Grinch Cocktails

Name: Grinch Cocktails
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 lime wedge; Coarse sugar, optional; Ice cubes; 1-1/2 ounces blanco tequila; 1-1/2 ounces pineapple juice; 3/4 ounce blue curacao; Green food coloring, optional; Maraschino cherries

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 10 min.

Yield 1 serving

Test Kitchen Approved

This Grinch cocktail is the perfect boozy drink for a holiday party or a December movie night watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Ingredients

1 lime wedge
Coarse sugar, optional
Ice cubes
1-1/2 ounces blanco tequila
1-1/2 ounces pineapple juice
3/4 ounce blue curacao
Green food coloring, optional
Maraschino cherries

Directions

Moisten rim of 1 cocktail glass with lime wedge. If desired, sprinkle sugar on a plate; dip rim in sugar.
In an empty cocktail shaker, combine tequila, pineapple juice and blue curacao. Fill with ice; cover and shake until frost forms on the outside of the shaker, 15-20 seconds. Strain into prepared glass. If desired, add green food color until desired color is reached. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Nutrition Facts

1 serving: 154 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 1mg sodium, 6g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

The perfect balance of blue curacao, pineapple juice and a few drops of green food coloring makes this tequila cocktail the perfect shade of Grinch green. —Margaret Knoebel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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