Pour amaretto, ice cream, and milk into a blender.

2. Blend at medium speed until smooth.

3. Pour into a goblet.

4. Garnish with crushed almonds.

866. SOUL KISS

The best way to kiss your soul mate.

1 ounce whiskey

1 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce Dubonnet

3/4 ounce orange juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add whiskey, vermouth, Dubonnet, and orange

juice.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into an old-fashioned glass with ice.

867. CHOCOLATE COFFEE

KISS

The consummate accent to a snowy Valentine’s Day spent

watching An Affair to Remember.

3/4 ounce coffee liqueur

3/4 ounce Irish cream liqueur

Splash crème de cacao

Splash Grand Marnier

1 1/2 ounces chocolate syrup

Hot coffee

1. Pour liqueurs into an Irish coffee glass.

2. Add chocolate syrup.

3. Fill with coffee.

4. Top with whipped cream.

5. Garnish with shaved chocolate and a cherry.

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868. HOT KISS

e.e. Cummings said it best: “Kisses are a better fate than

wisdom.”

1/2 ounce white crème de menthe

1 ounce Irish whiskey

1/2 ounce white crème de cacao

6 ounces hot coffee

1. Pour liqueurs and whiskey into an Irish coffee

glass.

2. Add coffee.

3. Stir.

4. Top with whipped cream.

5. Garnish with a chocolate-covered mint.

869. LOVER’S DELIGHT

COCKTAIL

Sky rockets in flight...

1/2 ounce dry gin

1 teaspoon orange sherbet

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin and orange sherbet.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Dust with nutmeg.

870. CUPID’S COCKTAIL

Draw back bow. Aim arrow at lover. Release.

1 1/2 ounces sherry

1 egg

1 teaspoon powdered sugar

Dash of cayenne pepper

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add sherry, egg, powdered sugar, and pepper.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

871. AMOROUS DUO

Antony and Cleopatra. Romeo and Juliet. Tracy and Hepburn.

Are you next?

1 ounce raspberry schnapps

1/4 ounce amaretto

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

2 ounces crushed ice

1. Pour raspberry schnapps, amaretto, vanilla ice

cream, and ice into a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a brandy snifter.

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872. GODDESS OF LOVE

COCKTAIL

Aphrodite’s favorite concoction for lovers in love.

1 3/4 ounces pastis

3/4 ounce anisette

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add pastis and anisette.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

873. KISS ME QUICK

Before I change my mind.

2 ounces Pernod

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 teaspoon Cointreau

1 ounce club soda

1. Add Pernod, bitters, and Cointreau to an old-fashioned

glass with ice.

2. Stir.

3. Top with club soda.

874. PINK ROSE FIZZ

Drink this rose and think sweet thoughts.

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 teaspoon powdered sugar

1 egg white

1/2 teaspoon grenadine

2 teaspoons cream

2 ounces dry gin

Club soda

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add lemon, powdered sugar, egg white, grenadine,

cream, and gin.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass.

5. Fill with club soda.

875. WILD FLING

Everybody should have at least one in their lifetime.

1 1/2 ounces wilderberry schnapps

4 ounces pineapple juice

Splash cranberry juice

1. Pour schnapps in a highball glass with ice.

2. Fill with pineapple juice.

3. Splash with cranberry juice.

4. Stir.

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HALLOWEEN

876. FRANKENSTEIN

COCKTAIL

Don’t be surprised if the villagers chase you around with

torches.

1 ounce dry gin

1 ounce dry vermouth

1/2 ounce apricot liqueur

1/2 ounce Cointreau

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, vermouth, apricot liqueur, and Cointreau.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

877. RED DEVIL

Keeper of the “spirits” of the dead.

1/2 ounce sloe gin

1/2 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce Southern Comfort

1/2 ounce triple sec

1/2 ounce banana liqueur

2 tablespoon Rose’s lime juice

2 ounces orange juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, vodka, Southern Comfort, triple sec,

banana liqueur, and juices.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a collins glass.

878. BLACK MAGIC

Only devil women with evil on their minds partake in this

libation.

1 1/2 ounces vodka

3/4 ounce coffee liqueur

1 to 2 dashes lemon juice

1. Pour vodka, coffee liqueur, and lemon juice into

an old-fashioned glass with ice.

2. Garnish with a lemon twist.

879. INCANTATIONS

Take a lesson from the witches of Macbeth. Double, double

toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Repeat as

needed.

1 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce green curacao

2 ounces lemonade

2 to 3 drops grenadine

3 ounces ice

1. Add vodka, curacao, and lemonade in a blender

with ice.

2. Blend until slushy.

3. Pour into extra large martini glass or goblet.

4. Drip grenadine over glass.

5. Garnish with sugar-coated lime wedge.

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880. BLACK WITCH

She’s no Glenda the Good Witch.

1 1/2 ounces gold rum

1/4 ounce dark rum

1/4 ounce apricot brandy

1/2 ounce pineapple juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add rums, apricot brandy, and pineapple juice.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

881. CAT’S EYE

Fun fact: Legend has it that when you see a one-eyed cat,

you should spit on your thumb, stamp it in the palm of

your hand, make a wish, and it will come true. What can

it hurt?

