Happy Birthday Tini (HBT)

Day 243

Happy Birthday Tini (HBT)

5 shots out of 5

**UPDATE~~ We are celebrating a birthday tomorrow......which made me think of this fun cocktail.  Therefore, I wanted to re-share it with you all just in case you had a special birthday to celebrate as well........or just wanted a fun cocktail to drink!  xoxo, Jen**

No it's not anyone's birthday today.  

We're not celebrating.  I have simply been wanting to make this cocktail for quite some time now.  

I saw a photo of a version of this cocktail on Pinterest a while ago and found it again today.

I followed it to the blog it came from, which led me to the blog they got it from, which led me to the blog they got it from.

The three versions of this cocktail were very similar, but I felt the need to tweek it a little bit and change it's name and decided to make my own "slightly different version".

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

I am not, NOT I say a sprinkles fan at all.  

I do understand that there are a LOT of you out there who do enjoy sprinkles and to make this cocktail look festive I needed to add sprinkles.  There you go, a sprinkley rimmed cocktail.  

Tonight's cocktail tastes QUITE yummy, it reminds me of of birthday cake before it's baked.

This would be a fun cocktail to make for a birthday party.  I would do the rimming of the glass way ahead of time.......cause it's a little time consuming and tricky.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Happy Birthday Tini:

• 1 1/2 oz cake vodka
• 1 1/2 oz white creme de cacao
• 1 oz amaretto
• 1 oz whipping cream
• 1/2 oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• sprinkles

Wet the rim of your martini glass with either water or whipping cream, I used the whipping cream.  On a plate with a good pile of sprinkles, turn the rim of your martini glass through the pile of sprinkles pressing them onto the wet part of the rim of your glass.  Set aside.

In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above excluding the sprinkles.  Shake up your mixture well.  Strain it into the middle of your cocktail glass, trying not to pour it on the sprinkle rim.  To get the lines of color effect, sprinkle some sprinkles along the side and as they drop through, they'll leave a streak!

Here's to your next birthday party being a little bit more festive!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Hpno Cake

Day 359

Hpno Cake

4.5 shots out of 5

Happy Friday everyone!  It is unbelievable, but next Friday will be my very last day of my challenge!  Can you believe it?  I will have done 366 cocktails when I am finished.....that's a LOT of alcohol!  Sheeesh.  Today marking my 8 days and counting to go, I wanted to share with you the 8th cocktail I made on my blog which is my Blue Hawaiian.  Boy I really liked that one and have made it since!

I gave today's cocktail 4.5 shots out of 5.  Truth be told, I found a recipe on facebook today that was posted my Hpnotiq.  I made the cocktail and just now realized that I had forgotten one ingredient (is my brain on Friday mode already?  guess so....), so I decided to change the name and call it my own.  This is a nice tasty cocktail.  It may be a little sweet for some, but apparently I was in the mood for "a little sweet".  I halved the amount of the ingredients that I remembered to put in the cocktail and made myself a martini sized shooter.  Note: Yes I DO still hate sprinkles....but the original recipe called for them, so what can you do?

Here is my recipe for a Hpno Cake:

• 1 oz Hpnotiq
• 1/2 oz cake vodka
• sprinkles to rim the glass

In a shaker, add ice and the first two ingredients.  Shake and strain into a sprinkle rimmed martini shot glass......or any shaped sprinkle rimmed shot glass.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here's to Friday!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and let me know if you try any amazing cocktails!

Cheers!!

 The Cocktail Lady

Chocolate Cream Pie

Day 244

Chocolate Cream Pie

4 shots out of 5

I know I have mentioned this on my blog before (I also have a square banner on the right side of this page about it) that I am a contributing writer to a brand new magazine!  

The magazine is called Simply Gluten Free and it hits stores on November 6th.  

A rare thing happened to this magazine, a National Distributor heard about the magazines concept (directed to those with Celiac Disease, Gluten Intolerance or people who simply choose to live a gluten free life) and liked it so much that they moved things along quite quickly for the magazine.  

What does that mean?  

It means that if you go to your local Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, Whole Foods (and a whole lot of other places) you can pick up your very own copy on Nov. 6th!

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

I got tonight's cocktail recipe from the Pinnacle site.  

This is a good cocktail.  

The only thing I will say that I don't like about it is the extra bite it gets from the ratio of straight alcohol to cream.  

I would have liked a little less bite.........that being said, I did finish my entire cocktail, so obviously it wasn't that bad.  

Oh and yes, I did add.....sprinkles.....I thought the cocktail needed a little color.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is the recipe for a Chocolate Cream Pie:

• 2 oz chocolate whipped vodka
• 1 oz coconut rum
• 1 oz cream
• whipped cream
• sprinkles (totally optional)

In a shaker, add ice, vodka, rum and cream.  Shake well and strain cocktail into a martini glass.  Add whipped cream on top (and sprinkles if you must).

Here's to being able to add whipped cream to a cocktail......and not just squirting it into your mouth from the can.

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady