Mardi Gras Drink Recipes

Even if you're not in New Orleans, everyone loves the Mardi Gras celebration.  Without further ado, here are some Mardi Gras drink recipes for you!

Pinnacle Mardi Gras King - from Pinnacle Vodka



Ingredients:
1 ounce Pinnacle King Cake Vodka
2 ounces fresh lemon sour
1 ounce fresh orange juice

Directions:
Pour ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake gently. Strain into a high ball glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange wedge.

Here are a couple of drink recipes from AMountainof CrushedIce.com.

Purple, Green and Gold



Ingredients:
2 ounces Lucky Player King Cake Vodka
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
1/4 ounce sugar cane syrup
1 ounce grapefruit juice (yellow)
1 ounce pineapple juice
a handful fresh mint leaves

Directions:
Pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake well.  Strain into a purple sugar rimmed margarita glass.  Garnish with a mint crown.

King Zulu



Ingredients:
2 ounces Lucky Player King Cake Vodka
2 ounces pineapple juice
1/2 ounce coconut syrup
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
splash of soda or sparkling wine

Directions:
Pour into a shaker filled with ice and shake well.  Strain into a cocktail glass rimmed with gold sugar. Top with splash of soda or sparkling wine.

Mardi Gras Flasher

Ingredients:
6 ounces ginger ale
2 ounces dark rum
1 teaspoon grenadine

Directions:
Build in a high ball glass filled with crushed ice.  Garnish with mint leaves.

And of course no Mardi Gras would be complete without a Hurricane, here's the recipe!

Hurricane



Ingredients:
1 ounce Bacardi 151
1 ounce white rum
1 ounce dark rum
1/2 ounce grenadine
3 ounces orange juice
3 ounces pineapple juice

Directions:
Serve in a Hurricane glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.



Add to shaker and shake hard with ice, double strain into a purple sugar rimmed cocktail glass and garnish with a mint crown. - See more at: http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=14889#sthash.P57YSNDH.dpuf
Add to shaker and shake hard with ice, double strain into a purple sugar rimmed cocktail glass and garnish with a mint crown. - See more at: http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=14889#sthash.P57YSNDH.dpuf

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