2 ounces dry vermouth

1/2 ounce yellow Chartreuse

2 dashes orange bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add vermouth, Chartreuse, and bitters.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

882. HEADLESS HORSEMAN

Throw back a few of these while you still have a noggin.

2 ounces vodka

3 dashes Angostura bitters

Ginger ale

1. Pour vodka and bitters into a collins glass with ice.

2. Fill with ginger ale.

3. Stir.

4. Garnish with an orange slice.

883. VAMPIRE’S DELIGHT

Dracula enjoys these for a change of pace. Love at first

bite, indeed.

2 ounces rum

1 banana

2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Grenadine

1. Place banana, rum, and ice cream in blender.

2. Blend on low for about 15 seconds until smooth.

3. Swirl grenadine into two champagne flutes until

it coats the inside of the glasses.

4. Add banana mixture.

5. Serve with cherry.

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884. BLACK WIDOW

Less deadly than the spider’s venom. At least in small

doses.

1/2 ounce strawberry liqueur

1/2 ounce sambuca

1/2 ounce cream

1. Layer in above order in a shot glass.

885. WITCH’S BREW

The popular year-around drink in Salem. Bottoms up,

Esmeralda.

2 ounces Strega

1/2 ounce crème de menthe

1 ounce lemon juice

1 ounce orange juice

Pernod

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add Strega, crème de menthe, and juices.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a collins glass with shaved ice.

5. Float three or four drops Pernod.

6. Decorate with fresh mint.

886. DEMON POSSESSION

This one may make your head spin.

1 ounce citrus vodka

1 ounce light rum

1/4 ounce blue curacao

Lemonade

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add vodka, rum, and curacao.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass with ice.

5. Fill with lemonade.

6. Garnish with a cherry.

887. SKELETON

Drink in place of barium for your next X-ray.

1/2 ounce white rum

1/2 ounce sour apple vodka

Lemon-lime soda

1. Pour rum and vodka into an old-fashioned glass

filled with crushed ice.

2. Top off with soda.

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888. GREEN GHOST

Yellow and Blue makes Green.

1 ounce blue curacao

1 ounce gin

1/2 ounce peach schnapps

2 ounces lemonade

Squeeze of an orange wedge

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add curacao, gin, peach schnapps, lemonade, and

orange juice.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a hurricane glass with ice.

5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

ELECTION DAY

889. VICTORY

Drink early and often while you wait for the results to

come in.

1 1/2 ounces Pernod

3/4 ounce grenadine

Club soda

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add Pernod and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.

5. Fill with club soda.

890. WASHINGTON

Barry Goldwater said it perfectly: “If everybody in this town

connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing

women and drinking, you would have no government.”

1 1/2 ounces dry vermouth

3/4 ounce brandy

2 dashes sugar syrup

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add vermouth, brandy, sugar syrup, and bitters.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

THANKSGIVING

891. THANKSGIVING SPECIAL

Your Turkey Day guests will “gobble” these down.

3/4 ounce apricot liqueur

3/4 ounce dry gin

3/4 ounce dry vermouth

1/4 teaspoon lemon juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add apricot liqueur, gin, vermouth, and lemon

juice.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Serve with a cherry.

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MARDI GRAS

892. NEW ORLEANS FIZZ

Get your krewe together and have your own parade.

2 ounces gin

1/2 ounce cream

Dash of orange flower water

1/4 to 3/4 ounce sugar syrup

1/2 teaspoon powdered sugar

1 egg white

1 ounce lemon juice

Club soda

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, cream, orange flower water, sugar syrup,

powdered sugar, egg white, and lemon juice.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a collins glass over ice.

5. Top with club soda.

893. NEW ORLEANS NIGHT

Let the good times roulez!

3/4 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce praline liqueur

2 ounces cream of coconut

1 ounce heavy cream

8 ounces crushed ice

1. Pour vodka, praline liqueur, cream of coconut,

heavy cream, and ice in a blender.

2. Blend until smooth on low speed.

3. Pour into a wine glass.

4. Garnish with whipped cream.

EASTER

894. EASTER BUNNY

Here comes Peter Cottontail...invite him in for a drink!

1 1/2 ounces dark crème de cacao

1/2 ounce vodka

1 teaspoon chocolate syrup

1 teaspoon cherry brandy

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add crème de cacao and vodka.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into an old-fashioned glass.

5. Float chocolate syrup and brandy.

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895. JACK RABBIT

Fun fact: Both Bugs Bunny and Brer Rabbit are North

American jackrabbits.

3/4 ounce dry gin

3/4 ounce dry vermouth

1/4 ounce apricot nectar liqueur

1/4 ounce triple sec

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add gin, vermouth, apricot nectar liqueur, and

triple sec.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

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896. BEACH BLANKET BINGO

Annette and Frankie do the watusi. Everybody kick up

some sand!

One part cranberry juice

One part grapefruit juice

Splash of soda

1. Pour juices in a collins glass with ice.

2. Top with soda.

3. Garnish with a lime wedge.

897. PINK LASSIE

This one will make even the worst wayward pup come

home.

1 scoop of vanilla ice cream

2 ounces cranberry juice

2 ounces pineapple juice

1 ounce sugar syrup

Splash of club soda

1. Blend vanilla ice cream, juices, sugar syrup, and

club soda.

2. Pour into a champagne flute.

898. A.S. MACPHERSON

Sweet and tangy. A less-than-potent potable for camp

counselors everywhere.

