Jolly Rancher Martinis

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In yesterday's Candied Rims for Cocktails post, I mentioned that I was leading up to a post. Look at this! I followed through in a timely manner!

This is my own recipe for Jolly Rancher Martinis... and an excellent excuse to smash up candy and rim your glass with it! Use a solid flavor - Apple, Cherry, or Watermelon work best for this, on their own - or use one each of a few flavors of candy for an even more colorful rim. (We used one each - Apple, Cherry, Grape, and Blue Raspberry Jolly Rancher candies for the tutorial on that entry).

As I mentioned in an earlier entry on Candy Apple Martinis & Some Martini Trivia, this drink is properly called a "Martini Cocktail", as it's not a true "Martini". The use of cranberry juice gives this a perfect amount of sweet/tart, yielding a VERY drinkable cocktail. Enjoy!

A disclaimer: This is my own recipe for Jolly Rancher Martinis, the way I like them. They vary slightly from what I was taught: 1 oz unflavored vodka, 1/2 oz Sour Puss Apple, 1/2 oz Sour Puss Raspberry, 2-3 oz cranberry juice, splash of bar lime mix. Hey, it’s my blog, I’ll mess with recipes if I want to!

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Jolly Rancher Martini Cocktail

Jolly Rancher Martinis are one of my favourite martini cocktails. Sweet, a bit tart, and really do taste like candy. Extra fun with a candy rim!

Course Beverage

Cuisine Canadian

Keyword Candy, Cocktail, jolly rancher, jolly rancher martini, Martini, Martini Cocktail, The Spirited Baker Book

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Servings 1 Large Cocktail

Author Marie Porter

Equipment

Martini Cocktail Glass

Cocktail Shaker

Ingredients

• Jolly Rancher candies optional
• 1 oz Watermelon Flavored Vodka**
• 1 oz Sour Apple Pucker / Sour Puss Apple
• 1 oz Sour Raspberry Pucker / Sour Puss Raspberry
• 1/2 oz Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice
• 4 oz Cranberry Juice

Instructions

• If doing a candied rim, use the candies and follow the instructions here.
• Measure remaining ingredients into a shaker.
• Add a handful of ice, shake a few times, strain into a prepared martini cocktail glass (~8 oz size).

Notes

*For the purposes of this blog entry, we picked up appropriately shaped/sized glasses at IKEA for about $3 each 

 

** You can substitute “99 Watermelons”, if feeling particularly ballsy 

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