Monday, September 9, 2024

Mixed Drink Monday: Throwback Week 16!!

Welcome to our 16th and FINAL week of throwback drink posts.  We are SO FAR past summer at this point.  My kids have been back in school for over a month already!  It's been a lot of fun looking back at all these old posts and remembering a lot of the drinks that I enjoyed.  And quite a few I completely forgot about!  I hope you tried at least one!  

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I included the ingredients below for planning purposes but click through for the recipes.

Rum Slush, published September 3, 2018

Ingredients
-24oz pineapple juice
-24oz grapefruit juice or some grapefruit juice blend
-1 (12oz) can frozen OJ concentrate
-1 (12oz) can frozen lemonade concentrate
-½ cup sugar
-6 cups cold water
-16oz rum
-7-Up, Sprite, generic alternative for serving

Mai Tai, published September 4, 2017

Ingredients
-1 ½ cups cold pineapple juice
-½ cup rum (coconut or pineapple preferred)
-1/3 cup lime juice
-¼ cup Triple Sec
-1-2 TB honey (or sweetener of your choice)
-2 tsp almond extract
-1 can lemon-lime pop


Island Mimosa, published September 12, 2016

Ingredients
-6 ounces pineapple juice
-½ cup sparkling wine or champagne
-¼ cup coconut rum
-splash of Grenadine
-frozen pineapple chunks (optional but takes the place of ice!)

Fresh Peach Margarita, published September 19, 2016

Ingredients
-3 ripe peaches, peeled and pitted (about 1 pound)
-2 ounces orange juice
-1½ TB powdered sugar
-½ cup tequila
-¼ cup lime juice
-¼ cup triple sec
-1 lime
-rimming salt
-ice

Strawberry Pineapple Mimosa, published September 26, 2016

Ingredients
-1½ cups orange juice
-16-18oz pineapple juice (or 2-2¼ cups)
-1/2 bottle of sparkling wine
-frozen strawberries


Fruit Rum Fizzes, published September 7, 2015

Ingredients
-6 ounces fruit (fresh or frozen, washed and hulled/pitted as appropriate)
-1/2 cup sugar
-1/2 cup water

-1/4 cup rum
-3/4 cup sparkling water
-2TB fruit syrup

(I took these pictures in Gulf Shores.)

Blackberry Pineapple Sangria, published September 15, 2014

Ingredients
-1 pint blackberries
-1/2 cup raspberry vodka
-1 bottle Moscato wine
-1 1/2 cups pineapple juice
 
(I made this on a camping trip right before my second foot surgery!) 

Cheers!!

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