3 ounces orange juice

3 ounces club soda

Splash sour mix

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add orange juice, club soda, sour mix, and bitters.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a collins glass.

5. Garnish with a small American flag.

899. BITTERS HIGHBALL

A long cool drink of fizz.

3/4 ounce Angostura bitters

Club soda or ginger ale

1. Pour bitters into a highball glass.

2. Fill with soda or ginger ale.

3. Garnish with a lime twist.

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900. CARDINAL PUNCHLESS

Even Father Flanigan would approve.

6 ounces cranberry juice

6 ounces ginger ale

Splash orange juice

Dash lemon juice

Dash sugar syrup

1. Pour cranberry juice and ginger ale into a collins

glass with ice.

2. Splash with orange juice.

3. Add dashes of lemon juice and syrup.

901. DOWN EAST DELIGHT

A juicy cocktail perfect for a tween sleepover. Get out the

Hilary Duff videos!

One part cranberry juice

One part pineapple juice

One part orange juice

Dash sugar syrup

1. Pour juices into a collins glass with ice.

2. Add dash sugar syrup.

3. Garnish with a cherry.

902. GRENADINE RICKEY

Rum and Gin Rickey’s virgin sister. Really she is.

1 1/2 ounces grenadine

1 1/2 ounces lime juice

Club soda

1. Combine grenadine and lime juice in a highball

glass with ice.

2. Add soda.

3. Garnish with a lime wedge.

903. I’LL FAKE MANHATTAN

For those who dare to face big city life sober.

1 1/2 ounces cranberry juice

1 1/2 ounces orange juice

2 dashes orange bitters

Dash grenadine

Dash lemon juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices, bitters, grenadine, and lemon juice.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

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904. MARGARITA

Serve these up at your next block party. No permit needed.

2 ounces sour mix

Splash lime juice

Splash orange juice

Salt

1. Pour sour mix and juices into a blender with ice.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Serve in a salt-rimmed margarita glass.

4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

905. MISSIONARY

Drink this while trying to convert the locals.

2 ounces pineapple juice

1 ounce sugar syrup

1 ounce sour mix

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add pineapple juice, sugar syrup, and sour mix.

3. Stir.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

5. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.

906. MONTEGO BAY

Hey, mon, drink as much as you like.

2 ounces orange juice

2 ounces sour mix

Splash grenadine

Splash club soda

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add orange juice, sour mix, and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into an old-fashioned glass.

5. Top with club soda.

6. Garnish with a cherry.

907. ORANGEADE

Time for all good drinks to come to the “ade” of their mixer.

One part orange juice

One part soda

Splash sugar syrup

1. Pour juice and soda into a highball glass with ice.

2. Add splash sugar syrup.

3. Garnish with an orange slice.

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908. PAC MAN

The drink of choice for video game addicts who want to

keep their edge over Inky, Blinky, and the gang.

Dash bitters

Dash grenadine

Splash lemon juice

Ginger ale

1. Add bitters, grenadine, and lemon juice in a highball

glass with ice.

2. Stir.

3. Fill with ginger ale.

4. Garnish with an orange slice.

909. PIÑA COLADA

A great drink for prom night or the grad party.

1 ounce pineapple juice

3 or 4 pineapple chunks

1 ounce cream of coconut

1 teaspoon orange juice

1 tablespoon cream

3 ounces ice

1. Add pineapple juice, pineapple chunks, cream of

coconut, orange juice, cream, and ice into a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a goblet or large wine glass.

4. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and cherry.

910. PONY’S NECK

The G-rated version of a Horse’s Neck.

Dash lime juice

2 dashes Angostura bitters

Ginger ale

1. Pour lime juice and bitters into a collins glass

with ice.

2. Fill with ginger ale.

3. Garnish with a spiraled lemon peel and a cherry.

911. ROSY PIPPIN

Looking for complete fulfillment like Pippin? Here it is.

4 ounces apple juice

Splash grenadine

Splash sour mix

Ginger ale

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add apple juice, grenadine, and sour mix.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass with ice.

5. Fill with ginger ale.

6. Garnish with an apple slice.

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912. ROY ROGERS

Happy Trails—No Hangovers.

Cola soda

Splash grenadine

1. Fill a highball glass with ice.

2. Add soda.

3. Splash with grenadine.

2. Garnish with a flag.

913. SAGINAW SNOOZE

A sweet warm send-off to never-never land.

3 ounces apple juice

3 ounces cranberry juice

1 teaspoon honey

1. Pour juices into a large heat-resistant mug.

2. Heat for 1 minute in microwave.

3. Stir in honey.

4. Garnish with a lemon slice and a cinnamon stick.

914. SAN FRANCISCO

Take this one with you on the cable cars. No brown paper

bag necessary.

One part pineapple juice

One part orange juice

One part grapefruit juice

One part sour mix

2 dashes grenadine

Club soda

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices, sour mix, and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a goblet.

5. Top with soda.

915. SONOMA NOUVEAU

Taste the wine country while you drive up the coast.

5 ounces alcohol-free white wine

Club soda

Cranberry juice

1. Pour wine in a highball glass with ice.

2. Splash soda until glass is almost full.

3. Float cranberry juice.

4. Garnish with a lime twist.

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916. STRAWBERRY COLADA

A sweet twist on the classic for long, sultry summer

nights.

