Surely Not Temple

Surely Not Temple

5 shots out of 5

Did you enjoy a Shirley Temple as a child?

Surely Not Temple is that, but with a kick........an alcohol kick that is!

One of the most annoying things for me about Pinterest (well it's not Pinterest's fault), is when I see something amazing that I want to know more about......like tonight's cocktail.......and I click on it and I am sent to someone's Flickr account, or a page that no longer exists.  


Today's cocktail was like that, I was excited about making it and so I clicked on it and it led me nowhere.  


Well at least they listed the ingredients (not quantities) on the pin, therefore I made my own and renamed it.

I gave today's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  


OK, this cocktail I would totally drink at a social gathering.  


This is one of those cocktails that I am excited enough about that I would make one for all to try at the next party......yea it's that good.  


I totally used to order Shirley Temples when I went out to dinner with my parents as a kid. 


 As some of you know, I would inform the waitress that I did NOT want a cherry in mine, but an olive.....or three.  


This cocktail has a great cherry flavor between the vodka and grenadine and mixed with the sprite, it's a winner in my book!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Surely Not Temple

ingredients:

• 1 1/2 ounces cherry vodka
• 3 ounces sprite (lemon-lime soda)
• 1/4 ounce grenadine

instructions:

1. Fill a cocktail glass 3/4 with ice.
2. Pour in all of the ingredients.
3. Stir & enjoy!

Created using The Recipes Generator

Here's to finding a GREAT use for my cherry vodka!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Chocolate Whipped Cherry

Chocolate Whipped Cherry

Just like that January is just about over and what do I have to show for it?  

Two cocktails.......that's it......two measly cocktails.  

What all has happened in the past 3 (gasp, that's too long) weeks since I have last given you an amazing cocktail?  

A LOT!  

There have been many, many, many morning appointments where I was able to be the chauffeur, followed by errands to be run and lunches to be eaten........all of that before I pick up my two girls and the two boys come home.  

Let's throw in a 100th birthday party?  

OK!  

Yes, my grandma turned 100 years old on Tuesday and we threw her a party on Saturday.  

What a fun, fun time that was!!

The love of my life, my amazing Grandma and me

With January coming to an end, that means Valentines Day is right around the corner......which also means our oldest daughters birthday is on it's way too.  

Time to start planning for both of those.  

With about 2 1/2 weeks to go until V-Day, I thought I'd create a fun Valentiney cocktail.  

Mission accomplished!  I was thinking chocolate and cherries and created this DELICIOUS cocktail for you all to try!  Super yummy in my book!!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Notice the heart isn't real drippy

Notice as time went on, my heart started to drip and my glass wasn't as chilled

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Chocolate Whipped Cherry:

• 1 ounce chocolate whipped vodka
• 1 ounce cherry vodka
• 1 1/2 ounces Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
• 1/2 ounce cherry juice (from the jar of maraschino cherries)

If you wanted to get a little creative, take chocolate syrup and create a design in a martini glass (mine was a heart and you can see the longer it took me to take the photos, the more it started to drip to the bottom, lol).  Stick your glass in the freezer to allow the chocolate to harden enough so that it won't run as soon as you pour the cocktail in (10ish minutes).

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into your chilled martini glass.

For me time didn't slow down as the new year started.  It used to....a few years ago, but not anymore.  Here's to January coming to an end and February eager to get started!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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Remembrance

Where were you 13 years ago today?  

Do you remember?  

I do.  

I was on my way to work, I had just dropped off our oldest (then 2 1/2 years old) at his daycare.  I hopped back into the car, turned on the radio and my heart stopped there for a second.  

What is this?  

Is this a joke?  

Are the radio announcers pulling one over on me?  

It took me a couple minutes to realize what had happened.  I got to work and the TV's were on.  Things were a lot quieter then they usually were around the shop.  

Then I saw the videos, oh my goodness......I heard about it on the radio, but until I actually saw it on the TV.....it just became real.  

Our nation has done a lot of healing since then, yet there is much more to do.  My heart goes out to all of the families who have lost loved ones on this day 13 years ago.  

To all of those who are still with us, yet were traumatized by this horrific event.  To all of those who's lives will never be the same.  My heart goes out to you all, America.

In honor of "remembering" this day 13 years ago, I wanted to create a cocktail to honor our great nation.  I call it "Remembrance".  

I initially wanted to make a layered cocktail, but that failed, so I just went with it and kept mixing.  

This is a mix of red (hardness & valour), white (purity and innocence) and blue (vigilance, perseverance & justice) alcohols and mixes.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for Remembrance:

• 2 ounces cherry vodka
• 3 ounces lemon-lime soda
• 1/2 ounce grenadine
• 1 ounce blue curacao

Fill a cocktail glass 3/4 with ice.  In a shaker, add the vodka and lemon-lime soda.  Shake and strain into the glass.  Add the blue curacao and grenadine.  Give it a stir and enjoy!

Here's to our great nation!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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White Chocolate Covered Cherry

White Chocolate Covered Cherry

We have two and a half weeks until Valentine's Day.  Which gives me one less day until my oldest daughter turns 5.  


Wait.......5?!?!  


That means........oh my.......that means kindergarten is right around the corner, yikes!  It's something that I know in the back of my head, but every time I say it out loud it still kinda shocks me.  


One girls going to start school in the fall and the other is on a 3 day potty training (Bootcamp I like to call it) extravaganza.  

I found this 3 day method where they swear it works, so I thought I'd give it a try.  

We are on Day 2 today and I have to say, so far so good!

A friend of mine has started her own blog for her company Partee Of Four.  You can find some of her work here in a review I did.  She asked me to write a Valentine Day Cocktail Round Up for her blog, which I told her I would love to do.  


That got me thinking......maybe I should create a Valentine shooter to go in that post.  

Today's cocktail is a White Chocolate Covered Cherry.  


We had a mini brunch over the weekend that I had hosted to help introduce Pinnacles new flavor, Cinnabon.  

About an hour into the brunch I pulled out all of my Pinnacle flavored vodka bottles.  

One of my guest really enjoyed the Cherry flavored vodka, which got me to thinking......if I was to cover a cherry in white chocolate, that would be yummy and Valentiney!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is my recipe for a White Chocolate Covered Cherry:

• 1/2 ounce cherry vodka
• 3/4 ounce Godiva white chocolate liqueur
• 1/4 ounce grenadine

In a shaker, add ice and all three ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a shot glass.

Here's to Pinnacle and all of their amazing flavors.

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady

Memorial Milkshake

Memorial Milkshake

4 shots out of 5

This is the perfect milkshake for you to sit back and enjoy on Memorial Day weekend!  It has a perfect blend of ice cream and alcohol so that you will truly enjoy it.

Holy......cr.......moly!  This year is getting away from me.  


I feel like I have a mountain of things to do and not enough time in the day to do them (which I know is how a lot of you feel).  

Our oldest is finishing up his spring soccer season season this weekend with a tournament (that will be one sport down, one to go), which I am excited about because that means that summer is one step closer.

Next he has his baseball season to finish up which will be done by mid June......well except for the tournament in July.......plus the other tournaments I'm sure he'll be playing over the summer.  


Point is, the more things I get to check off of my list, the closer summer gets.  

Our kids have three weeks of school left, including 8th grade field trips  picnics, graduation ceremonies and dances, then we'll be free to enjoy summer to it's fullest!  

I found a cute checklist on Life As Mom for the kids to fill out with all of the fun stuff they want to do this summer.  Fingers crossed that we are able to get most of it done.

I gave tonight's cocktail 4 shots out of 5.  


I was on the hunt for a Memorial Day cocktail and did find a few, but then looked outside and saw the sun (yes I saw the wind too, but I can't feel that from inside) and decided to try my hand at a self invented milkshake.  


