Poisoned Apple

Only 3 days until Halloween!  

How fun!  

I can hear the buzz around the school yard, everyone is getting so excited!  

I had planned on making a few more cocktails before Halloween this year, but to no surprise, I got sick a week ago and an still not feeling 100%.  

Blah!  

I have too many things going on this weekend to be sick, so it's time to have a shot of this here Poisoned Apple and get on with my weekend!

'Tis the season of black vodka!  

I love this stuff.  

I love that it's black, I think that's so cool.  

I decided to go with a layered shot today and  since green is one of the colors of Halloween, what better liqueur to use but sour apple pucker!

This time when I rimmed my shot glass I used simple syrup.

Although I have a huge "dislike" for sprinkles or anything like them......I DO think they look really cool rimmed on a cocktail glass or shot glass (don' tell my friends or family I said this...I'll never hear the end of it............ever).  

I saw these black and an orange shiny sprinkle jars at Target not too long ago and decided to get them for upcoming drinks.

Layering a cocktail can be tricky at times for sure......but sometimes it's REALLY easy.  

Some alcohol (such as the sour apple pucker) has enough sugar in it to make it more dense.  This is allow lighter alcohols to more or less float on top.  

With something like this shot you can just pour in the sour apple pucker and then slowly towards the side of the glass pour in the black vodka.  

Sure some might go below the pucker for a moment, but it will rise up and create that layer right after that.  

This combo of sour apple pucker and vodka is pretty darn good.  Layered shots sometimes scare me, especially when the hard alcohol is on the top of the shot.  

As long as you take it in one big sip (as you're supposed to take shots), you'll be fine!

If you notice the black sprinkles started to slide down the shot glass inside and created a brownish streak inside the shot.  I think that's kind of cool!  It reminds me of my Happy Birthday Tini I made a while back.  I loved the effect the all of the different colored sprinkles made on the inside of that glass.

Here is my recipe for a Poisoned Apple:

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Poisoned Apple

October-28-2016

Ingredients

• 1 ounce black vodka
• 1 ounce sour apple pucker

Instructions

Rim the top of a shot glass with simple syrup and then black sprinkles. Pour in the apple pucker first. Next on the back of a spoon, slowly pour the black vodka on top.

Here are the ingredients I used to create this cocktail:

Here's to one of my kids most favorite holidays being only 4 days away!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Cinnamon Apple

Cinnamon Apple

Apparently July happened and now it's........August?  

Really??  

How exactly did that happen??  

This year our family has been busy little bees.  We have a wedding and a vow renewal both coming up in August both ceremonies are 6 days apart from each other.  

Guess what, we're in them both too!  

How exciting is that??  

The last couple months have been filled with preparing and partying as we get ready for both ceremonies.  Can't beat that!

This school year that is starting up will mark the first time in the history of The Cocktail Lady that I will have all 4 kids in school......say what?!  

Oh it's true and oh so wonderful!  

Our oldest will start his Junior year of high school in a week, second oldest just received his Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and will be starting middle school!  

Our girls will start the 1st grade and Transitional Kindergarten.  WOW.....how did that happen?  

Speaking of school, I thought I'd make a school-like shooter to help you all get your kids back to school and start your school year routine again.

This shooter has a kick and a heat to it.  

You get the sour apple taste from the pucker, but I'll tell you, that Fireball on top......insert the kick here!  

These two layer perfectly on top of each other which is fun.  

When drinking this shooter you absolutely have to shoot the entire thing, otherwise you'll get a mouthful of Fireball and a little pucker.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Cinnamon Apple:

• 3/4 ounce sour apple pucker
• 3/4 ounce Fireball Whisky

In a shot glass pour in the apple pucker.  Holding a spoon upside down and having it touch the inside of the shot glass right above the pucker, slowly pour the Fireball down the back of the spoon to give your shooter that layered effect.