2 ounces fresh or frozen strawberries

1 ounce cream of coconut

2 ounces pineapple juice

2 ounces crushed ice

1. Pour strawberries, cream of coconut, pineapple

juice, and ice into a blender.

2. Blend until smooth on medium speed for about 15

seconds.

3. Serve in a hurricane glass.

5. Garnish with strawberries and a pineapple chunk.

917. STRAWBERRY DAIQUIRI

Hemingway would not approve. But your mother would.

3 ounces fresh or frozen strawberries

Splash sour mix

Dash grenadine

2 ounces ice

1. Pour strawberries, sour mix, grenadine, and ice

into a blender.

2. Blend until smooth on medium speed for about 15

seconds.

3. Serve in a hurricane glass.

4. Garnish with strawberries.

918. SUNSET COOLER

Make a pitcher in the RV. Pull over and watch the sun fade

over the horizon.

4 ounces cranberry juice

2 1/2 ounces orange juice

Splash lemon juice

Splash ginger ale

3 ounces ice

1. Add juices with ice into a blender.

2. Blend until smooth on low speed.

3. Pour into a hurricane glass.

3. Top with ginger ale.

4. Garnish with an orange slice.

919. TOMATO COOLER

Gym rats can’t get enough of these thirst quenchers.

7 ounces chilled tomato juice

Splash lemon juice

Tonic water

1. Pour juices into a highball glass with ice.

2. Top with tonic water.

3. Garnish with a lemon wedge and a celery stalk.

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920. TRANSFUSION

No needle required, so even the squeamish can enjoy this

one.

3 ounces grape juice

6 ounces ginger ale

Splash lime juice

1. Combine grape juice and ginger ale in a collins

glass with ice.

2. Splash with lime juice.

3. Garnish with a lime wedge

921. VIRGIN MARY

Ave Maria! This one is tasty.

6 ounces tomato juice

Dash Worcestershire sauce

Dash Tabasco sauce

Dash salt

Dash pepper

Celery salt to taste

1. Pour juice into a tall glass or beer mug with ice.

2. Add Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt,

pepper, and celery salt.

3. Stir.

4. Garnish with a celery stalk and lime wedge.

922. HAWAIIAN PIÑA

Quench your thirst but keep your balance while hanging

ten.

2 1/2 ounces pineapple juice

1 teaspoon coconut cream

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

10 drops blue curacao

1. Pour juice, coconut cream, vanilla ice cream, and

curacao into a cocktail shaker.

2. Mix.

3. Pour into a hurricane glass.

4. Garnish with a pineapple slice.

923. UN-FUNKY MONKEY

A birthday party treat for your little monkey and his

chimp-a-riffic friends.

1/2 ounce strawberry crush soda

2 1/2 ounces orange juice

1 sliced banana

1 teaspoon honey

1. Pour strawberry soda, orange juice, banana, and

honey into a blender.

2. Blend on low until thick and a smooth pink color.

3. Pour into a hurricane glass.

4. Garnish with a banana slice.

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924. FIVE ALIVE

Hey Sleepyhead, awaken your five senses!

1 ounce chilled ginger ale

Orange juice

Club soda

Chilled lemon-lime soda

5 to 6 drops grenadine

1. Pour ginger ale into a pilsner glass.

2. Add one ice cube.

3. Pour orange juice until glass is half full.

4. Add equal amounts of club and lemon-lime soda.

5. Add grenadine syrup.

6. Garnish with a lime slice.

925. PEACHY SUNSET

As keen as they come.

1 ounce chilled peach crush

Juice from three lime wedges

Lemonade

3–5 drops grenadine syrup

1. Pour the peach crush into an old-fashioned glass.

2. Add one ice cube and lime juice.

3. Fill with lemonade.

4. Add grenadine.

5. Garnish with a cherry.

926. LOVE POTION #13

A teenage witch favorite for good witches only.

1/2 ounce khus syrup

1 ounce chilled, shaken pineapple juice

Club soda

Lime wedge

1. Pour the khus syrup into an old-fashioned glass.

2. Add one ice cube.

3. Pour in pineapple juice.

4. Add club soda slowly.

5. Drop lime wedge.

6. Decorate with a pineapple slice.

927. ICY BLUSH

The perfect gift for rosy-cheeked lasses on their sweet

sixteenth.

1 ounce strawberry crush

Lemon-lime soda

1 ice cube

Juice from 1/2 lime

1. Pour strawberry crush in an old-fashioned glass.

2. Top with lemon-lime soda

3. Add lime juice.

4. Garnish with lime slice.

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928. BAMBINO BELLINI

For toasting the arrival of newborns. Mix one up for the

mom-to-be at her baby shower.

2 ounces peach nectar

1 ounce lemon juice

Chilled sparkling cider

1. Pour the peach nectar and lemon juice into a

chilled champagne flute.

2. Stir.

3. Fill with cider.

4. Stir gently.

929. STARRY STARRY NIGHT

A jug of this, a telescope, and you.

4 ounces papaya juice

2 ounces pineapple juice

4 ounces ginger ale

Sugar

1. Pour juices and ginger ale into a sugar-rimmed tall

glass with ice.

2. Stir.

3. Garnish with star fruit.

930. METROPOLIS

The Daily Planet’s deadline drink. Even Clark Kent gets

thirsty sometimes.

