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Cocktail, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

Val’s Test Tube Shots

February 6, 2020 By No Comments
A rack of test tubes in 2 rows of 6. The first 2 by 2 section are pink, the next section are yellow, and the final section are green.
Shots!

When the crew first meets Val in Episode 29 they find her in a bar. This particular establishment serves some unusual drinks, including brightly colored shots in test tubes. We’ve concocted some equally colorful shots with less sketchy ingredients.

We went with 3 lovely colored shots: pink, yellow, and green. And don’t worry! These great colors are all natural, coming from pineapple, watermelon, and kiwi.

A rack of test tubes in 2 rows of 6. The first 2 by 2 section are pink, the next section are yellow, and the final section are green. 1 yellow, 1 pink, and 1 green tube have been taken out and arrange on the table in front of the rack.
You can put yours in regular glasses if you want to. We guess.

Pink Shots (per 3oz. shot)

1.5 ounces watermelon juice*
1.5 ounces real lemon vodka

Combine ingredients in a shot glass.

Yellow Shots (per 3oz. shot)

1.5 ounces pineapple juice
1.5 ounces coconut rum

Combine ingredients in a shot glass.

Green Shots (per 3oz. shot)

1.5 ounces kiwi juice*
1.5 ounces vodka

Combine ingredients in a shot glass.

*Note:

If watermelon and kiwi juice isn’t available at your store, place peeled and chopped pieces of fruit in a food processor or blender and blend until smooth. Strain through cheesecloth or a fine mesh sieve.

Cocktail, Recipes, Vegetarian/Vegan

Bantha Blasters

June 16, 2019 By No Comments

Bantha Blasters are first ordered during Episode 24. They’re pink and green, and pop and fizz. Our real life version uses watermelon for the pink, melon liqueur for the green, and Pop Rocks for some great popping and fizzing.

Finished drink and a small bowl of Pop Rocks
A good ol’fashioned Bantha Blaster

This recipe uses seedless watermelon, vodka, simple syrup, lime juice, Midori melon liqueur, and, finally, Pop Rocks.

All the ingredients laid out
Bantha Blaster in the making.

Now, we had some real trouble finding Pop Rocks in our local grocery stores and ended up buying a few packages online. Sadly, the online packs did not have the flavor we wanted: Green Apple. The Green Apple is preferred for its green color, but other flavors will work if you also have trouble finding them.

First, cut up the watermelon into cubes and put them in a blender along with the vodka, simple syrup, and lime juice. Our watermelon was a little under-ripe so we used 2 ounces of simple syrup. Use less if your melon is nice and ripe.

A clear pink blender canister filled with watermelon and other ingredients.
And yes, this is blender was once used at a certain coffee chain.

Blend everything up until smooth. There will be watermelon “foam” at the top and more of a juice at the bottom.

Two tall glasses filled with ice cubes, each with a small amount of melon liqueur at the bottom.
The first layer.

Fill 2 highball glasses with ice and pour 1 ounce of midori into each glass. Using a fine mesh strainer or something similar, strain the watermelon mix between the 2 glasses. This will remove the foamy pulp so that you’re left with a smooth juice.

Two tall glasses filled with ice cubes, each with a small amount of melon liqueur at the bottom, and the watermelon mix on top.
Getting ready for those popping rocks.

Very carefully pour 1 package of pop rocks onto the top of each drink. Very carefully! If your Pop Rocks are particularly “fresh” or you live in a fairly dry environment the Pop Rocks might, well… pop quite vigorously when they hit the liquid. When we first made this drink a while back the Pop Rocks exploded everywhere and made a bit of a mess. For this photoshoot the house was humid and since the candy had to sit out while everything was made they didn’t react quite as violently.

A top down shot of the finished drink, topped with red Pop Rocks.
Shown here with Watermelon Pop Rocks.

Bantha Blasters [serves 2]

2 cups fresh seedless watermelon, cut into cubes about 1/2-inch in diameter
4 ounces vodka
1-2 ounces simple syrup, depending on how sweet your watermelon is*
2 ounces lime juice
2 ounces midori
1 small package Green Apple Pop Rocks**


Place watermelon, vodka, simple syrup, and lime juice in blender. Process until smooth. Fill 2 highball glasses with ice and pour 1 ounce of midori into each glass. Strain the watermelon mix between the 2 glasses. Very carefully pour 1 package of pop rocks onto the top of each drink.

*Simple Syrup recipe found here
**Or whatever flavor you can find.

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