Captain Morgan's Jack-O Blast Recipes

(I was not paid for this review, all opinions are solely my own)

Captain Morgan rum isn't just regular rum.  

They have spiced rum (which I'm sure you've heard of), and flavored rums such as coconut, pineapple & grapefruit.  

They also have a line of cannon ball shaped bottles which include Jack-O Blast, Loconut and Cannon Blast.

I was sent a bottle of Jack-O Blast so that I could try a couple of their cocktails for myself.

Given the fact that it's been a year since I've tasted Jack-O'Blast, I decided to start off with their Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast Shot.

I do like Captain Morgan's spiced rum, and I do like a good pumpkin flavor.  

I must say, Captain Morgan blended these two flavors perfectly.  The pumpkin is not overwhelming, but it is definitely there.  This flavored spiced rum is a winner!  

Oh and did I mention that it smells good too!

OK, we are 1 for 1 so far!  Let's try another one.  Next I decided to try their Apple Jack-O.

This cocktail mixes the flavors of spiced pumpkin rum and apple cider.  

Apple cider to me always mellows out a cocktail.

That being said, the pumpkin and apple flavors work well together.  

This is a cocktail that you can sip on and enjoy.  It's cold and refreshing.  

That makes us 2 for 2.  

Great job Captain Morgans!

Here are the ingredients for the Apple Jack-O.

I am really enjoying the flavor of Captain Morgan's Jack-O'Blast.  I think I might even try it with coke........later on tonight.

Here are Captain Morgan's recipes for their two yummy cocktails!

Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast Shot

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast Shot

ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast

instructions:

1. Pour Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast into a shot glass and enjoy!

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Apple Jack-O

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Apple Jack-O

ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast
• 4 ounces chilled apple cider

instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice.  Stir and enjoy!

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There you have it.  Two recipes for Captain Morgan's Jack-O'Blast.  Buy a bottle and enjoy!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are hosting this year and are having one of the smallest crowds we've ever had.  Enjoy your long weekend!

Mulled Wine

Have you ever had Mulled Wine?  You know hot wine.......spices.......citrus.  Ever?

OK, I will admit.......I was very scared to try it.  The thought of hot wine with different spices......well it kinda scared me.

A few weeks ago.......or a month ago......OK, no a month and a half ago, a friend of mine and I did a paintnite.

It was fun!  Another things that I honestly wasn't sure that I'd like, but decided to do my first one about a year ago and have done 3 more since!  Love it.

Anyways, back to the last paintnite.  Well this was the first ever paintnite where they had a raffle. 

How fun!

What's even more fun?  The fact that I won a bottle of wine, that's what!  Since I hadn't opened the bottle yet, I decided to use it in my first ever creation of Mulled Wine.  Glad I did!

OK, so how exactly do you make mulled wine?  It's actually pretty simple, I must say.

Get all of your ingredients together.  Slice the orange and stick two cloves into one slice and two into another.

Add most of your ingredients.  Warm it up on the stove.  Give everything a good stir.  Once it's all ready, add in the Cointreau.  Mmmmmm.

Be prepared to really like this recipe!  I mean it.  Don't be fooled like I was and think you won't like it.  

OH AND YOU KNOW WHAT?!?!  Later on in the evening, we poured a glass and stuck some ice in it to cool it down and make it cold.

GUESS WHAT?!?!

IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!!!!!  I MEAN REALLY DELICIOUS!!!!

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Mulled Wine

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 750 milliliter bottle of red wine (I used Merlot)
• 2 cups apple cider
• 4 cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 orange (cut into slices)
• 1/4 cup Cointreau

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Slice the orange into even 1/4 inch slices.
2. Stick two cloves into the skin of one of the orange slices and two into the skin of another orange slice
3. In a pot on the stove, pour in the wine, apple cider, sugar, cinnamon sticks and orange slices (including the slices that have the cloves in them).
4. Heat on medium until it begins to simmer, once you have a simmer, turn the burner to low and let it cook for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
5. After 30 minutes of cooking, add the Cointreau, stir and serve.

