CHERRY PIE MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

My favorite pie is cherry pie.  When asked what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday I would say cherry pie.  Don't mess with me, stick those candles in my cherry pie and be done with it!
I think the fact that I have THREE Cherry Pie Cocktail Recipes would indicate how much I really like my cherry pie.
This is the OG, my first Cherry Pie in a glass and it's a Martini Diva Classic.

TheCHERRY PIEMARTINI
INGREDIENTS2 Oz. Cherry Vodka1/4 Oz. Vanilla Vodka1 Oz. Fresh Cherry Juice1/2 Oz. Fresh Lemon Juice1 Oz. Pasteurized Egg White
Garnish:Baked Pie Crust and Sugar RimCocktail Cherry
DIRECTIONSRim cocktail glass with a crushed baked pie crust and sugar rim.Dry shake ingredients (without ice) in a cocktail shaker to emulsify and build foam.Add ice cubes, shake to chill.Pour into a chilled cocktail glass.Garnish with cherry & serve.
Voiceover Video with Ingredients & Instructions:

National Cherry Pie Day is February 20th AND ... Twin Peaks Day is February 24th!
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More Cherry Cocktails
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YOU'LL SHOOTER YOUR EYE OUT! A Bubbly Shot of Coffee & Tequila.

My booze pun on the famous line from "A Christmas Story" where poor Ralphie's Mom and Santa Claus tell him his much hoped for Red Ryder BB gun will get his eye shot out.Sorry not sorry, I just couldn't stop myself.

This coloring page is just one of the 45 fun cocktail recipe coloring pages in my COLOR YOUR COCKTAILS ADULT COLORING BOOK available on Amazon.
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ORANGE COCKTAILS

One of the most ubiquitous cocktail ingredients is orange juice. Since this is a list of orange cocktails, you're going to see a lot of cocktails featuring > primarily< orange juice here, but there's quite a few popular orange liqueurs and spirits and you're going to see those in this list too. If orange flavor plays an integral part in the cocktail recipe, that cocktail will be on the list below.
The whole idea is predominantly orange-ish flavored, colored and spiked cocktails for your orange obsession.
Orange you glad you stopped by?
ORANGE COCKTAILS
AGAVECILLINALABAMA SLAMMERAPRICOT LAVENDER BOURBON SOUR COCKTAILBELMONT JEWEL BREEZEBLACK EYED SUSANBLOOD ORANGE MARGARITABLOODY ORANGE BLACKBERRY SOURCANDIED ORANGE ROSEMARY RYE COCKTAILCANDY CORN COCKTAILCLOCKWORK ORANGE CRUSTACRÊPES SUZETTE COCKTAILDEATH BY SCREWDRIVERGINJA NINJA SLUSHYGRAND MARNIER COCKTAILS HARVEY WALLBANGERHURRICANEJUNGLE JUICEMANDARIN ORANGE GRAPEFRUIT COCKTAILMIMOSAMY DARLING CLEMENTINIORANGE BLOSSOM MARTINIORANGE CREAMSICLE MARTINIORANGE TRUFFLE COCKTAILPAINKILLERPINK CADILLAC MARGARITARAINBOW COCKTAILRAMOS FIZZROOSEVELT COCKTAILSCREWDRIVERSOLAR ECLIPSE MARGARITASPARKLING TANGERINE MIMOSASPICED RUM POMEGRANATE FIZZ COCKTAILSTONED TEQUILA SUNSETTRIPLE ORANGE MARTINI

Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice Day is January 15th and National Orange Juice Day is May 4th.

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Happy Birthday Cocktail to Me!

Yes, once more into that breach we call a Birthday. This time I came out the other side 70 years old. (Yeah, how about that? A senior citizen who's not tech illiterate. In fact, I was building computers and writing code before most of you had slid out the birth canal!)
I don't know how I got this old - this fast - but today I'm not going to think about that. I'm just going to Eat, Drink and Be Merry and open all my Amazon birthday gifts I sent myself.
P.S. It is also Bailey's and my 5th Anniversary.

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HOT (Spiked) LEMONADE RECIPES

Once upon a time, when I was a child back in the Midwest, whenever one of us kids sneezed or coughed, my mother used to give us hot lemonade. She claimed it would ward off all nature of pestilence and ills plus warm us right down to our bones. One sneeze, one sniffle and out came Mom's old hand juicer and the jar of honey while another unsnuffling sibling was shooed off to the corner market for lemons.
No skin off my offending, sneezing nose, I absolutely LOVED hot lemonade. I still do. Only now I add some spirits because that's how I adult when making hot lemonade!
My FavoriteHOT LEMONADETODDIES
CLASSIC HOT TODDYINGREDIENTS1 Oz. Whiskey1/4 Oz. Fresh Lemon Juice1/4 C. Boiling Water1 Tbsp. Honey
Garnish: Lemon Slice
Add the Whiskey, lemon juice and honey to a mug then pour in boiling water. Stir until honey has dissolved.
GINGER SPICED HOT LEMONADEINGREDIENTS1 Oz. Meyers Dark Rum1/2 C. Boiling Water1/2 C. Fresh Lemon Juice1 Thin Slice Fresh Ginger2 Tbsp. Sugar
Garnish: Lemon slice and Candied Ginger
Add the rum, lemon juice, fresh ginger and sugar to the bottom of a toddy glass and muddle. Pour in the boiling water, stir and garnish.

