EDIBLE COCKTAILS! - NEW for National Martini Day!

Happy

NATIONAL MARTINI DAY!

I always try to do something very special for my favorite holiday of the year, National Martini Day.  Thanks to Molecular-R Flavors, who sent me a molecular mixology kit, I have a nice collection of edible cocktails aka jello shots for you to enjoy.

EDIBLE COCKTAIL RECIPES

 

HAPPY NATIONAL MARTINI DAY

TO ALL MY COCKTAIL COHORTS!

Updated 9-2017
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Stop, don't panic, I have a cocktail for that!

"Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day."

For my fellow Hitchhikers.

And don't forget your towel! 

THE
PANIC BUTTON
MARTINI

INGREDIENTS
1-1/2 Oz. Rye Whiskey
2 Oz. Sweet Tea
1/4 Cup Sour Cherries
Juice of 1/2 Lemon

Garnish: Sugar Rim, Maraschino Cherry

Tools:  Cocktail Shaker, Muddler, Strainer

DIRECTIONS
Rub the glass rim with a lemon slice then dip in sugar.
Chill glass in freezer.
Add the cherries and lemon juice to your cocktail shaker then muddle to release the cherry juices.
Add ice to your cocktail shaker then pour in the rye whiskey and the sweet tea.
Shake until chilled, strain into the chilled glass then garnish.

Voiceover Video with Ingredients & Directions:

This won't stop the panic but you'll feel better 

June 18th is International Panic Day and National Panic Day is March 9th.

Updated 3-2022

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Eat Your Vegetables Day? I say, DRINK Your Vegetables!

The

GARDEN IN A GLASS MARTINI

HAS MOVED HERE.

ENJOY NATIONAL FUDGE DAY with a FUDGE PUDDING SHOT!!

June 16th is

NATIONAL FUDGE DAY

and I've decided to create something you can really sink your spoon into:

TIPSY MOCHA FUDGE PUDDING

an edible cocktail dessert full of creamy, fudge-y goodness!

Purchase the fun, mailable Recipe on a POSTCARD/INVITATION.

Happy National Fudge Day

(Grab a BIG spoon!)

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Updated 8-2016

HAPPY NATIONAL STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DAY - 2012

Recipe for the

THE STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE MARTINI

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The KITCHEN SINK MARTINI

How to clean out your fridge and get a great cocktail from it.

What do you do when you have a bunch of different veggies and not enough of them to make dinner? You make a martini.

The
KITCHEN SINK
Martini

INGREDIENTS
2 Oz. Dill Pickle Vodka*
1 Oz. Celery Juice
1 Oz. Tomato Juice
Juice of 1/2 a Lime
1 Tbsp. Finely Chopped Bell Pepper
1/2 Tsp. Garlic Salt
3 Drops Cholula Chipotle Sauce

Garnish: Assorted veggies, olives, whatever vegetables you have in the fridge.

Tools: Blender, Cocktail Shaker, Strainer

Glass: Cocktail (Martini)

DIRECTIONS
Rim your glass with salt and pepper.
Chill your glass in the freezer.
Add the ingredients to a blender and pulse until smooth.
Transfer to a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until chilled.
Strain into the chilled glass, garnish and serve.

* MAKE YOUR OWN PICKLE VODKA

Yes, you do see "Dill Pickle Vodka" in the recipe.  There are or were several companies that made dill pickle vodkas but they are increasingly hard to find.

These days I make my own by simply infusing a bottle of decent vodka with almost the same ingredients I use to make pickles..I usually use sliced cucumbers, dill seed, garlic, peppercorns, mustard seed, celery seed and let that infuse for at least a week or longer. Taste and shake daily until you reach your preferred level of pickleness, strain well and bottle.

It really ia the perfect vodka to put a little extra zing in this cocktail - after all, the pickle had to be represented in a Kitchen Sink Martini, right?

November 15th is Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.

Updated November  2017

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The GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE MARTINI Cocktail Recipe

Contrary to popular believe German Chocolate Cake does not come from Germany, it is an entirely American creation. It was originally called "German's Chocolate Cake" after a 100 year old baking chocolate created by Sam German for the Baker's Chocolate Company. Mrs. George Clay, a Texas housewife, used that chocolate in the recipe she sent to The Dallas Morning News in 1957. The recipe was picked up and reprinted by General Foods who owned Baker's Chocolate at that time and it went fifties style viral and ended up one of the most popular cakes in America!

I've brought all the classic flavors of Mrs. Clay's German's Chocolate Cake into my German Chocolate Cake Martini recipe. I used my own Homemade CANDIED PECAN LIQUEUR which brings that lovely caramelized pecan flavor to the cocktail. (You'll find you will use that liqueur for a lot more cocktails than this martini and it's great over ice cream.)

To bring in the cake flavor I used Cake Vodka, and for the coconut I used Cream of Coconut which really adds a sensuously creamy and sweet coconut flavor. And for the chocolate I used Godiva Chocolate Liqueur and chocolate milk.

But the best part is the rim - I grabbed that coconut pecan frosting and piped on a nice, thick thread of it across the whole rim! You can use shredded coconut if you would like, or even coconut & chopped pecans but the frosting is what really brings home the whole German Chocolate Cake Experience.

The

GERMAN

CHOCOLATE

CAKE

MARTINI

INGREDIENTS:

1 Oz. Candied Pecan Liqueur

1 Oz. Chocolate Liqueur

1/2 Oz. Cake Vodka

1 Oz. Cream of Coconut

1-1/2 Oz. Chocolate Milk

DIRECTIONS:

Pipe two tablespoons of coconut pecan frosting on to the rim of your cocktail glass then chill your glass in the freezer.

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, add the ingredients and shake until chilled.

Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.

P.S. At the last minute I jazzed up the garnish with some leftover chocolate shavings I had on hand from making my cake. Waste not, want not as my mom used to say.

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June 11th is

NATIONAL GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE DAY

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