Here's to another half of a year flying by!  Before we know it these kids will be in school, then it will be Halloween, Thanksgiving.....and so on.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

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Creamy Nutty Paddy

Creamy Nutty Paddy

Today's goal was to create a green cocktail.  

Many think of creme de mint when they think of a green drink.  

For that sole reason I pulled out my sour apple pucker.  

Then I decided to just get a little crazy/creative and mix it up with the new heavy cream my husband bought and a couple other items in the bar.

There you have it, Creamy Nutty Paddy.  

I can honestly say that I think I can taste every...single...ingredient in this cocktail.  

It's weird, but good all at the same time.  If you want to taste a cocktail you have never tasted before, give this one a try.  Why not?!

On another note, we just found out that our son has been moved up to the varsity baseball team this year!  

He's a sophomore and couldn't be happier......well, actually he'd be happier if he didn't still have to wear his giant boot when walking and could actually get on the field and play ball.  
Come Monday, we have our next appt. with his doctor to see what the next step is.  We have our fingers crossed that he doesn't have to wear that boot anymore and can begin using his foot again.

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I am in LOVE with the product and am constantly wearing the nail wraps.  If you would like a sample or to host a party on Facebook contact me!  You'll be glad you did!  

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Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for my Creamy Nutty Paddy:

• 1 ounce caramel vodka
• 1 ounce midori
• 1 sour apple pucker
• 1/2 ounce amaretto
• 1/2 ounce heavy whipping cream

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a short cocktail glass.

Here's to another green cocktail.......hey, at least it's green! 

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Apples & Jacks

It's Day 2 of my "5 Days of Rum Chata".  

Tonight we have our last league softball game.  

It all comes down to tonight!  

If we win then we move onto the playoffs......if we loose, we go back to our Tuesday night dinner & drinks like we do between seasons.  

Fingers crossed that we win tonight!

Today I am making another cocktail that I found on Rum Chata's website.  

We had a box of Apple Jacks in the cupboard, so I figured why not try this shooter so that I can use some in my photo!

This shooter tastes very similar to the milk left behind in your bowl after you have finished a bowl of Apple Jacks.  

The only thing different is the extra cinnamon spicy taste that the Rum Chata puts in your mouth.  I'm not complaining about that taste, just pointing out the difference.  

All in all, this is a pleasant tasting shooter!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for Apples & Jacks:

• 1 ounce Rum Chata
• 1 ounce sour apple schnapps

In a shaker, add ice and both of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a shot glass.

Here's to Day 2 of 5.  I am excited to try 3 more Rum Chata cocktails this week!!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Tennessee Apple

Welcome back for Day 2 of my "5 Days Of Fireball".  

Tonight I have a softball game, which should be a lot of fun.  I absolutely look forward to my Tuesday nights out with the girls on the field.....as well as the beers we have afterwords.  

For that reason, I am doing this post earlier in the day then I did yesterdays.....I do want to be able to see the ball when it's being pitched to me.

What's on the menu for Day 2 you ask?  

Well a Tennessee Apple of course.  

I will say that this little shooter does taste like a sour, cinnamon-ey apple for sure.  

The sour apple flavor does come out stronger then I thought it might, which is a good thing.  

These three ingredients together are a nice blend when you shoot it.  

I will admit that about a minute (or less) after I shot this cocktail...I did in fact make "That Face".....you know the one.  

The face where you take a shot and then inside your head you say, "I got this" and you confidently lay down your shot glass.  Then......all of the sudden.....you feel the shudder creeping up your spine and the next thing you know, you're making "That Face".  

Yup....I made it.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Tennessee Apple:

• 1 1/2 ounces Fireball Whisky
• 1 ounce sour apple schnapps
• 1/2 ounce cranberry juice

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

Here is to Day 2 of my "5 Days Of Fireball".  

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Sour Apple Drop

Day 325

Sour Apple Drop

3 shots out of 5

Saturday!  Three days down and three days to go until our oldest comes home, man these days can not go any faster.  Tomorrow marks the very last day of winter break for the kids and then we jump back into the routine of normal (whatever normal is) lives.  We had a productive day of rearranging and cleaning out more of the garage and decided to reward ourselves with pizza and beer!