HOT BUTTERED LEMONADEINGREDIENTS1 C Water1/2 C Lemon Juice2/3 C Sugar1/2 Tsp. Lemon Zest1 Tsp. Butter
Garnish: Candied Lemon Peel
Heat the water, lemon juice, sugar and lemon zest over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Pour into a mug, add the butter and stir.

HAPPINESS IS A WARM GIN(from my Beatles Inspired Cocktails)INGREDIENTS1-1/4 oz London Dry Gin3/4 Oz. Fresh Lemon Juice2 Oz. Boiling Water1 Tablespoon Lavender Honey
Garnish: 2 Sprigs Fresh Lavender
Add the lemon juice, one sprig of the fresh lavender and the honey to a mug and muddle. Add the gin, then pour in the hot water. Garnish with the 2nd sprig of lavender.

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COCONUT COCKTAILS

If you love coconut and you love happy hour you have landed in the right spot. Below I have listed my favorite Coconut Cocktails, from the ever popular Piña Colada to the classic, cooling Coconut Daiquiri. You'll find drinks using fresh coconut, toasted coconut, cream of coconut, coconut milk, coconut water and coconut booze. If it has enough coconut in the ingredients it's listed here.
Go crack a few coconuts and enjoy.
COCONUT COCKTAILS
ALMOND JOY MARTINIAMBROSIA COCKTAILBEACH BUM TIKI DRINKBLUE HAWAII MARTINIBUNNY TRAPCARIBBEAN MARTINICARROT COLADACHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNYTINICOCONUT CREAM PIE COCKTAILCOCONUT DAIQUIRICOCONUT MEZCAL MARGARITADRAGON'S BREATHDRUNKEN BABY DOLE PINEAPPLE WHIPSGERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE MARTINIJIMMY BUFFETT MARTINILIME IN THE COCONUT MARTINILOST MAI TAIMACAROON COOKIE MARTINIPAINKILLER COCKTAILPIÑA COLADAPIÑA COLADA EDIBLE COCKTAIL GELSPINEAPPLE ORANGE COLADAPINK RIBBON MARTINIRED, WHITE & BOOZESICLESSAMOA COOKIE BOOZY SHAKE COCKTAILSLIGHTLY BANANAS, DEFINITELY COCONUTS, CHOCOLATE BOOZY SHAKESLIMY EYEBALLSNEAKY TIKI COLADASTAR SPANGLED COCKTAILSTORMBORN COCKTAILSTRAWBERRY PIÑA COLADASSUNSET IN PARADISE

WHITE CHOCOLATE MARTINI

NATIONAL Coconut Day is June 26th and WORLD Coconut Day is September 2nd.

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86 and the Rules of Drinking

I came across the 86 Rules of Boozing the other day and thought you'd get a kick out of them. Quite a few had me chuckling and a few others had me reliving some bar moments I would rather have forgotten, lol! (P.S. #65 is my favorite!)  I've posted a few of my favorites below.

The title and number of rules is probably inspired by the term 86 which means to eject and bar from entry for violating a drinking establishment's rules and/or bad behavior. The origins of the term most likely come from an infamous speakeasy at 86 Bedford Street in Greenwich Village called Chumlee which had no address on the door and several secret exits. When the police showed up to raid the speakeasy guests were known to "86 it" or get the hell out before they got arrested.

1. If you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar. Preferably during happy hour.

5. Buying someone a drink is five times better than a handshake.

6. Buying a strange woman a drink is still cool. Buying all her drinks is dumb.

8. When the bartender is slammed, resist the powerful urge to order a slightly-dirty, very-dry, in-and-out, super-chilled half-and-half martini with a lemon twist. Limit orders to beer, straight shots and two-part cocktails.

12. Never, ever tell a bartender he made your drink too strong.

13. If he makes it too weak, order a double next time. He'll get the message.

14. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she refuses, she does not like you.

15. If you offer to buy a woman a drink and she accepts, she still might not like you.

16. If she buys you a drink, she likes you.

20. Drink one girly drink in public and you will forever be known as the guy who drinks girly drinks.

24. After your sixth drink, do not look at yourself in the mirror. It will shake your confidence.

28. If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to drink in a bar. Go to the liquor store.

30. Never complain about the quality or brand of a free drink.

33. The only thing that tastes better than free liquor is stolen liquor.

35. Learn to appreciate hangovers. If it was all good times every jackass would be doing it.

40. If you have ever told a bartender, “Hey, it all spends the same,” then you are a cheap ass.

41. Anyone on stage or behind a bar is fifty percent better looking.

42. You can tell how hard a drinker someone is by how close they keep their drink to their mouth.

47. Nothing screams 'nancy boy' louder than swirling an over sized brandy snifter.

52. Your songs will come on as you're leaving the bar.

54. Never lie in a bar. You may, however, grossly exaggerate and lean.

55. If you think you might be slurring a little, then you are slurring a lot. If you think you are slurring a lot, then you are not speaking English.

56. Screaming, “Someone buy me a drink!” has never worked.

64. The people with the most money are rarely the best tippers.

65. Before you die, single-handedly make one decent martini.

75. Beer makes you mellow, champagne makes you silly, wine makes you dramatic, tequila makes you felonious.

79. If you are 86’d, do not return for at least three months. To come back sooner makes it appear no other bar wants you.

83. The bar clock moves twice as fast from midnight to last call.

84. A flask engraved with a personal message is one of the best gifts you can ever give. And make sure there’s something in it.

86. You will forget every one of these rules by your fifth drink.

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