Fishbowl Cocktail – A Lovely Mess

A couple of times in my life, I’ve ordered a fishbowl drink with buddies. These admittedly foolish cocktails are shiny blue and served in an precise fishbowl. I discover this stage of novelty extraordinarily charming and I had a lot enjoyable creating this recipe so you may make your personal fishbowl cocktail at residence. This traditional punch recipe is ideal for pool days and makes a superb summer time cocktail.

Extra tropical drinks: Rum Runner, Mai Tai, Pina Colada, Painkiller, Blue Hawaii.

Substances

• White Rum – Select a mid-priced white rum like Bacardi. It’s also possible to use coconut rum if you want. 
• Vodka – Select a mid-priced vodka like Tito’s. It’s also possible to use strawberry vodka or raspberry vodka if you wish to add extra tropical taste. 
• Blue Curaçao – A shiny blue Caribbean liqueur made with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit.
• Pineapple Juice – For sweetness and taste.
• Sprite – Or any lemon-lime soda. It’s also possible to use membership soda if you wish to tone down the sweetness. 
• Swedish Fish – Or any fish formed sweet as garnish.

The very best glassware to serve a fishbowl cocktail in is (drum roll please…) an precise fishbowl. The important thing to garnishing this drink is to make it look festive so including a number of paper umbrellas and a paper straw for every individual. It is a nice occasion punch to share!

Blue Curaçao

Blue Curaçao shiny blue Caribbean liqueur is made with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit. It’s much like triple sec and often made with further spices together with the brilliant blue colour. It’s dyed blue with blue meals dye. Listed here are another drinks that decision for Blue Curaçao.

Directions for a Fishbowl Drink Recipe

In a mixing glass (or a big cocktail shaker), combine rum, vodka, blue curacao and pineapple juice. Stir to mix. 

Pour the combination right into a fishbowl stuffed with ice cubes. Prime with lemon-lime soda. 

Garnish with Swedish Fish (or any tropical gummy sweet). 

Add a paper straw for every individual and cocktail umbrellas. Get pleasure from!

Ideas for Making

• Swedish Fish sweet are a preferred selection for this drink. It’s also possible to discover Scandinavian Swimmers at Dealer Joe’s, which is their model of fish candies. One other enjoyable choice is to swap them out for shark sweet in honor of Shark Week. 
• You possibly can simply flip this drink right into a mocktail by swapping the liquor for lemonade and selecting a nonalcoholic blue curacao syrup. If making this drink for kids, we advocate a plastic fishbowl. 
• Select a distinct colour straw for every individual so that they don’t get combined up. Visitors will admire this element.
• Add some “gravel” to the underside of your fishbowl by pouring a layer of Nerds sweet within the backside of the bowl earlier than assembling the cocktail.
• Extra garnish concepts: lime slices, orange slices, lemon slices and pineapple wedges.
• Should you want, you’ll be able to double this recipe and serve it in a punch bowl or a pitcher.  This makes a superb batch cocktail.

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