This is just about the prettiest punch you can make this holiday season.
Don’t you think?
It makes use of everything wintry and wonderful and worth celebrating: pomegranate (both the juice and the arils), mint leaves for a pop of festive color, Meyer lemons – which are seasonal and just.the.best, and champagne – a celebration in itself. Plus, it’s served in a punch bowl. Guys, this is pretty much a guaranteed good time.
It’s raining. It’s pouring. And I’d like a mojito.
The great thing about these mojitos is that it doesn’t matter what the weather’s about. It could be raining, sleeting, snowing, hailing – or whatever other craziness you Northerners must face… With a little prep in advance, you can enjoy a mojito anytime.
If you try and think of what you loved drinking as a child, I bet you’d come up with all sorts of ideas.
Squeeze-Its. Kool-Aid. Tang. Juicy Juice. But not the kind they sell today, in the bottle – the kind that comes in a giant can. Good stuff.
Not good for you, clearly. But that’s an entirely different conversation for another day. Right now, we’re only about remembering the things we enjoyed as kids.
Capri Sun tops the charts for many, and aside from Kool-Aid, I’m thinking it’s the only one I’ve mentioned that’s still being sold the same way – in those fun, little aluminum pouches. It is still sold that way, isn’t it? I’m now realizing it’s been a while since I’ve examined the fake fruit juice aisle at the grocery store…
Everyone loved Capri Sun as a kid, and creating a Capri Sun in cocktail form elicited just the reaction I was hoping for at my dinner party. It was a serious hit, in fact, and everyone begged for the recipe. It’s totally simple, and you can easily play with it based on what you have on hand – just make sure to include the “Island Blue” schnapps, as that was the key to the punch-y flavor.
You won’t believe how much it tastes like the real thing.
Go on, try it. Let me know what you think.
The Capri Sun Cocktail
In a large pitcher, add 3 parts rum, 2 parts schnapps, 2 parts soda, and 1 part pineapple juice. Pour into ice-filled glasses and top with cranberry juice. Throw in a cherry, and enjoy!
Note: Depending on whether you want to use a pitcher or individual glasses, I wrote this recipe in parts – this way you can tweak it to fit any size.
I’m not sure what you’re planning on doing this weekend, but I do know this.
Whatever it is, it will be exponentially better if you do it {before, during, or after} drinking these frozen cocktails of perfection.
One of Daniel and I’s favorite places is without a doubt the island of St. John. It’s right off the coast of St. Thomas, so you can easily take a ferry from there. We stopped at here on a cruise last year for my birthday (you can see a couple of photos and read our delicious love story here).
We love St. John for many reasons.
One, being:
Another, being:
Allow me to introduce you to Woody’s Seafood Saloon. We ended up here after asking a local where we could find great food and drinks, and we are eternally grateful for his recommendation.
{This, by the way, is the best thing you can do when you’re anywhere foreign. Locals always know best}
Woody’s is just a walk from the beach, and it’s about as authentic as it gets. Here you can find the most delicious tropical cocktails you’ve ever tasted, and the perfect selection of tropical-island-inspired seafood and appetizers. We were particularly obsessed with their conch fritters and the most outrageous drink I’ve ever had…
You guessed it – that of the frozen coconut and lime variety.
I’m a huge coconut fan, so I love pretty much every drink involving it – but this…something about it was extraordinary. It was beyond refreshing, but it had such a kick to it – the flavors practically burst inside your mouth. I could never seem to get that frozen creation out of my mind. And there’s really only one logical thing to do in this situation.
Move to St. John so you can enjoy them on a daily basis.
And if that doesn’t work out, you can always try and make up your own version at home. That’s precisely what I did a couple of weeks ago when we had friends over for a little Sunday Funday. I really had no idea what they put in the Woody’s original, but I knew it involved coconut, lime, and rum.
So, I winged it. And this is what I came up with.
Coconut-Lime Coolers
Yield: 1 pitcher
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