I gave tonight's cocktail 3 shots out of 5.  Sometimes shooters are flavorful and enjoyable and sometimes because they are so small, shooters get the short end of end of the stick in the flavor department.  Tonight is one of those nights.  This shooter is half vodka and half sour apple pucker, so basically the vodka bites you and the pucker tries to mask it.  This cocktail is OK and if you really enjoy the sour apple pucker, you'll enjoy tonight's shooter more then I did.  I found this cocktail at barnonedrinks.

Here is the recipe for a Sour Apple Drop:

• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz sour apple pucker

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

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here's to the half way mark of our oldest returning home.  If he goes away for college, I'm going to be a mess.....just say'n!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Caramel Appletini

Day 99

Caramel Appletini

4 shots out of 5

I'm not sure if I should be excited that today marks day 99.......or kind of sad for my liver, haha.  Anyways, I've decided that I'm excited about it!  I can not believe that I've made and tried 99 cocktails so far and there is still soooo many more out there that need to be tried!

I gave tonight's cocktail 4 shots out of 5.  A way to fancy up the cocktail would be to swirl caramel inside the cocktail glass before you pour your cocktail in, but I didn't have any.  Would have been a yummy, nice touch though.  I received this recipe from one of my readers, Marie.  Thank You Marie!  This is a yummy cocktail indeed.  It's kind of funny because every other sip I can taste either the apple or the butterscotch more then the other, then vise versa.  Either way this is a pretty darn good cocktail.  If you liked my Appletini I had made back in March, I think you may like this one too (as long as you like butterscotch that is).

Here is the recipe for a Caramel Appletini:

• 1 shot vodka (Marie's recipe calls for Apple Vodka, but I don't have any)
• 1 shot apple pucker
• 1 shot butterscotch schnapps

In a shaker add ice, vodka, apple pucker and butterscotch schnapps.  Shake everything up real well.  Strain into a martini glass.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Cheers to you Marie and your Caramel Appletini!  Just wish I had the caramel to drizzle in the glass ahead of time.

The Cocktail Lady

Liquid Marijuana Cocktail

Day 38

Liquid Marijuana

5 shots out of 5

OK, so I've seen this cocktail ALL OVER Pinterest and I just had to try it!  


One of my best friends has been asking me to making this one as well, so here it is!!  


Can I just say YUMMY!!!!  


Here's to  learning yet another thing about cocktails.........I actually like sweet & sour mix!  I guess I was scared of sweet & sour mix because it reminded me of regular margaritas.....which in turn reminded me of....<gags> tequila!!  


Yes, yes, I do know that I will have to make cocktails with tequila in them, and because of that I have to admit that I DID purchase a bottle of it today.  

Tequila and I had a face off about 15 years ago, and I am ashamed to admit..... tequila won.  
It has made me NOT like it and run from it's smell for the past 15 years.  There has been an occasion or 5 where I got up enough courage to have a shot of it again since that horrible night.....but I never drank NEARLY as much of it as I did that one night 15 years ago. 

Yes......yes, I did have one night about 4 years ago where I was a little off and had a few shots of the stuff......that night didn't end well either.

Anyways, I gave tonight's cocktail 5 shots out of 5.  

I am enjoying this cocktail a lot!  


The sweet & sour mix is really giving it a surprisingly good taste!  I have a feeling that this cocktail will be requested at our next friend gathering.  

I recommend you try this cocktail and I really hope you like it as much as, or even half as much as I do!

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for Liquid Marijuana:

• 1/2 shot Malibu Rum
• 1/2 light rum
• 1/2 shot blue curaçao (this time it makes the cocktail good, haha)
• 1/2 shot apple pucker
• 2 1/2 shots sweet & sour mix
• 2 1/2 shots pineapple juice

In a tall glass fill it up 3/4 to the top with ice.  Pour in your Malibu Rum, light rum, blue curaçao, apple pucker, sweet & sour mix and pineapple juice.  Stir it up really good and enjoy!

