When I started planning the menu for my “Childhood, Reinvented” dinner party, I had one thought and one thought only when brainstorming on specialty cocktails.

Cotton candy.

{I may or may not have planned my entire theme around this burning desire to serve cotton candy in cocktail form}

A cotton candy martini seemed brilliant enough. I looked at a few recipes online that combined different things in an effort to mimic the flavor of cotton candy, but I wasn’t really feeling it. And then, I heard there was such thing as cotton candy vodka.

COTTON.CANDY.VODKA. True story. And there’s also – wait for it – whipped cream vodka. I went to the website, and discovered that they also make cake-flavored vodka. This is kind of a big deal.

So, the recipe became super simple. A little cotton candy vodka, a little pink fruit juice for some color, and a hunk of cotton candy – which gives the drink that gorgeous two-tone effect.

Cheers – to cotton candy! And living forever young.

Cotton Candy Martinis

• Cotton candy vodka
• Pink-colored fruit juice {I used some strawberry-melon concoction that worked well}
• Cotton candy

Pour desired amount of chilled cotton candy vodka into martini glasses. Top with pink-colored juice. Add a torn piece of cotton candy to each glass, and watch the two-toned magic begin.

Alternatively, you may use a martini shaker if you want to keep it traditional – just make sure to add the cotton candy after you’ve poured.