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It’s (almost) Shark Week, folks! And if I have to guess that you and your friends are anything like mine, your Facebook feeds and day planners are filling up to the brim with watch parties. If you’re stumped on cocktail ideas, boy have you come to the right place. I have not just one but four cocktail recipes to fit your Jaws-theme party and a couple of ideas to elevate your entertaining. Ready? Let’s get to it!
Ingredients:
1 ½ parts Skinnygirl® Meyer Lemon Vodka
2 parts strawberry lemonade
Muddled blueberries, raspberries and strawberries (only strawberries pictured)
Splash of sparkling water
Directions:
Mix vodka and muddled strawberries in a glass.
Top off with a splash of sparking water and add ice if desired.
Hostess Note: I sliced the top off the strawberry and made a semi-deep slit down the center to garnish on the rim of the glass (as pictured below). I did this to make the strawberry slice look like a shark fin poking out of the water. I felt very clever doing this so please indulge me!
Another Hostess Note: Place bowls of Swedish fish candy and/or bowls of Goldfish crackers to set the theme in place. If you are a hostess-with-the-mostest, visit Trader Joe’s frozen seafood section. Between the shrimp nuggets, steamer clams and frozen seafood blend, you have all the fixings for a fishy feast (just like your shark buddies!).
And as promised, here are some more Shark Week theme cocktails:
Shark Attack
2 parts Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila
3 parts ruby red grapefruit juice
1 part DeKuyper® Mixologist Series Blood Orange Liqueur
Orange slice (for garnish)
Preparation: Build in order over ice in a tall glass. Garnish with an orange slice and enjoy.
The Shark Fin
2 parts Sauza® Blue Silver 100% Agave Tequila
1 part DeKuyper® Mixologist Series Blood Orange Liqueur
2 parts fresh lemon sour
Juice of one whole lime
Lemon wedge (for garnish)
Preparation: Shake all ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in a glass. Garnish with a lemon wedge.
Shark Bite Sipper
1 ½ parts Skinnygirl™ Bare Naked Vodka
½ part Vermouth
½ part Olive Juice
Olives for garnish
Preparation: Shake all ingredients, including the olives for garnish, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
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This post was sponsored by Skinnygirl Cocktails®. All opinions and product sentiments are my own.
