Rum and Coke Gummis!!

Super cute and super easy, great for parties.  Buy Haribo Coke Bottle Cady or the Cherry Cola ones then pour rum over them!  Cherry Jim Beam with the Cherry Cola for a Whisky and Coke would be good as well, basically you just need alcohol and Gummis to make a great easy boozy treat!

Teal Squeal

This blended drink is the perfect drink for Mermaids, it's the best color ever and it's blended so it's cold and refreshing!

1/2c Vodka

1/4c Blue Curacao

2c Ice

1/2c pineapple

Combine all ingredients in blender and blend well. Garnish with pineapple.

I froze my fresh pineapple in order to cut down on using the ice so it wasn't watered down and it worked well, didn't have enough to garnish though. Makes enough for about 2 highballs mostly filled, the other glass I made was fuller. I might try making it as a punch this summer with pineapple juice.

Gin and Tonic

I'm currently really into Gin and Tonics, so I've been trying several different Gins and all kinds of tonics when I go out, this was the first one I made at home though.

2 ounces Kyro Distillery Koskue Gin

2 lime wedges

3–4 ounces tonic water

Cucumber for garnish

Add gin to a highball glass filled with ice. Squeeze in lime wedges to taste, then add them to glass. Add tonic water; stir to combine.

To make the ribboned cucumber garnish use a vegetable peeler lengthwise on a cucumber, you can also use a mandolin but because of the length that can be a bit more difficult.

Strawberry Lemon Vodka Crush

I made this one up but it was really delicious, I made it because I wanted to make Basil Simple Syrup, naturally I then needed a way to use it!

Start with a high ball glass, place sliced strawberries and sugar in the bottom, muddle slightly, squeeze in some lemon juice add a little basil simple syrup, 2 oz of vodka and 4 - 8oz of ginger beer. Garnish with Strawberry and Lemon!

To make basil simple syrup combine 1c sugar, 1c water and 6 basil leaves in a pot, bring to a boil.  Boil until mixture is reduced by about half.

Smurf O Tonic

Sooo I picked up a bottle of Blue Curacao and have been having fun with the blue drinks!  This is a play on a Gin and Tonic!

To make this Smurfy delight fill a highball glass halfway with ice, add 2 oz of Gin (I used Koskue Rye gin from Kyro Distillery), 1oz of Blue Curacao, then filled with Schweppes Tonic, garnished with a Haribo Smurf and lime slice