White Russians...with a twist

We did an experiment with White Russians and came up with a few fun variations of this classic drink.
Standard White Russian
White Cake Russian
Colorado Bulldog
Colorado Beerdog
Drunk Beaver

The hands down favorite was the Drunk Beaver.  The least favorite was the Colorado Beerdog.

Adult Apple Cider & Mimosas

I was looking for a fun adult beverage for my annual ugly sweater party and decided to go with an apple cider theme.  I had some random bottles of “odd” vodkas in the liquor cabinet that I thought would fit perfectly with the apple cider.  And boy, was I right.  This drink turned out to be fabulous.

Ingredients:

1 gallon apple cider

1 C. salted caramel vodka

1 C. fluffed marshmallow vodka

1 C. cake vodka

2 cinnamon sticks

Mix into a large beverage container and chill for 2 hours. It’s that simple. 

Serve over ice as a drink or pour into a shot glass and top with whipped cream.   

Apple Cider Mimosas

Ingredients:

1 gallon apple cider

2 bottles of champagne (chilled)

Make just like a normal mimosa but substitute apple cider for the orange juice.  Fill glass ½- ¾ way full of cider and top of with champagne.  If you want to get fancy, garnish the rim with sugar and an apple wedge.  

Drunken gummy bears/worms

This is one of my favorite party "shots".  And they couldn't be any easier to make.  You only need 2 ingredients and these go a long way.

1 large bag of gummy bears, worms or combo
1 bottle of vodka (would work with rum or tequila too)

Put gummies into a glass bowl.  I recommend you don't use plastic as it seems to tamper with the flavor.  Pour vodka or your liquor of choice over the gummies and cover.  If you don't have a lid for your glass bowl use plastic wrap.  Store in the fridge for 3-5 days, stirring every other day.  The gummies will be expanded to super chubby as the alcohol soaks in.  Then eat away.

If you don't use all your gummies, they can be frozen for the next time you need them.

Blow Pop Martini

Need a yummy drink that tastes like smooth summer fun?  Try this Blow Pop Martini!

1 Part Kinky Vodka

1 Part Bubble Vodka (Three Olives)

1 Part Lemonade/Pink Lemonade

2 Part Sprite

Mix over ice in shaker.  Strain into martini glass.  Garnish with a blow pop and enjoy! 

Sex in the driveway

Review by Lyndee:

We were looking for a fun summery drink for my birthday party and there’s just something appealing about a drink that’s blue. 

Ingredients:

1 oz blue curacao

1 oz peach schnapps

2 oz vodka (citrus or regular)

Sprite

Mix alcohol over ice and fill the rest of the glass with sprite.  Garnish with citrus fruit if you wish. 

We slice up oranges, lemon and limes and froze them.  When it was time for the party we made a huge batch of this using 12 oz of the blue curacao and peach schnapps, 24 ounces of vodka and filled the rest of the container with sprite and the frozen fruit.  It was a huge hit at the party. Will definitely be making this again! 

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.