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So whether you try it hot or chilled.  I say try it both ways!  This here is the best mulled wine I've ever had.  Granted I've never had Mulled Wine before this, but I can't imagine any other Mulled Wine being better!

Hornitos LA MAN-ZANA

**I was sent this sample of Hornitos Spiced Honey tequila without any payment.

All opinions in this post are 100% mine**

Spiced honey tequila.  Ever heard of it?  I sure hadn't until I was sent a bottle and a recipe to try it with.  What I haven't done yet (not quite sure why) is try it by itself.  I will have to do that.

When I get a recipe that mixes alcohol and beer together I usually get a little worried.  I LOVE beer.  I love a good cocktail too.  Mixing them together scares me.  

I have made cocktails with beer before and some turned out really good like my Moon-a-rita and my Chavela.  Others.....not so much, like my Peachy Beer Cocktail.

This cocktail falls in between there somewhere.  

It definitely was not my favorite.  

To be honest, I would never order this cocktail at a bar....or make it again here.  I guess what I'm saying is that this cocktail falls closer to the Peachy Beer Cocktail then the others.

To make this cocktail you need to do it in two parts.

You pour in the tequila.

Next add the apple cider.

Then you add the lemon juice.

Shake and strain into an ice filled cocktail glass.

Finally you add the Mexican lager.

Here are the ingredients:

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Hornitos La Man-Zana

November-30-2016

Ingredients

• 1 ounce Hornitos Spiced Honey tequila
• 1 ounce apple cider
• 1/2 ounce lemon juice
• 4 ounces Mexican lager

Instructions

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above except for the Mexican lager. Shake and strain into a cocktail glass over ice. Pour in Mexican lager.

Unfortunately I can't enjoy every single cocktail I make.  Fortunately I have some more cocktail recipes that I would like to try soon!

Here's to the week being half over already!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Fiery Apple

Fiery Apple

It's Friday!  

I keep hearing the term "Fireball Friday", so this week I thought I'd join in.  

Happy Fireball Friday everyone!

OK, so this week flew by......actually the past few months have flown by honestly.  School is back in.  Yeay!  All 4 kids are officially in school!!  

This is the first time in 16 years that I have had that.  I will admit, the first day I was home alone I think I had 3 "Oh Shit!" moments.  Those are the moments where I thought I forgot someone somewhere.  

Thoughts OH NO did I miss pickup time?  Things like that.  I am happy to report that I have NOT forgotten anyone anywhere, nor have I been late to pick anyone up.  With having all 4 kids in school (did I mention that they are all in different schools?), I am really enjoying the quiet time.....not that I'm not busy.  

A fellow Jamberry consultant and I are gearing up for a huge Expo in a couple weeks, so I've been busy making samples, order stuff, etc. for that.  

Also, oh yes, I've started Christmas shopping (I can see you rolling your eyes)!  I have to space it all out so that we don't have a large bill at the end of the year.

Alright, onto today's cocktail.  

Being Fireball Friday and already knowing that Fireball and Apple Cider go well together, just like in my Fire Orange Cider jello shots, I decided to create an actual cocktail using both.  

Now it's been super hot here, so I wanted a cocktail that tastes refreshing, yet has a little Fireball kick.  

Success!  

This cocktail is no over the top with cinnamon-ey hot flavor because the apple cider tames it a bit.  It's a good light cocktail, but does give you that double hint of Fireball.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Fiery Apple:

• 1 ounce Fireball Whisky
• 3 ounces apple cider

Fill a short cocktail glass 3/4 with ice.  In a shaker, add ice and the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into glass and enjoy!

Here's to a fun-filled action packed weekend ahead!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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Friday's Five

Polish Delight

Thank You to Match.com for sponsoring this post

Happy Saturday everyone!  

This last week has been (at least for me) insane!!  

Completely insane.....I honestly can't believe it's finally Saturday!  

I have had deadlines galore that were personal, work related and even ones I've put on myself.  I do see the light at the end of the tunnel though, which is wonderful.

Our second oldest is turning "double digits" tomorrow.  

If you haven't guessed....it is a VERY exciting time for him!  

He has been counting down since there were "8 days left" to count.  The magic number today is "1"!!  Yeay!!  Today is his friends party, going to go see Earth To Echo.  Tomorrow is the family & friends (our friends who are the kids Aunts and Uncles) party.  We are all very much looking forward to both of those celebrations.

I was asked to create a Polish inspired cocktail which people can make on a date for the Polish dating section of match.com.  

I was happy to be asked.  

Apparently they have an advice section (http://advice.uk.match.com/polish-dating) where they answer many of the questions people ask about dating.  I did some research and came up with vodka, apple juice, apple cider and honey liqueur as all being common when making cocktail in Poland.  

That was a great find because I have been looking for another opportunity to use my honey liqueur.

That aside, I knew that I didn't want to make a super sweet and sugary cocktail.  I also didn't want to make a bright or odd colored cocktail as well.  

I needed to create something that both men and women would want to make, or even order at a bar or restaurant.  I decided to stick with my findings and add a little something extra to it as well.

This cocktail is really good.  I can taste the honey liqueur which is nice.  It is not completely overwhelming or anything at all.  It is just enough to let you know it is in there.  All in all, I think I have created a good one!

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Polish Delight:

• 2 ounces vodka
• 1/2 ounce Elderflower Liqueur
• 1/2 ounce honey liqueur
• 2 ounces apple cider

Fill up a cocktail glass with ice cubes.  In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain your mixture into the cocktail glass filled with ice cubes and enjoy your date!

Here's to dates, whether this date is your first, tenth or hundredth.  Enjoy it and have a great time!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Apple Cider Margarita

Happy Friday everyone!  

We've made it, another week in the books.  

This week in our home our oldest completed his last day of his Freshmen year of High School.  We officially have a Sophomore!  

WAIT...........what??  

I just can't believe how quickly these past 15 1/2 years have gone by. 

Also on Saturday our second oldest tests for his brown belt in Tae Kwon Do!  We're all super excited about that!  

He also only has 2 more weeks of school left until he becomes a 5th grader....breathe.

My girls love drinking apple cider.  

We always have an open container in the fridge so I thought, why not use it in a cocktail?  

My husband and I have had margaritas on the brain lately, so I decided to try creating an apple cider flavored margarita.

I learned that with this cocktail I had to add more apple cider then I initially thought because the flavor of it just doesn't come out as well as I had thought.  

As a last minute idea, I threw some cinnamon into the mixture, which greatly improved it.  

This margarita is good.  

Not my favorite flavored margarita, but still good.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for an Apple Cider Margarita:

• 1 ounce tequila
• 1/2 ounce cointreau
• 1/2 ounce orange juice
• 3 1/2 ounces apple cider
• 1 pinch of ground cinnamon

On a separate plate put equal amounts of super fine sugar and ground cinnamon.  Mix it up well and rim your cocktail glass with the mixture.

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and dump everything into your rimmed cocktail glass.

Here is to a fun filled weekend!  I hope you all enjoy it!

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady

Apple Pie

Happy Saturday before the Fourth of July!  


I figured I'd get this one in early so that you can try it this evening and let me know what you think.  


With only 5 days left until the Fourth (4 until my birthday) I sat back and thought what flavor cocktail should I make to represent this great country?  


Then the saying, "There's nothing more American than Apple Pie" came into my head.


BINGO!

I gave my very own creation 4.5 shots out of 5.  


This shooter goes down VERY smooth and easy....yes it may even go down a bit too easy.  


It tastes like apple pie and I have to say that the cinnamon sprinkled on top of this shooter is the one ingredient that REALLY makes it all come together.  


So whatever you do, DO NOT forget the cinnamon (the photo below shows "some" cinnamon, but the rest is on the back side.......doh).......even if you don't like it all that much (like me), in this cocktail you can not skip it.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here are the ingredients for my Apple Pie:

• 1 ounce whipped cream vodka
• 1 ounce apple cider
• whipped cream
• ground cinnamon

In a shaker, add ice and your whipped cream vodka and apple cider.  Shake and strain into a shot glass.  Top with whipped cream and ground cinnamon.

Here's to America and our Apple Pies!

The Cocktail Lady