I must say I did pretty good too.  The cherry vodka definitely leaves it mark in the cocktails I've made it with so far (Cherry Crepe, Easter Basket and Surely Not Temple), meaning that I can definitely taste the cherry flavor.

In my head this milkshake was going to be perfectly layered with blue on the bottom, white in the middle and red on top.  

Then I took my first shot at layering the white on top of the blue and came to the realization that I should have made this milkshake a LOT thicker.  

Oh well, it still tastes good!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Memorial Milkshake:

• 1 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream
• 1 ounce cherry vodka
• 1 ounce marshmallow vodka
• 1 ounce milk
• 1/2 ounce blue curacao
• 1/2 ounce grenadine

First put the ice cream, milk and both vodkas in your blender and blend them up just enough to give them a quick mixing.

Pour everything into a big extra cup.  

Pour 3 ounces of your original mixture back into the blender and add the blue curacao.  Give it a quick blend and pour it into the bottom of your milkshake glass.

Try your best at layering 3 ounces of your original mixture on top of your blue bottom layer of your milkshake glass.

Pour your remaining 3 ounces (the rest) of your original mixture back into your blender and add the grenadine.  Give it a quick blend and layer that on top of your white layer in your milkshake glass.

If your mixtures aren't as thick as I had initially imagined mine being it's OK.  Just use the process of layering (back of a spoon) each mixture on top of the other and it will end up like mine.  

Here's to Memorial Day weekend!  I hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Cheers!

The Cocktail Lady

Easter Basket

Easter Basket

3.5 shots out of 5

One day to go!  

For those of you hosting Easter, are you ready?  

I "think" I am?!  

You know, it doesn't really matter what the holiday is, I just really enjoy having a reason to get the family together and eat, laugh and drink together.  

I really enjoy our family and we are so lucky because both my husbands and my side get together to celebrate Easter dinner together and they all genuinely really like each other.  

It's a wonderful feeling.

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  

I found this cocktail at Feast Of Fun and am glad I did.  

I think the color of this cocktail is great and (in my mind at least) represents Easter.  

The only thing I would do different (which was an option on the site I found it on) would be to use half and half instead of milk.......or maybe even some cream?  

Otherwise I wouldn't change it.  

This cocktail absolutely has a cherry taste and I'm afraid the milk has masked it's full potential....which could totally be a good thing if you don't care for the cherry taste too much.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for an Easter Basket:

• 1 1/2 oz cherry vodka
• 1/2 oz triple sec
• 3 oz milk (half & half....or if you're daring try cream)
• 1/8 oz grenadine

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a martini glass....which you are more then welcome to rim with sprinkles if you'd like.

Here's to getting together with family and friends whether it's for a holiday, or just to do it.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Cherry Crepe

Day 339

Cherry Crepe

3.5 shots out of 5

Oh my goodness it's Saturday!  


Party time........and I'm loosing steam.  


Time to finish up my cocktail and get into the par-tay mood!  

It's been a long day and I'm ready to relax and have fun. I'm looking forward to making my Happy Birthday Tini for the birthday girl tonight, I'm sure she'll love it!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3.5 shots out of 5.  


This recipe is on a PDF from Pinnacle.  I have had their cherry vodka (I had totally went shopping for the cherry whip vodka and wasn't paying enough attention and got the regular cherry) for some time now and just never made a cocktail with it......until tonight!  


It's funny because with the little tiny amount of amaretto that I put in this cocktail, I can still really taste it.  

These three ingredients are a great combo together and I am enjoying this cocktail.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Cherry Crepe:

• 1 1/2 oz cherry vodka
• 1/2 oz amaretto
• 4 oz cranberry juice
• cherry for garnish

In a tall cocktail glass filled with ice, add all of the ingredients above, except for the cherry.  Stir them up well and garnish with a cherry.

Happy Birthday to my very good friend Veronica!  Looking forward to celebrating you tonight!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady