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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Martinis Tutti and Fruitti

CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY MARTINI
‎* 1 1/2 oz. Irish Cream (Bailey's)
* 1 1/2 oz. Creme de Cacao, white
* 1 1/2 oz. Raspberry Vodka (Smirnoff)
* 1 tbsp. Chocolate Syrup

Mixing Instructions

Squirt about a tablespoon of chocolate syrup inside and around the rim of a cocktail glass.
Shake all other ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, and strain into glass.

Garnish with a fresh raspberry.

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UCONNTINI

‎1-1/2 oz vodka
1 oz blue curacao
1/2 oz dry white vermouth

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RASPBERRY HEARTINI
(Uses Lime Tree Cove's Fresh Chocolate Raspberry Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients needed: (Serves 1)
2 oz. Vodka
4 oz. raspberry ginger ale
3-6 frozen raspberries
Lime Tree Cove Chocolate Raspberry Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Wet the rim of a martini glass with a thawed raspberry and use your Barmaid to rim with Lime Tree Cove Chocolate Raspberry Cocktail Sugar.
2. Add the vodka and raspberry ginger ale to the rimmed martini glass.
3. Add 3-4 frozen raspberries to chill.
4. Stir gently.
5. Enjoy!
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LEMON SLUSHTINI
(Uses Lime Tree Cove's Fresh Lemon Cocktail Sugar)
Ingredients needed: (Serves 1)
2 ounce Vodka
1 lemon
1 cup lemonade
1 cup ice
Lime Tree Cove Fresh Lemon Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Squeeze lemon juice into blender.
2. Add the vodka, lemonade and ice.
3. Blend
4. Wet the rim of the glass with a lemon slice, and use
your Barmaid to garnish the rim with Lime Tree
Cove Fresh Lemon Cocktail Sugar.
5. Enjoy!
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Chocolate Berrytini
(Use Lime Tree Cove’s ChocolateRaspberry Cocktail Sugar with this drink)

Ingredients needed:
4 oz. vodka
2 oz. creme de cacao
6 oz cranberry juice
crushed ice

Directions:
1. Mix vodka,cream de cacao, and
cranberry juice
2. Pour ingredients over ice
3. Wet rim using fruit slice
4. Apply Chocolate Raspberry
Cocktail Sugar using The Barmaid

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Gingerbread Martini - a great holiday cocktail
(Uses Gingerbread Cocktail Sugar )

Ingredients needed:
1.5oz Grey Goose Vodka
0.5oz Amaretto
0.5oz Simple Syrup
0.5 TBSP Molassas
1 Orange Slice
Cinnamon Stick for garnish
Ice
OPTIONAL: 1oz Irish Cream
Lime Tree Cove Gingerbread Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Mix all liquid ingredients in a shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake
3. Moisten glass rim with the fruit wedge, and use your Barmaid Drink Rimmer to rim the glass with Lime Tree Cove Gingerbread Cocktail Sugar
4. Pour into glass.
5. Garnish with Cinnamon Stick
6. Enjoy!
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Red Candy Cane Martini
(uses Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients needed: (Serves 1)
1.5oz Grey Goose Vodka
0.5oz Peppermint Schnapps
0.5 TBSP fresh grenadine
Club Soda or Sprite
1 apple slice
Candy Cane for garnish
Ice
Lime Tree Cove Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Mix Vodka, Schnapps, Grenadine into a martini shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake
3. Moisten glass rim with the fruit wedge, and use your Barmaid Drink Rimmer to rim the glass with Lime Tree Cove Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar
4. Pour into glass.
5. Top with Club Soda or Sprite if desired
6. Garnish with a Candy Cane
7. Enjoy!
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Green Candy Cane Martini
(Uses Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients needed: (Serves 1)
1.5oz Grey Goose Vodka
0.5oz Creme de Menthe
0.5 TBSP Simple Syrup
Club Soda or Sprite
1 apple slice
Candy Cane for garnish
Ice
Lime Tree Cove Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Mix Vodka, Creme de Menthe, Simple Syrup into a martini shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake
3. Moisten glass rim with the fruit wedge, and use your Barmaid Drink Rimmer to rim the glass with Lime Tree Cove Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar
4. Pour into glass.
5. Top with Club Soda or Sprite if desired
6. Garnish with a Candy Cane
7. Enjoy!
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Cinnamon Heart-tini (Martini) Recipe
(Uses Lime Tree Cove's Cinnamon Kisses Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients needed: (Serves 1)
1.5oz Grey Goose Vodka
0.5oz Cinnamon Schnapps
0.5 TBSP fresh grenadine
Club Soda or Sprite
1 apple slice
Cinnamon Stick for garnish
Ice
Lime Tree Cove Cinnamon Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Pour Vodka, Cinnamon Schnapps, Grenadine in a martini shaker filled with ice.
2. Shake well
3. Moisten glass rim with the fruit wedge, and use your Barmaid Drink Rimmer to rim the glass with Lime Tree Cove Cinnamon Cocktail Sugar
4. Pour into glass.
5. Top with Club Soda or Sprite if desired
6. Garnish with a Cinnamon Stick
7. Enjoy!
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Naughty Little One
(Uses Lime Tree Cove's Tangy Lime Cocktail Salt)

