Fishbowl Cocktail – A Lovely Mess

A couple of times in my life, I’ve ordered a fishbowl drink with associates. These admittedly foolish cocktails are brilliant 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 can also make your individual fishbowl cocktail at dwelling. 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.

Elements

• White Rum – Select a mid-priced white rum like Bacardi. You may as well use coconut rum if you want. 
• Vodka – Select a mid-priced vodka like Tito’s. You may as well use strawberry vodka or raspberry vodka if you wish to add extra tropical taste. 
• Blue Curaçao – A brilliant 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. You may as well use membership soda if you wish to tone down the sweetness. 
• Swedish Fish – Or any fish formed sweet as garnish.

The perfect 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 couple of paper umbrellas and a paper straw for every particular person. It is a nice get together punch to share!

Blue Curaçao

Blue Curaçao brilliant blue Caribbean liqueur is made with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit. It’s much like triple sec and often made with extra spices together with the brilliant blue coloration. It’s dyed blue with blue meals dye. Listed below 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 particular person and cocktail umbrellas. Get pleasure from!

Suggestions for Making

• Swedish Fish sweet are a preferred selection for this drink. You may as well discover Scandinavian Swimmers at Dealer Joe’s, which is their model of fish candies. One other enjoyable possibility 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 suggest a plastic fishbowl. 
• Select a distinct coloration straw for every particular person so that they don’t get combined up. Visitors will recognize 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.
• If you happen to desire, you possibly can double this recipe and serve it in a punch bowl or a pitcher.  This makes a superb batch cocktail.

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