Absolut-ly yummy!

Review by Lyndee:

I made an impulse buy at the grocery store the other night.  They had these little bottles of Absolut Hibiskus for $1 near the register.  I don't even know what hibiskus is but being the little adventurer that I am, I gave it a try.  I'm so glad I did.  Mixed it with lemonade and it was delicious.  Would be a wonderful summertime drink as well.  Very light and refreshing.

** Here is the flavor explanation according to the Absolut website. "Aromas of exotic hibiscus fuse with ripe and round notes of freshly sliced pomegranate. Bright layers of fruity and floral flavors burst through a natural sweetness. Shot with a sophisticated tang from the hibiscus" 

UV Candy Bar Vodka Recipes

Review by Lyndee:

UV Vodka released their new flavor recently and Melody and I were elated to see that it was “candy bar”.  Chocolate and caramel flavored vodka.  Naturally we rushed to the store to acquire a bottle and see what we could come up with.  We tried what they had suggested online and also some other variations.  Truth is, and I say this with a tear in my eye and a dry throat, we didn’t love it.  The caramel overpowers the chocolate.  We couldn’t find a mixer that was excellent with it besides the creamy ones.  And for anyone counting calories, that’s a dangerously slippery drinking slope. 

We tried it with:

Diet Pepsi

Diet Pepsi and milk

Diet Pepsi, milk and Kahlua

My homemade Irish cream

Diet Pepsi and my homemade Irish cream

Our favorites were mixing it with the Irish cream or milk, Kahlua and diet Pepsi.  For my tastes, it would probably be better used in shots rather than a full drink.  Or with ice cream.  That would be awesome. 

Fear not, we will continue to attempt other recipes that don’t include cream until that bottle is gone.  And as always, we will pass it along to you.  

Loopy DC

Review by Lyndee:

I received some Three Olives Loopy vodka for Christmas this year.  It’s supposed to taste like fruit loops.  Oddly, it really does.  Who would’ve thought to mix cereal and vodka?  Not this girl.  But who am I to turn down a good bottle of booze?  A few people suggested mixing it with sprite or 7-up.  I didn’t love that combo so Melody and I decided to play around some other options.  I forgot to get a picture but liked it with lemonade.  Keep in mind we were using large solo cups so did 2 shots per glass but if you’re using a normal 8 or 12 oz glass go with one shot if you don’t want to get wasted. 

We had diet dew on hand and thought we’d give that a whirl. 

Loopy Mountain

Add ice to glass

1 shot Loopy

Fill the rest with Diet Mountain Dew

I liked the Loopy Mountain ok. Melody didn’t but Uncle John thought it was good. 

Loopy D

Add ice to glass

1 shot Loopy

Sunny Delight

This one was pretty tasty but we felt it was just missing something to put make it great. 

Loopy DC

Add ice to glass

1 shot Loopy

Sunny Delight

Splash of Cranberry juice (to taste) 

This was definitely our favorite!