Mocktails

Banshee Delight

Ingredients:

0.5 oz. chocolate syrup

2 inch slice of banana

2 oz. cream

ice

nutmeg (optional)

Instructions:

Put the chocolate syrup, the banana, and the cream into the blender. You can add a glassful of ice, or leave it in the glass, whichever you prefer. After blending for 5-10 seconds, pour it into the glass. Normally, garnishes are not added to cream drinks, but if you want to be creative, try adding some nutmeg.

Caribbean Fling

Ingredients:

2 oz. unsweetened orange juice

0.5 medium banana

2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice

orange chunks (optional)

coconut flakes (optional)

banana chunks (optional)

1 glass of ice

blender

Instructions:

Put the banana, orange juice, pineapple juice and ice into the blender. After blending for 5-10 seconds, pour into the glass. As an optional you can add banana slices, orange slices, or coconut flakes as a garnish.

Citrus Whip

Ingredients:

1.33 cups of orange juice

2.66 cups of unsweetened grapefruit juice

1 teaspoon bitters

2 cups seltzer water

12 packets Equal

16 ice cubes

blender

0.5 cup tangerine juice (optional)

Instructions:

Combine all ingredients in blender. Blend on high until thick and foamy. Serve in tall glasses. For a more "citrusy" flavor, replace 0.5 cup of orange juice with tangerine juice. Makes 6 servings, 8 ounces each.

Frozen Virgin Banana Daiquiri

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons run extract

2 small fresh bananas, peeled and sliced

3 tablespoons lime juice

6 packets Equal

0.5 cup pineapple juice

6 to 8 ice cubes

blender

2 cups of strawberries (optional)

Instructions:

Combine first 6 ingredients in blender. Blend on high until thick and creamy. Pour into tall glasses. You might also try substituting 2 cups of strawberries for the bananas. Makes 4 servings, 6 ounces each.

Hot Orange Cocoa

Ingredients:

0.33 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Pinch of salt

0.33 cup hot water

1 quart skim milk

6 packets Equal

0.75 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 orange slices

stove

Instructions:

Combine cocoa and salt in saucepan. Blend in hot water. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 2 minutes. Add milk; stir and heat. Remove from heat; stir in Equal and vanilla extract. Pour into mugs and add orange slices. Makes 4 servings, 8 ounces each.

Mexican Sunrise

Ingredients:

4 - 6 oz. chilled orange juice

0.5 oz. grenadine

ice

Instructions:

Fill your glass with ice. Add the orange juice, then top it with grenadine. A blender is not necessary for a simple drink like this, but if you do decide to blend the ice and orange juice, top it with grenadine after you are finished and have poured it into the glass.

Strawberry Freeze

Ingredients:

2 oz. strawberries

3 oz. sweetened lemon juice (also called sour mix)

lime

fresh whole strawberries for garnish

ice cubes

blender

Instructions:

This is definitely a blender drink. Put the strawberries and sweetened lemon juice in the blender. It is recommended that two glasses of ice cubes are used. Blend for 10-20 seconds, then pour into the glass. Add a lime wedge and a fresh strawberry for a garnish.

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