Ingredients needed: (Serves 1)
2 oz. Grey Goose vodka or Bacardi light rum
1 lemon or lime juiced
2 oz. Pomegranate or cranberry juice
2 tbls sugar or agave nectar
Club soda
Lime wedge
Lime Tree Cove Tangy Lime Cocktail Salt

Directions:
1. Moisten glass rim with the fruit wedge, and use your Barmaid Drink Rimmer to rim the glass with Tangy Lime Cocktail Salt
2. Add the spirits, lemon/lime juice, and sugar/agave nectar.
3. Stir to mix.
4. Top with equal parts of pomegranate/cranberry juice and club soda.
5. Toast your lover, your pet, yourself, and
enjoy!
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Effen Good Martini
2.5 oz raspberry vodka
1.5 oz watermelon pucker
5 oz strawberry puree
Shake with ice ..strain in glass..top of with splash of gingerale
garnish with strawberry on rim..yum!!
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French Martini
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Vodka
- 1 oz. Chambord
- 1 oz. Pineapple Juice
- 2 oz. Red Cranberry Cocktail
- Fresh Raspberries

Add the ingredients (except raspberries) to a martini shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Fill a martini glass with fresh ice and strain the contents of the shaker into the glass. Garnish with a few ripe raspberries. Voila! The perfect surprise for your Valentine.
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Soul Mate Martini
1 oz. Bacardi Vanilla Rum
1 oz. Bacardi Razz Rum
1. oz Black Cherry Juice
1 oz. Cola
Fresh Cherry
In a shaker with add both rums, cherry juice and shake. Pull the martini glass from the freezer and pour contents. Leave a little room to top off with cola. Toss in the cherry and enjoy!
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Prickly Pear Martini
2 oz. Absolut Pears
1 oz. Absolut Peach
1 oz. Pear nectar
1 oz. prickly pear syrup (you can substitute simple syrup or grenadine,
but use a bit less, if you don't have prickly pear syrup)
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4th of DROOL-ly
* 1 1/2 ounces vodka
* 1/2 ounce triple sec
* 1/2 ounce blue curacao
* 1/2 ounce prepared sweet-and-sour mix
* 1 dash grenadine (I used the liqueur not the syrup)
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Lime-ade Cherritini
1 oz. Cherry Vodka (We used Stoli)
1 oz. Lime Vodka (We used Finlandia)
1 oz. Lime Juice
2 oz. Cherry Limeade Juice (We used Minute-Maid)
Sliced lime and bushel of cherries



We recommend putting a wet martini glass with a cherry & lime slice into a freezer to start. Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice. SHAKE until your arms cramp (just kidding!), then pour into the frozen glass with the frozen garnishments in the bottom. Sip and thank us later!
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NYE-tini
2 parts Champagne
1 part Orange liqueur
1 part Vodka
Fresh strawberries
Set some champagne aside to soak the strawberries in. Stir to mix, do not shake and serve...
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Pumpkin Spice-ini
1/2 oz Sylk Cream Liqueur
2 oz vanilla vodka
1/2 oz pumpkin liqueur or pumpkin spice syrup
1 tsp whipped cream
cinnamon stick for garnish
Pour the Sylk Liqueur and vodka into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Add the pumpkin liqueur or syrup and shake again. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top with a teaspoon of whipped cream. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, and drink with enjoyment!
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Carmel Apple-tini
FALL into this treat!!!!!
Graham cracker
Caramel ice cream topping
1/4 Vanilla Vodka
2 tablespoons dekuyper Butterscotch Schnapps
2 tablespoons Apple Vodka
1 dash Cream Soda
Apple wedge
Drizzle caramel topping down the inside rim of glass and chill. In a shaker full of ice, add vanilla vodka ,apple vodka and buttershots shake till your hands become very very cold. Dip rim into crushed crackers. Pour into martini glass and add a splash of cream soda. Add apple wedge on the rim as garnish. And if you'd really like, sweetin' the deal by drzzling more carmel on top!!!
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Root Beer Floatini
2 oz. Root Beer Vodka
3 oz. Best Root Beer you can find
Vanilla icecream
Make sure vodka and soda are both ice cold. Pour contents into shaker but, do not shake soda as you may soda bomb your face! Gently swirl or stir. Slowly pour into chilled martini glass. Then add two scoops of vanilla icecream on top. This one doesn't take a lot but it sure is a great breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert!
(try 1 part root beer vodka, 1 part whipped cream vodka, and a splash of vanilla seltzer)
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Key Lime Me

In the summertime when the weather is high...


1 1/2 OZ Vodka
1 1/2 OZ Malibu Coconut Rum
1/2 OZ Lime juice syrup
1 Slice lime

Combine the Vodka, Rum and lime juice in a shaker. Shake, Shake, Shake and pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish the edge of the glass with the lime wedge and drink with a smile.
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Cherry Pie Martini
Yes, you can have it for dessert!!!!

2 oz. Vodka
1/2oz. Brandy
1 oz. Cherry brandy
1/2oz. Vanilla Vodka
Fresh or Maraschino Cherry for garnishment

Combine ingredients in shaker, add ice, shake and strain into your chilled Martini Glass. And save a slice for a guest!
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Apple Pie Martini
* 3 ounces of Absolut Vanil vodka
* 1 ounce of Brandy
* 1 teaspoon of dry Vermouth
* 2 thin slivers of green apple
* 1 chunk of a mackintosh apple


Add the liquid ingredients to a shaker 3/4 full of cracked ice. Shake vigorously for a full minute.
Rub the apple chunk around the inside of 2 chilled martini glasses. Strain your martini cocktail into the glasses and top each with an apple sliver.
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Birthday Cake Batter Martini
# a little lemon zest
# 1/2 oz almond liqueur
# 1 1/2 oz Vanilla Vodka
# 1 oz half and half
# Cake jimmis
# Gel Cake Mate decorating tube


Garnish glass with the birthday girl/boy's favorite color Gel of Cake Mate. Rim glass in jimmis. Put liquid contents in Shaker, sing Happy Birthday while shaking... And Voila! Instant birthday cake!!!
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Velvet Hammer Time
Careful, this one will sneak up on you!!

2 oz. Vodka
1 oz. White creme de cacao
1 oz. Light cream

Combine ingredients in shaker. Strain into Martini Glass and garnish with a shake of pure cinnamon.
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The Maple Vanilla Rum ‘n Coke
(Uses Maple Vanilla Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients: (serves 1)
2 oz. Bacardi Rum
8 oz. Your Favorite Cola
1/2 cup Ice
1 Lime Slice
Lime Tree Cove's Maple Vanilla Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Pour Bacardi Rum and your favorit cola into a glass over ice.
2. Stir to mix.
3. Wet rim with lime slice.
4. Apply Maple Vanilla Cocktail Sugar to the rim using The Barmaid.
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Grasshopper
(Uses Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients: (serves 1)
1 1/2 oz Creme de Menthe
1 1/2 oz Creme de Cacao
1 1/2 oz Cream or Irish Cream
Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Wet the rim of a martini glass with a lemon slice
2. Use The Barmaid to apply Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar to the rim
3. Add ingredients to an ice filled cocktail shaker
4. Shake well
5. Strain into your Sweet Mint rimmed martini glass (garnish with zested chocolate if desired)
6. Enjoy!

