For holiday party spirit…without the spirits (non-alcoholic drink recipes)
Mistletoe chill
- 3 ice cubes
- ½ cup cranberry juice
- 2 tablesoons raspberry sherbet
- ¼ cup eggnog
- 1 tablespoon strawberry daiquiri frozen concentrate fruit mixer (non-alcoholic)
- Sugar
- Peppermint sticks
Chop ice cubes in blender. Add cranberry juice. Mix. Add raspberry sherbet and eggnog. Pour strawberry daiquiri mixer into blender. Liquefy for 1 minute. Dip the rim of 8-ounce glass into mixture, then dip glass rim into sugar. Pour mixture into glass. Serve with peppermint stick.
Banana nog
- 1 small banana
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 cup ice milk
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- Ground nutmeg
Peel and cut up banana. Place in freezer container or bag; freeze till firm. In blender container, combine milk, ice milk, banana and vanilla extract. Cover and blend till smooth. Sprinkle each serving with nutmeg. For Tropical Banana Nog, prepare as above, except add ¼ teaspoon coconut extract and omit nutmeg. Garnish with½ teaspooon toasted coconut. For Orange-Banana Nog, prepare as above, except substitute orange juice for the milk.
Hawaiian christmas
- 3 cup fresh orange juice
- 1 Tablespoon liquid piña colada mix
Blend until piña colada mix is dissolved. Chill until cold.
The other collins
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- ½ teaspoon rum flavoring
- ¾ cup chilled carbonated water
In a tall glass stir together lemon juice, sugar and rum flavoring. Add ice cubes. Pour carbonated water down side of glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry and an orange slice.
Snow white russian
- ¼ cup cooled strong coffee
- 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup half-and-half or light cream
In a cocktail glass combine the coffee, powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Stir in half-and-half or light cream. Add ice cubes.
Sunrise sipper
- ¼ cup carbonated water
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
- 2 teaspoon grenadine syrup
Place crushed ice in a tall glass. Stir together carbonated water, orange juice and lime juice. Pour over ice in the class. Pour in the grenadine syrup. Stir before serving.
Holiday delight
- ½ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup half-and-half
- ¼ cup frozen strawberries
- ¼ cup frozen raspberries
- ¼ cup cranapple juice
- ½ banana
Blend all ingredients and pour into a tall glass.
Frosty virgin margaritas
- 3 12-ounce cans frozen limeade
- 1 6-ounce can frozen orange juice concentrate—pulpy
- 1 6-ounce can frozen grapefruit juice
- 32 ounce Ginger ale
- 2 fresh limes, cut into 24 rounds
Pour half the juices and ginger ale into a blender. Add some ice cubes and blend; add ice until desired consistency. Repeat. Serve in large goblets. Garnish with round of lime. (24 servings
)Mint kiss
- 5 ounce frozen strawberries (thawed)
- 4 dashes mint extract
- 2 cup milk
- 4 scoops ice cream
Blend ingredients until smooth. Pour into cocktail glass and decorate with strawberry.
Virgin mary
Pack old fashioned glass with ice. Add one drop Tabasco sauce, dash of Worcestershire sauce, dash of lemon juice or Roses Lime Juice. Fill with tomato juice and garnish with lemon twist and lime wedge.
Houdini cocktail
- ½ pint strawberry ice cream
- 1 cup milk
- 4 teaspoons bottled grenadine syrup
- Whole strawberries
Beat ice cream and milk until foamy-thick in blender, pour in glasses. Pour 2 teaspoons grenadine syrup from spoon down inside each glass. (Forms a bright crimson layer at the bottom.) Garnish with strawberries. (2 servings)
Miami vice
Pour ½ ounce chocolate syrup and 2 ounces of root beer over ice. Stir. Add 2 ounce half-and-half and fill to the top with cola.
Noon on the equator
- ¼ cup orange juice
- ¼ cup tomato juice
- Juice of ¼ lemon
- ¼ teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1½ teaspoons grenadine syrup
- Dash of Tabasco sauce
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker and add ice cubes. Shake well and strain into glasses.
Skinny mary
- ¾ cup tomato juice
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup sauerkraut juice
- Ice cubes
Pour tomato and sauerkraut juice over ice cubes in glass. Add Worcestershire sauce and stir. Serve at once. (1 serving)
Spiced grape juice
- 2 quarts grape juice (unsweetened)
- ½ cup sugar
- 12 whole cloves
- 4 sticks cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons whole allspice
Combine all of the ingredients and heat over a very, very low flame. Do not boil. Let the juice sit on the flame, stirring occasionally, until it is hot. The longer the drink is on the flame the more the spices have a chance to combine with the juice (about 3 hours is ideal). Strain the spices out of the juice. You may serve it hot, or serve it cold. A slice of lemon goes great with it. (SDS)
Sparkling cranberry cooler
- ½ cup cranberry juice (not cranberry drink)
- 1 cup purple grape juice
- ½ cup non-alcoholic red wine
- 1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
- ½ cup lemon-lime soda
In a glass pitcher, combine all ingredients except soda, stirring to mix. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or until well chilled. To serve, stir in soda and add ice, if desired. Serve immediately. (4 servings) (SDS))
Skinny fruit whirl
- 1 12-ounce can diet creme soda
- ½ cup nonfat milk
- 1 teaspoons lemon juice
- one-eighth teaspoon artificial sweetener
- one-eighth teaspoon salt
- 2 cup sliced nectarines, peaches or other fruit
Whirl all ingredients in blender until smooth. Makes 1 quart. May be frozen to make a sherbet.
Creamsicle smoothie
- 2 cup cantaloupe chunks
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 Tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Ice cubes (optional, to thicken)
Blend all in blender until smooth. (SDS)
Orange cheesecake smoothie
- 1 cup orange sherbet
- 1 cup buttermilk
Blend and enjoy!