Boozy Sparkling Cider Float

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Boozy Sparkling Cider Float

Last year while at Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Porter and I tried sparkling apple cider floats for the first time. It was nice... refreshing while still being "seasonal". The bright flavour from the sparkling cider constrasted the rich creaminess of the ice cream well.

So of course we went home and made our own. A little less G-rated, our home version was made with our Homemade Hard Apple Cider. SO good!

This year we did it again, but played with the ingredients a little. Instead of using hard apple cider, we used a complimentary liqueur. Very tasty, and a really fun take on a childhood tradition of rootbeer floats... as my husband pointed out:

"Like growing up on hamburgers, and then having an Apple Chicken Burger with Basil and Gouda... really similar base, and has that nostalgia ... but wow this is cool and different. I'm trying not to say 'it tastes like fall in a glass', because I think I could easily overuse that phrase, and it kind of makes me want to punch myself in the face."

Enjoy!

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Boozy Sparkling Cider Float

This float is a more adult take on a summertime favourite. Highly customizable, use whichever spirit or liqueur you love!

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword Alcohol, Cocktail, Liqueur, Summer

Prep Time 5 minutes

Servings 1 Serving

Author Marie Porter

Ingredients

• 2 oz Apple or Maple Flavoured Crown Royal *
• Sparkling Apple Cider or Apple Juice
• 1 Large Scoop Vanilla Ice Cream **

Instructions

• Pour Crown Royal into a tall mug. Add sparkling juice/cider, filling the glass a little more than 2/3 full. Stir gently.
• Add ice cream scoop, serve immediately

Notes

 

* Not a fan of whiskey? You can use other alcohol here too! Sour Apple pucker, butterscotch schnapps, cinnamon schnapps, Whipped Cream Flavoured vodka… if it’s a flavour that’ll taste good with apples, go ahead and do it! Or, skip this ingredient and just use hard apple cider.

** We tend to use a good quality French vanilla ice cream, but have fun with it. Cinnamon, caramel, salted caramel…

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