2 ounces raspberry syrup

2 cups lemonade

1. Fill 24-ounce cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add raspberry syrup and lemonade.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into martini glasses.

5. Garnish with lemon twists.

(Serves 6)

931. MAI TAI MOCKTAIL

Mmmm. Mai Tai have another?

1 ounce vanilla syrup

1/2 ounce almond syrup

3 ounces orange juice

2 ounces cranberry juice

1. Pour syrups and juices into a highball glass with

ice.

2. Stir.

3. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

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932. VIRGIN LEMON DROP

Give the sourpusses a taste of their own medicine.

1 1/4 ounces lemon syrup

2 1/2 ounces club soda

1/4 ounce lemon juice

Sugar

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add lemon syrup, club soda, and lemon juice.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a sugar-rimmed martini glass.

5. Garnish with a lemon twist.

933. MOONLIGHT COCKTAIL

Bring these along for a night of stargazing.

6 ounces grapefruit juice

Dash grenadine

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add grapefruit juice and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Pour into an old-fashioned glass.

934. BLACKBERRY LEMON

FUSION

Dr. Oppenheimer would be proud.

1 ounce blackberry syrup

Juice of 1 lemon

Cold club soda

1. Combine blackberry syrup and lemon in a tall

glass.

2. Add ice.

3. Fill with club soda.

935. RASPBERRY LEMON

FUSION

An explosion of flavor with none of the fallout.

1 ounce raspberry syrup

Juice of 1 lemon

Cold club soda

1. Combine raspberry syrup and lemon in a tall glass.

2. Add ice.

3. Fill with club soda.

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936. SANGREETA

Greet your guests with a goblet of this little number.

1 1/2 tablespoons grenadine

2 tablespoons lime juice

12 ounces orange juice

Tabasco sauce to taste

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add grenadine, lime juice, orange juice, and

Tabasco sauce.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a goblet.

5. Garnish with lime wedges.

937. AFTERGLOW

A peaceful, easy feeling.

1 ounce grenadine

4 ounces orange juice

4 ounces pineapple juice

1. Pour grenadine and juices into a cocktail shaker.

2. Mix.

3. Pour into a highball glass with ice.

4. Garnish with a pineapple chunk.

938. BATMAN

Holy Mocktails, Batman! Make mine a double!

6 ounces orange juice

1/2 teaspoon grenadine

1. Pour the juice and grenadine into a tall glass

almost filled with ice cubes.

2. Stir well.

3. Garnish with an orange slice.

939. LEMON FIN

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the

water…it is!

Club soda

2 to 3 teaspoons powdered sugar

1 ounce lemon juice

1. Fill a highball glass halfway with ice.

2. Pour club soda stopping an inch from the top.

3. Add powdered sugar and lemon juice.

4. Stir well.

5. Garnish with lemon slice.

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940. TEMPERANCE TANTRUM

Serve these at the next meeting of the Anti-Saloon League.

3 ounces cranberry juice

2 ounces orange juice

Squeeze lemon

Ginger ale

2 ounces ice

1. Pour juices in a blender with ice.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Top with the ginger ale.

4. Garnish with a red chili pepper.

941. BIG PANTS

Having a pity party because your date laughed at your

oversized bloomers? This one will drive you to the edge of

reason.

One part orange juice

One part mango juice

Ginger ale

Dash grenadine

1. Pour equal parts orange and mango juices into a

highball glass with crushed ice.

2. Top with ginger ale.

3. Add grenadine.

4. Garnish with a slice of lime or a cherry.

942. MISTER DARCY

Best consumed while wearing a hideous holiday jumper.

4 ounces orange juice

1 peach or nectarine

Dash grenadine

3 ounces ice

1. Pour juice, fruit, and grenadine in a blender with

ice.

2. Blend until smooth.

943. STARFRUIT SPRITZER

Mix these up and win the approval of your teetotaling

future mother-in-law.

3 ounces mango juice

3 ounces peach juice

Club soda

1. Fill a cocktail glass with crushed ice.

2. Add juices.

3. Top with club soda.

4. Stir.

5. Garnish with a star fruit.

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944. DIXIE’S RAINBOW

COOLER

The first choice for Southern belles who must be on their

best behavior.

2 ounces orange juice

2 ounces pineapple juice

2 ounces passion fruit juice

1/4 ounce lemon juice

1 teaspoon grenadine

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into highball glass filled with ice.

5. Garnish with fresh kiwi.

945. ENGLISH AFTERNOON

Ideal take away for your journey down the Thames.

4 ounces iced tea

4 ounces raspberry juice

1. Fill a tall glass with ice.

2. Add iced tea and raspberry juice.

3. Stir.

4. Garnish with fresh lemon and raspberries.

946. CHERRY ALE

Like a night at the drive-in, but no need to strap on the

roller skates.

2 ounces cherry juice

1 ounce lime juice

Ginger ale

1. Fill a juice glass with ice.

2. Add cherry and lime juices.

3. Top with ginger ale.

4. Garnish with a lime wheel or cherries.

947. VIENNA COLD NIGHT

SOOTHER

Like a pleasant stroll along the Danube. Freud would be

envious.

4 ounces cold strong coffee

2 ounces cream

1/4 ounce chocolate syrup

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add coffee, cream, chocolate syrup, and cinnamon.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a tumbler.