Cheers to the bartender that created this delicious cocktail!!

The Cocktail Lady

Appletini Cocktail

Day 23

Appletini

3 shots out of 5

An Appletini is made with 2 simple ingredients to satisfy your taste buds and kick your regular martini up a couple notches.

OK so another cocktail ingredient that has always made me nervous and say "No Thank You" is the sour apple pucker.  

I know I used it in my Washington Apple but I figured that the Crown Royal would have lessened it's overly sugary sour apple taste, and it did.  

Tonight's cocktail the Appletini is "almost" 1/2 vodka and 1/2 sour apple pucker......so those odds made me a bit nervous.

I'm happy to report that this cocktail is pretty good!  

Mostly all of the photos I saw online made this cocktail look "quite green" I must say.  

So when I was shaking up my martini I was expecting to pour out nothing less........boy was I wrong!  

The appletini was anything but bright green, instead it was a very light sage green.  I figured I must have found the wrong recipe and did it all wrong because none of the photos I've seen online look like what I just poured into my cocktail glass.  

Hesitant to take a sip and thinking I should just remake it and add more sour apple pucker.....I took a quick sip to see how badly I screwed it up.  

To my surprise, it was just about a perfect blend of vodka to sour apple pucker!  

Now looking at my very light sagey green cocktail, I would HATE to try those bright green appletinis that I can only imagine taste QUITE sour appley!!  

YUCK!!  

Therefore, tonight's cocktail recieved received (I always spell that word wrong) 3 shots out of 5.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for the appletini:

• 1 1/2 shots vodka
• 1 shot sour apple pucker

Chill a cocktail glass in your freezer.  In a shaker add ice, vodka and sour apple pucker.  Shake it up real good and strain into your chilled glass.

Here's to another pleasant surprise in the cocktail world!  Who knew I'd enjoy an Appletini!

The Cocktail Lady

Silk Panties AKA Woo Woo Cocktail

Day 21

Silk Panties AKA Woo Woo

2 out of 5

Here we are at the end of week 3.  I've learned a few things in these last 3 weeks.

1. Gin isn't as bad as I thought
2. The color of sweet vermouth scared me more then the taste of it
3. Grapefruit juice in cocktails is pretty darn good....especially in a Sea Breeze
4. I am no longer a vodka cran or rum & coke girl
5. blue caraçuo doesn't make "every" cocktail taste good, such as the Into The Blue
6. cream of coconut IS quite tasty
7. I enjoy blended cocktails A LOT
8. I am enjoying this blog more then I thought I would!

That being said, lets get onto tonight's cocktail.  

I gave tonight's cocktail 2 shots out of 5 because although it's a sweet drink......it's a bit much.  

I mixed this cocktail up, strained it into it's glass and smelled it before I tasted it.  

The smell was great!!  

I couldn't wait to try it.......then I did......not a whole lot of flavor.  

All I'm left with is thick saliva.  

Thrillsville.

The more sips I take, the less I like tonight's cocktail.  

I think I would have put less peach schnapps in and more cranberry juice.  

That would have at least made it less sweet.  

OK, this last sip is now making my mouth feel/taste like I just took a dose of cough medicine.  

OK, yuck!!

Here is a photo of the end result:

(My cocktail looked a little lighter then its coming out in my photo, but maybe it has something to do with the glass being frosted in the photo and not now?)

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for Silk Panties AKA Woo Woo:

• 3/4 shot vodka
• 3/4 shot peach schnapps
• 1 shot cranberry juice

Put ice into your shaker.  Add the vodka, peach schnapps and cranberry juice.  Stir your mixture up really well.  Strain your cocktail into a chilled cocktail glass.

Well peach schnapps, next time we meet.......I hope it's under better circumstances!!

The Cocktail Lady