The Grinch Cocktail

Why We Love This Recipe

• Quick and easy cocktail: With a few easy-to-find ingredients, this cocktail is super easy to whip up for any winter event or holiday party.
• Fun and festive: The bright green color is always a hit, and an optional sprinkle rim adds extra flair. This Grinch cocktail is the perfect option for your (adult) holiday party.
• Light and refreshing: With pineapple and lemon juice, this grinch cocktail is a little sweet, a little sour, and perfectly balanced. We used vodka, but you can switch it up with your preferred liquor of choice!

Ingredients

Here's what you'll need to make this grinch cocktail:

Ingredient Notes

• Food coloring: This gives the cocktail its signature grinch green color. We used Watkins brand food coloring which uses natural dyes from vegetables and spices. You can of course use regular food coloring as well. You can also leave it out, but the color may be a bit more teal than true green.
• Pineapple juice: We use 100% pineapple juice (not from concentrate) in this recipe. You should be able to find it at most grocery stores, often in the juice/soda aisle. In a pinch, you can also use pineapple juice from concentrate. If you want to use homemade pineapple juice, check out this tutorial.
• Blue Curaçao: If you've never worked with it before, blue curaçao is a bright blue liqueur flavored with Laraha, or Curaçao orange. If you don't have any, you can sub with another orange liqueur like Cointreau.
• Simple syrup: You can make your own with equal parts sugar and water, or simply use store bought. You can also sub with agave syrup if preferred.

Instructions

(1) Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Shake well.

(2) Fill a glass with ice. Pour the drink over and garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Tips and FAQs

• Change it up: Although we did not test this grinch cocktail with other alcohols, we think this cocktail would be delicious with gin, tequila, or rum as well.
• Extra juice?: If you have leftover pineapple juice, it's super easy to freeze it into ice cubes in silicone trays to use in smoothies or to make another batch of the cocktails.  The lemon juice will also freeze well to use at another time. We love Souper Cubes for freezing leftover liquids.
• Garnish: We love to garnish this grinch cocktail with a red sprinkle rim and a maraschino cherry. We'd like to think Dr. Seuss would approve!
• How to make a sprinkle rim for your cocktail: Fine sprinkles are best here and they're super easy to find at any grocery store. Dip the rim in simple syrup or run a lime wedge around the rim to moisten it. Then, dip the rim in sprinkles to coat.

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