5. Top with whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

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948. SUPPER SIPPER

Give this to Dad while he’s slaving over the grill. He may

raise your allowance.

3 ounces grape juice

3 ounces lemonade

Sparkling water

1. Pour grape juice and lemonade into a goblet with

ice.

2. Top with sparkling water.

3. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

949. BERRY HAPPY

A berry frothy treat for those who have been berry good to

you.

2 scoops vanilla ice cream

2 ounces fresh blueberries

2 ounces fresh raspberries

2 ounces strawberries

1/2 cup milk

1. Put vanilla ice cream, blueberries, raspberries,

strawberries, and milk in a blender.

2. Blend thoroughly.

3. Pour into a tumbler or a large cocktail glass.

4. Top with fresh berries.

950. CAESAR JR.

A drink for all up-and-coming conquerors.

1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1/4 teaspoon Tabasco to taste

Juice of 1/4 lime

1/2 teaspoon grated horseradish

Clamato juice

1. Fill a celery-salted rimmed double old-fashioned

glass with ice.

2. Add Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, lime juice,

and horseradish.

3. Top with Clamato juice.

4. Stir.

5. Garnish with a celery stalk and a cherry tomato.

951. SOFT BUCKET OF

BUNNIES

Don’t you just want to dive in?

1/2 ounce grenadine

3 ounces milk

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add grenadine and milk.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into cocktail glass.

5. Top with whipped cream.

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952. PUSSY FOOT

Guaranteed to make you land on your feet.

1/3 ounce grenadine

1 1/3 ounces pineapple juice

1 1/3 ounces orange juice

1 1/3 ounces grapefruit juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add grenadine and juices.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into cocktail glass.

953. ORANGE JULIA

Orange juice: It’s not just for breakfast anyone.

2 cups milk

1 can unsweetened orange juice concentrate

1 teaspoon vanilla

10 crushed ice cubes

1. Pour all ingredients into a blender.

2. Blend on medium speed for 30 seconds.

3. Pour into champagne tulips.

(Serves 5)

954. CITRUS COLLINS

Tom, John, Vodka, Rum, and Mint’s baby cousin.

2 ounces orange juice

1 ounce lemon juice

1 ounce sugar syrup

Club soda

1. Pour juices and sugar syrup in a highball glass

with ice.

2. Fill with club soda.

3. Garnish with an orange slice or a cherry.

955. PERSIAN POEM

A sweet, fruity ode to temperance.

1/2 cup frozen or fresh raspberries

1/2 cup frozen or fresh sliced peaches

2 tablespoons honey

2 teaspoons lemon juice

2 teaspoons grenadine

6 1/2 ounces chilled Perrier water

1. Put fruit, honey, lemon juice, grenadine, and 2

ounces of Perrier water into a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into goblets.

4. Add remaining Perrier.

5. Garnish with a few raspberries.

(Serves 2)

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956. MOON WALKER

Put on your zippered jacket, grab a glass of this, and walk

backwards. Come on, you can do it.

5 teaspoons vanilla essence

1/2 cup milk

1 banana

1 teaspoon honey

1 tablespoon yogurt

1. Pour vanilla, milk, banana, honey, and yogurt into

a blender.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a highball glass.

957. CINDERELLA

Here’s a secret: this was in the punch bowl at the Princess’

Royal Ball.

One part pineapple juice

One part orange juice

One part lemon juice

Splash club soda

Splash grenadine

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass with ice.

5. Top with club soda.

6. Splash with grenadine.

7. Garnish with orange and lemon slices, and a

cherry.

958. COCONUT PAW PAW

A popular drink way down yonder in the paw paw patch.

1/2 small paw paw

4 ounces chilled coconut milk

1/2 ounce lime juice

1 teaspoon honey or raw sugar

1. Peel and chop the paw paw.

2. Pour coconut milk, lime juice, and honey in a

blender.

3. Add the paw paw.

4. Blend until smooth on medium speed.

5. Pour into a cocktail glass.

6. Garnish with paw paw, strawberries, and mint.

959. BANSHEE DELIGHT

This one will certainly make you wail with glee.

1/2 ounce chocolate syrup

2 inch slice of banana

2 ounces cream

3 ounces ice

1. Pour chocolate syrup, banana, cream, and ice into

the blender.

2. Blend for 15 seconds on medium speed.

3. Pour into a parfait glass.

4. Dust with nutmeg.

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960. CARIBBEAN FLING

You, that special someone, and seven days with no phones

or faxes.

2 ounces unsweetened orange juice

1/2 medium banana

2 ounces unsweetened pineapple juice

2 ounces ice

1. Put the banana, orange juice, pineapple juice, and

ice into a blender.

2. Blend for 5–10 seconds or until smooth.

3. Pour into a highball glass.

4. Garnish with banana and orange slices and

coconut flakes.

961. MEXICAN SUNRISE

It’s 6 a.m. in Guadalajara and the whole day awaits you.

6 ounces chilled orange juice

1/2 ounce grenadine

1. Pour orange juice into a highball glass with ice.

2. Top with grenadine.

962. GINGER HONEY DRINK

Sticky and sweet. Indulge in this gooey treat.

1 tablespoon ginger extract

1 tablespoon honey

1 tablespoon sugar syrup

1 teaspoon lemon juice

Pinch of salt

8 ounces club soda

1. Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker.