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Irish Coffee

This popular warming libation was invented in Ireland during the late 1940’s.
It is a wonderful mix of caffeine, alcohol and sweet cream that revives the chilled and relaxes the soul.

(Uses Lime Tree Cove's Ginger Bread or Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients needed: (serves 1)
2 1\2 oz. Irish whiskey
Black coffee
Heavy or whipping cream
2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
Lime Tree Cove Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar
or
Lime Tree Cove Gourmet Gingerbread Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1. Wet the rim a heatproof cup or glass with a lemon or orange slice
2. Use your Barmaid to apply Sweet Mint or Gourmet Gingerbread Sugar to the rim.
3. Pour the Irish whiskey then add coffee.
4. Gently pour in the cream (Add sugar if desired)
5 Garnish with whipped cream and dust with the Cocktail Sugar used on the rim.
6. Enjoy!
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Autumn Harvest (Thanksgiving) Punch

A nice friendly cocktail, this punch is pleasing for everyone. It works great at Thanksgiving, and holds its flavor when stored in the refrigerator. At our Thanksgiving celebration we're always looking for something special to serve instead of just beer. This recipe is festive and easy for guests to enjoy by themselves (translation you don't need to make it for them).

Ingredients needed: (Serves many)
2 parts Grey Goose Vodka or Bacardi Light Rum
1 part Apple Juice
1 part Cran-Apple juice
1 part White Grape Juice
Orange or apple wedges
Ice
Lime Tree Cove Cinnamon Harvest Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1.Mix all liquid ingredients.
2.Moisten glass rim with the fruit wedge, and use your Barmaid Drink Rimmer to rim the glass with Lime Tree Cove Cinnamon Harvest Cocktail Sugar.
3.Add ice and punch.
4.Enjoy
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Lime Tree Colada
(Uses Lime Tree Cove’s Chocolate Raspberry Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients Needed: (Serves 1)
2 oz. Bacardi Light Rum
2 oz. pinapple juice
2 oz. coconut syrup
3/4 cup ice

Directions:
1. Mix rum, pinapple, and syrup
2. Add ice then blend
3. Wet rim using fruit slice
4. Apply Chocolate Raspberry Cocktail Sugar with The Barmaid
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Hallow-tini - a Halloween Martini that's great at any spooky gathering or get together.

(Uses Lime Tree Cove’s Mischief Maker Cocktail Kit)

Ingredients needed:(Serves 1)
4 ounces Blavod Black Vodka
(or your favorite vodka + ½ ounce Blue Curacao)
1 ½ ounces Chambord
1 cup Ice
Lime Tree Cove's Orange Cocktail Sugar from the Mischief Maker Package

Directions:
1. Pour all ingredients into a shaker, add ice, and shake thoroughly.
2. Moisten the rim of the glass with a lemon or lime wedge, then use your Barmaid to rim the glass with our Orange Cocktail Sugar from the Mischief Maker Package
3. Strain into a cocktail martini glass and Enjoy!

Our Mischief Maker Cocktail Kit is only available until Halloween so go to LimeTreeCove.com and get yours today!
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Baileys Infused Hot Chocolate
(Uses Chocolate Raspberry Cocktail Sugar or Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar)

Ingredients needed: (Serves many)
Baileys Irish Cream
Hot Chocolate
Chocolate Raspberry or Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar

Directions:
1.Heat 50% Baileys and 50% Hot Chocolate
2.Pour glass (one that can handle hot liquid!)
3.Rim beverage with either Chocolate Raspberry Cocktail Sugar or Sweet Mint Cocktail Sugar
4.Enjoy!
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