My copy of Sonic's Cherry Limeade

Where I live there isn't a sonic close by you have to drive to the either of the counties next to us and it's about an hour's drive. With gas being what it is and travel time I had to come up with my own recipe for Cherry Limeade.

My other favorite place to get cherry limeade is at Texas roadhouse but it's $2.45 per glass.... no refills :(


It's quite simple:

1 2 liter bottle of lemon lime flavored soda (such as Sprite, 7 up, Sierra Mist)
1 can of limeade frozen concentrate
1 jar of maraschino cherries (no stems) undrained
1 lime cut into wedges


1. You'll need a punch bowl or large beverage container to hold your limeade. Pour the 2 liter into container then add the concentrate stir

2. add cherries and lime wedges.

Serendipity Frozen Hot chocolate

This is from the famous Serendipity restaurant in NYC. They also have one in Las Vegas! This treat isn't cheap they charge about $9 . And there aren't too many locations so if you can get to a Serendipity to purchase one try this recipe! You can buy the mix on their website as well as some other neat gifts.

you will need:
1/3 cup instant non fat dry milk
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Ghiradelli cocoa
1 tablespoon Hershey's cocoa
1 tablespoon of another brand I use land o lakes cocoa in white chocolate :) since they come in all kinds of flavors you can change things up a bit!
1 Cup milk
3 cups ice
1 can whipped cream
chocolate shavings from a Hershey chocolate bar


1. Mix dry milk, sugar and the cocoa mixes into a bowl.
2. Pour milk into your blender
3.  Add powder mix that you made in step 1.
4. Add ice and blend.


Put in a ice cream dish and add whipped cream. Garnish with chocolate shavings.

note to make chocolate shavings simply use a vegetable peeler and shave a little from the side of the bar.

Mint Julep

This is the non alcoholic version :)

You will need:

3 1/2 cups water
3 1/2 cups sugar
6oz orange juice concentrate
12oz lemonade concentrate
1 1/2 handfuls mint leaves
 Ginger Ale, 7 up, sierra mist or sprite 2 liter (you may have some left over)

1. Bring water and sugar to a boil.

2 Add cans of concentrated orange and lemonade.

3. Let mixture reheat and pour over mint leaves.

4. cover and let steep for at least four hours (overnight is best and easier when you've got other things to prepare for your party)

5. Strain.

6. use 1/4 cup of the mint concentrate to glass of crushed ice.

7. Finish  filling glass with ginger ale or other lemon lime soda.  garnish with mint sprig.

serves 6-8

Tennessee Iced Tea

I love to tweak recipes here's a refreshing one just in time for summer!

1 gallon water
4 large or 6 regular sized tea bags
1 cup sugar (original calls for 2 cups add to desired sweetness)
2 tablespoons Tang
1 tablespoons Country time lemonade mix
juice of half a lemon

1 brew tea according to directions on box using 1 gallon of water.
2. Stir in all ingredients and add ice.

 

Wassail

I saw this packaged in the Christmas department at Ollie's the other day. Thought this fresh version might taste better!


You will need:
1 gallon apple juice
1/2 box of brown sugar
1/2 jar orange drink mix (tang)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 small can of Lemonade concentrate
4 cups water
1 orange, sliced


Throw it all in the crock pot and heat let orange an cloves float on top for added flavor. Wassail will stay good all day!

Root Beer

Ingredients:
5 gallons water
3 oz root beer extract
9 cups sugar
5lbs dry ice


combine water, then extract, then sugar, and last ice. Makes 5 gallons of root beer. Stir until bubbling stops

Orange Slush

Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1/2 large can orange juice (about 6oz.)
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
12-14 ice cubes

Blend all in a blender until ice is chopped

Ruby Christmas Slush

Ingretients:
2 (6oz) cans frozen Orange Juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
4 1/2 cups water
2 (46oz) cans red fruit punch
1 (46oz) can unsweetened pineapple juice
1 (48oz) bottle cranapple juice
2 (33.8oz) bottles ginger ale, chilled

combine thawed orange juice concentrate and water, mixing well. Stir in fruit punch, pineapple juice and cranapple juice. Freeze in a large container, stirring occasionally. Remove from freezer 3 1/2 hours before serving, stirring occasionally as mixture thaws. Stir in ginger ale just before serving

Yields: about 2 1/4 gallons

Sparkling Lemonade

Ingredients:

3 cups - water

1/2 cup - freshly squeezed lemon juice

3/4 cup - Domino® Granulated or Superfine Sugar

Lemon slices

Tip: 2 -3 large lemons yield about 1/2 cup lemon juice.To extract the most juice from lemons, roll and press them on the counter top to soften them before juicing. To keep from diluting the lemonade with ice cubes, make the ice cubes out of lemonade.

Instructions »
Combine all ingredients except lemon slices in 2-quart pitcher; mix well. Pour into tall ice-filled glasses. Garnish with lemon slices.

Makes 4 servings.