2. Beat with an electric beater until frothy.

3. Pour into a highball glass.

963. CENTER COURT

Serve with love on a grass court.

1/2 pound fresh strawberries, stems removed

1/2 pint sweet cream

2 teaspoons powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon powdered ginger

Club soda

1. Combine strawberries, sweet cream, sugar, and

ginger in a blender.

2. Blend well.

3. Pour into a pitcher.

4. Add club soda and ice cubes.

5. Stir.

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964. DRY GRAPE VINE

For when you are getting no gossip at all.

2 ounces grape juice

1 ounce lemon juice

Dash grenadine

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

965. NO-GIN FIZZ

Ebullient effervescent elixir.

4 ounces lemon juice

1 ounce lime juice

1 tablespoon powdered sugar

Club soda

1. Pour juices and sugar into a collins glass with ice.

2. Stir until sugar is dissolved.

3. Fill with club soda.

4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

966. ORANGE FIZZ

A citrus circus in every sip.

5 ounces orange juice

1 ounce sour mix

Club soda

1. Pour orange juice and sour mix into a collins

glass with ice.

2. Top with club soda.

967. ORANGE AND BITTERS

Simple and delicious. Sometimes life doesn’t have to be

complicated.

Orange juice

2 to 3 dashes Angostura bitters

1. Pour orange juice and bitters into a highball glass

with ice.

2. Stir.

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968. SHIRLEY TEMPLE

For those voyages on the good ship lollipop.

Dash grenadine

Ginger ale

1. Fill a collins glass with ice.

2. Add grenadine.

3. Fill with ginger ale.

4. Garnish with a cherry and an orange slice.

969. SAFE SEX ON THE

BEACH

Condom maven Joycelyn Elders would be proud.

1 ounce peach nectar

3 ounces pineapple juice (or grapefruit juice)

3 ounces orange juice

1. Pour peach nectar, pineapple juice (or grapefruit

juice), and orange juice into a highball glass with

ice.

2. Stir.

970. SOBER THOUGHTS

The on-top-of-your-game drink of choice for debate teams

and chess clubs everywhere.

3 ounces orange juice

3 ounces fresh lime juice

1 tablespoon grenadine

Tonic water

1. Pour juices and grenadine into a highball glass

with ice.

2. Stir.

3. Fill with tonic water.

971. MUTED TEQUILA

SUNSET

Picture perfect every day at six.

2 ounces orange juice

1 tablespoon grenadine

1. Pour orange juice into a rocks glass with ice.

2. Slowly add grenadine by pouring over the back of

a spoon.

3. Let grenadine rise from the bottom of the glass.

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972. EGG CREAM

Which came first? The chicken or the egg cream?

1 1/2 ounces chocolate syrup

Cold milk

Seltzer

1. Pour chocolate syrup into a highball glass.

2. Fill 2/3 with milk.

3. Top with seltzer.

4. Stir.

973. BUBBLETART

Relax in a steamy tub with this refresher. The more bubbles

the merrier.

3 ounces cranberry juice

1 ounce lime juice

3 ounces mineral water

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices and mineral water.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass with ice.

5. Fill with mineral water.

6. Garnish with a lime wheel.

974. CROW’S NEST

Ahoy! Tasty drink now being served off the port bow.

4 ounces orange juice

1 ounce cranberry juice

1/2 teaspoon grenadine

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices and grenadine.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into an old-fashioned glass almost filled

with ice.

5. Garnish with a lime slice.

975. CREAMSICLE

Yummy. You’ll want to gobble this one up whole, but

beware of the brain freeze.

8 ounces orange juice

2 scoops vanilla ice cream

1. Put orange juice and vanilla ice cream in blender.

2. Blend at low speed.

3. Pour into highball glass.

4. Garnish with orange slice.

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976. INNOCENT PASSION

Abstinence never tasted so good.

4 ounces passion fruit juice

Dash cranberry juice

Dash lemon juice

Club soda

1. Pour juices into a highball glass filled with ice.

2. Top with club soda.

3. Add a cherry and a long straw.

977. LAVA FLOW

The word “volcano” derives from Vulcan, the Roman god of

fire. This is what he drank on his more mellow days.

4 ounces light cream

1/2 ounce coconut cream

3 ounces pineapple juice

1/2 banana

1/2 cup frozen strawberries, thawed

1. Pour light cream, coconut cream, pineapple juice,

and banana into a blender with ice.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Put strawberries in the bottom of a parfait glass.

4. Quickly pour in fruit and cream mixture for a

starburst effect.

978. PEACH MELBA

A classic British dessert—in a glass.

8 ounces peach nectar

2 scoop vanilla ice cream

1/2 peach, sliced

3 ounces ripe raspberries

1. Put ingredients in a blender.

2. Blend at low speed until smooth.

3. Pour in a highball glass.

4. Garnish with raspberries.

979. BLACKBERRY SOFT

DRINK

Teach the kiddies to make this one by themselves.

4 ounces ripe blackberries

1 ounce sugar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

Club soda

1. Mix blackberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a

cocktail shaker.

2. Strain into a highball glass.

3. Fill with club soda.

4. Garnish with a blackberry.

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980. CARLOTA

A glassful of garden fresh goodness.

