RAINBOW COCKTAIL for Pride Day - or whenever!

TheRAINBOW COCKTAIL forPride Day
PREPARATIONChill your Collins Glass(es) in the freezer.In a small glass, mix 4 Oz. Pineapple Juice and 2 Oz. Coconut Rum, set asideIn another small glass mix 1 Oz. Water and 1 Oz. Blue Curacao, set asidePour 1 Oz. Grenadine into your cold Collins glass.Then fill the glass with crushed ice.
CONSTRUCTION:Place a bar spoon upside down against the glass and pour the Pineapple/Coconut Rum slowly over the back of the spoon so it will float on the Grenadine.
Place the bar spoon upside down against the glass again and this time dribble the Blue Curaçao/Water Mix slowly over it so it will float on the yellow later.Garnish with an orange wheel and a cocktail cherry and enjoy Pride Day or any day you might need rainbows.
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The ROOT BEER FLOAT SHOT Cocktail Recipe

TheROOT BEER FLOAT SHOTCocktail Recipe 
INGREDIENTS
Two Parts Root Beer SchnappsOne Part Irish Cream
GARNISH Whipped CreamCocktail Cherry
DIRECTIONS
Pour the root beer schnapps into your mini root beer mug.Place a bar spoon upside down against the inside of the shot glass.Carefully pour the Irish cream over the top of the spoon so that it floats on top of the root beer schnapps.Garnish withA whipped cream and a cocktail cherry.

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The ANEURYSM, A Whiskey, Peach& Raspberry Halloween Cocktail

"My goodness she's not dead?'
No, I am alive and kicking, but almost!* 😉 I just semi-retired and am concentrating on my art almost exclusively. 
But, you know how it is, you still have to have cocktails, don't you?
I have also  been busy with other things, including *operations for aneurysms and silly things like that. However, with Halloween coming up, I decided a cocktail tribute to one of the scariest things I've experienced lately would be appropriate.
Now, this drink may look like my aneurysms exploded (yes, I had more than one, but that's a story for a different day), however, it tastes wonderful being based on The famous Peach Melba dessert recipe. I happen to love those flavors together so I have a few Peach Melba inspired cocktail recipes.
So here she is because the scrambled look of this cocktail is exactly how my brain was after anesthesia.

TheANEURYSM COCKTAILA Halloween Peach Melba Cocktail featuring Whiskey.
INGREDIENTS
1 Tsp Lemon Juice1 Oz Crown Royal Peach1 Oz Peach Schnapps1 Oz Bailey's1 Splash Chambord
GARNISH:  White Chocolate Dipped Fresh Peach Slice. At Halloween, if you can't get a fresh peach, just use a peach candy slice.
DIRECTIONS
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the lemon juice, the Crown Royal Peach and the peach schnapps and shake until well chilled. Pour this into your chilled cocktail glass. Grab your bar spoon & gently pour the Irish Cream over the top.  Finally, drizzle in the Chambord, DO NOT STIR - IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE UGLY - garnish and enjoy.
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The ATOMIC COCKTAIL Recipe

The Atomic Age, also known as the Atomic Era and the Nuclear Age or Era, is the current period of history which started following the detonation of the first nuclear weapon named The Gadget at the Trinity test in New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, during World War II.

In the middle of the twentieth century  mankind was simultaneously fascinated and frightened by the atomic bomb. Atomic bomb testing was so frequent in the Nevada desert it became a Las Vegas happy hour show and people would sip aptly dubbed high proof concoctions while watching mushroom clouds form over the desert.

Though there was an entire group of drinks known as Atomic Cocktails during the heyday of nuclear tasting in the fifties, the recipe below seems to have survived the mid century happy hour holocaust to be the last and only true survivor.

Believe it or not this cocktail even had it's own song.

"It’s the drink that you don’t pour, now when you take one sip you won’t need anymore.
You’re small as a beetle or big as a whale.
Boom! Atomic Cocktail."
https://youtu.be/rUAYqtLQO9k

The
ATOMIC
COCKTAIL

INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 Oz. Vodka
1-1/2 Oz. V.S.O.P. Cognac

1 Tsp Amontillado Sherry
1-1/2 Oz. Champagne

GARNISH
Orange Slice

DIRECTIONS
Add the vodka, Cognac and sherry to a mixing glass filled with ice.
Slowly top off with Champagne.
Garnish with an orange slice and serve.

Enjoy, just don't get bombed!

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The SALTY DOG Cocktail Recipe

The Salty Dog was originally created as The Greyhound by Harry Craddock (see recipe in his 1930s The Savoy Cocktail book). In the 1950s it was modified slightly by adding a salted rim to balance the bitterness of the grapefruit juice. This is when the rumors popped up that actor George Jessel was responsible for the addition. Others say it was changed by the same person who invented the Bloody Mary. Yes, another murky cocktail history ... but what do you expect? They were all drinking all the time!

 
Originally a gin cocktail, vodka is the current popular spirit choice. Whichever spirit you prefer, choose a decent one because cheap booze is truly noticable in a simple recipe like this. This is my preferred version:

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SALTY DOG

INGREDIENTS
1 Oz. Vodka (or Gin)
4 Oz. FRESH Grapefruit Juice

Garnish:

None required but I enjoy a nice, fresh, grapefruit slice myself.

DIRECTIONS

Rub the rim of a Collins glass with lime juice.

Dip the rim in some nice Malden sea salt.

Fill the glass with ice cubes, add the ingredients, give the cocktail a nice stir to chill, then garnish and serve.

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SNAP, KRACKLE & DRUNK Cereal Martini Cocktail Recipe

I like to think that I have covered all covered most of the food holidays with a cocktail recipe, but a friend caught me out the other day and asked me if I had one for National Cereal Day. Rats! Didn't.
Now I do.
So there.

TheSNAP, KRACKLE & DRUNKMARTINI
INGREDIENTS1 Oz. Marshmallow Vodka2 Oz. RumChata1.5 Oz. Cream2 Dashes Coffee Bitters
GarnishCrispy Rice Cereal RimCrispy Rice & Marshmallow Treat
DIRECTIONSDip the rim of a cocktail glass into the marshmallow vodka and then into crispy rice cereal.Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until blended and chilled.Pour cocktail into the glass and garnish with a crispy rice marshmallow treat.
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National Cereal Day is March 7th!
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Updated March 2026

CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

My love of chocolate covered cherries goes back as far as my memories. I looked forward every year to my grandfather bringing us a box of Brach's Chocolate Covered Cherries at Christmas. That first bite, with the cherry liquid center oozing down your fingers, was a sticky sugar rush heaven.

I've recreated that whole experience here - only you get 3 ounces of liquid center followed by the bite of chocolate cherry, AND you get that at 40 proof.

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CHOCOLATE COVERED

CHERRY MARTINI

INGREDIENTS

1-1/2 Oz. Three Olives Cherry Vodka

1 Oz. Dark Creme de Cacao

1/2 Whipped Cream Vodka

GARNISH: Chocolate Covered Cherry

DIRECTIONS

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add the ingredients, shake until chilled and blended, pour into a cocktail glass, garnish and serve.

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I also have the creamy center version:

CHOCOLATE COVERED CHERRY COCKTAIL

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