1 1/2 ounces celery juice

1 1/2 ounces carrot juice

1 1/2 ounces apple juice

Dash lemon juice

1. Pour juices into a highball glass with ice.

2. Stir.

3. Top with chopped parsley.

981. FLORIDA

A more exotic recommendation for getting your Vitamin C.

2 ounces grapefruit juice

1 ounce orange juice

1 ounce lemon juice

2 dashes sugar syrup

Club soda

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices and sugar syrup.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass.

5. Top with club soda.

982. TEXAS BBQ

Hang on, cowboy. This bold beverage is liable to provide a

much-needed spicy kick.

Lime juice

Cajun spices

Dash of Worcestershire sauce

6 ounces tomato juice

2 teaspoons barbecue sauce

Lime wedge

1.With lime juice, rim a highball glass with cajun

spices.

2. Fill halfway with ice.

3. Add Worcestershire sauce, tomato juice, barbecue

sauce, and lime wedge.

4. Stir.

5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

983.SUE ELLEN’S NIGHTMARE

Much to Mrs. Ewing’s dismay, she’ll have to face this one

sober.

One part passion fruit juice

One part grapefruit juice

One part guava banana juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into an old-fashioned glass.

5. Garnish with lime wedges.

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984. VIRGIN HURRICANE

Rank: Category 1. No need to take cover with this storm.

4 ounces orange juice

4 ounces sour mix

3/4 ounce passion fruit syrup

Dash grenadine

1. Build orange juice, sour mix, passion fruit syrup,

and grenadine into a highball glass with ice.

2. Stir.

3. Garnish with a lime slice.

985. VIRGIN SEABREEZE

A gentle lilting lift of fresh air.

3 ounces cranberry juice

3 ounces grapefruit juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass packed with ice.

986. LITTLE PINKIE

Whip him up one of these and he’ll be wrapped around

your little finger.

3 ounces orange juice

3 ounces sour mix

3/4 ounce peach syrup

Dash grenadine

1. Build ingredients in a highball glass with ice.

2. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.

987. CHAPALA

Spicy and spirited for those who like a smidgen of spice.

4 ounces orange juice

2 teaspoons grenadine

Dash salt

Dash cayenne pepper

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add orange juice, grenadine, salt, and cayenne

pepper.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass over ice.

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988. ORANGE SMILE

Even when breakfast comes too early, this one will make

you grin.

1 egg

1 tablespoon grenadine

2 ounces orange juice

1. Fill cocktail shaker with three ice cubes.

2. Add egg, grenadine, and orange juice.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a cocktail glass.

989. KON-TIKI

In the book of the same name, a biologist traveled thousands

of miles across the Pacific Ocean on a wooden raft

dubbed Kon-Tiki. Lucky for you, this Kon-Tiki crossing is

only as far as the kitchen.

4 ounces milk

3/4 ounce pineapple juice

1 scoop orange ice cream

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Cola

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add milk, pineapple juice, orange ice cream, and

vanilla.

3. Shake.

4. Strain into a highball glass.

5. Top with cola.

6. Garnish with a chunk of pineapple.

990. GRAPEFRUIT BLAST

We have lift off!

2 ounces grapefruit juice

2 ounces orange juice

2 ounces sour mix

1. Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Add juices and sour mix.

3. Shake.

4. Pour into a highball glass.

5. Garnish with an orange slice.

991. CAFÉ MOCHA

Mochalicious. A caffeine chocolate jolt for any Swiss miss.

4 ounces strong hot black coffee

4 ounces hot chocolate

1. Pour coffee and hot chocolate into a large mug.

2. Top with whipped cream.

3. Dust with cinnamon and nutmeg.

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992. JOHNNY APPLESEED

Drink one. Plant a tree. Repeat often.

2 ounces apple juice

2 scoops vanilla ice cream

Splash of orange juice

Splash of club soda

1. Blend juices, vanilla ice cream, and club soda in a

blender until smooth.

2. Pour into a champagne flute.

993. TOOTS

One taste of this and you’ll want to down the rest tout de

suite.

1 scoop orange sherbet

1 scoop chocolate ice cream

2 ounces orange soda

1. Blend sherbet, chocolate ice cream, and orange

soda until smooth.

2. Pour into a tumbler.

3. Top with whipped cream.

4. Garnish with an orange wedge.

994. STRAWBERRY

WONDERLAND

Strawberry fields forever and ever and ever.

1 ounce coconut cream

2 ounces frozen strawberries

3 ounces pineapple juice

1 ounce sour mix

2 ounces ice

1. Add coconut cream, strawberries, pineapple, sour

mix, and ice.

2. Blend until smooth.

3. Pour into a large brandy snifter.

4. Top with whipped cream.

5. Garnish with a strawberry.

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995. SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER

The favorite break-time refreshment for elves.

3 ounces lemonade

2 tablespoons lime juice

1 scoop raspberry sorbet

1 scoop vanilla ice cream

1 cup ice

Splash cola

Splash lemon-lime soda

Splash grenadine

1. Pour lemonade, lime juice, raspberry sorbet,

vanilla ice cream, soda, grenadine, and ice into a

blender.

2. Blend all ingredients until smooth and thick.

3. Pour into a pint glass.

4. Top with whipped cream.

5. Splash cream with additional grenadine.

6. Garnish with a cherry.