April Fool’s Cocktails

 

A martini with tequila? A Manhattan with rum? Pop Rocks with vodka? Before you start scratching your head and questioning everything you knew about cocktails, remember April Fool’s Day is just around the corner. Confuse your friends and your tastebuds with these cocktails that aren't truly what they seem.

 

Apple Fool’s Martini

Just like how fool’s gold is not actual gold, the Apple Fool’s Martini lacks any apple (or vodka). However, its light green color, crisp flavors and fruitiness can potentially fool a drinker into believing they’re enjoying an authentic apple martini.

 

Ingredients

·         ¾ ounce simple syrup

·         5 fresh basil leaves

·         1-½ ounces Don Julio Blanco tequila

·         ½ ounces Green Chartreuse

·         1 ounce ruby red grapefruit juice, freshly squeezed

·         ¾ ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed

·         Garnish (optional): thin apple slice, maraschino cherry

 

Directions

1.    In a shaker, muddle the simple syrup and basil.

2.    Add the Blanco tequila, Green Chartreuse, ruby red grapefruit juice, lime juice, and ice into the shaker; shake until well-chilled.

3.    Double-strain into a chilled Martini glass or coupe.

4.    Garnish with a thin apple slice or a maraschino cherry.

 

Pop Rocks Cosmo

Pull a sweet yet surprising prank with this April Fool's Day cocktail. Instead of rimming the glass with sugar, use explosive Pop Rocks candy.

 

Ingredients

·         2 packets watermelon- or strawberry-flavored Pop Rocks candy

·         2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

·         3 ounces cold vodka

·         ¼ cup unsweetened pomegranate juice

·         1 ounce Cointreau

·         Garnish: lime wedge

 

Directions

1.      Put candy between sheets of parchment; lightly crush with a rolling pin or mallet.

2.      Moisten the rims of two chilled coupes with lime wedge, then dip them into the candy.

3.      Add vodka, lime juice, pomegranate juice, and Cointreau in shaker with ice; shake well.

4.      Divide between glasses.

 

Not Manhattan

A “Manhattan” cocktail without whiskey or vermouth? You won’t believe it until you try it.

 

Ingredients

·         1-½ ounces Banks 5-Island rum

·         2 ounces apple juice

·         3 dashes Peychaud's bitters

·         4 dashes Angostura bitters

·         Garnish: maraschino cherry

 

Directions

1.      Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass; fill with ice.

2.      Stir, and strain into a chilled Martini glass.

3.      Garnish with a cherry.

 

Toilet Water

While this concoction resembles your toilet bowl after you’ve dropped a blue cleaning tablet in it, this berry vodka mixed drink is one of the tastiest Powerade cocktails out there. Plus, you can hydrate while you drink by combining alcohol and Powerade – we're not fooling!

Ingredients

·         25 ounces vodka

·         4 ounces triple sec

·         12 ounces Mixed Berry Powerade

·         2 liters lemon lime soda

Directions

1.      Add ice, vodka, triple sec, Powerade and lemon lime soda to large container.

2.      Stir and serve.

 

H2O Highball Cocktail

While this showstopper of a drink is enjoyable year round, it’s best sipped on April Fool’s Day. Why? Despite its lengthier preparation and balance of flavors, this highball contains no alcohol.

 

Ingredients

·         6 ounces small-batch spring water (2:1 hydrogen-to-oxygen)

·         Sparkling water, chilled, to top

·         1 teaspoon distilled water

·         Garnish: watermelon slice

 

Directions

1.      Fill a highball glass with cubed ice; set aside.

2.      Add the small-batch spring water into a shaker with cubed ice; shake until well-chilled.

3.      Dump the ice from the highball glass;  replace with 3 large ice cubes.

4.      Using a handheld strainer, double strain the small-batch spring water into the highball glass; top with the sparkling water.

5.      Float the distilled water over the top and gently stir.

6.      Garnish with a watermelon slice.

 

 

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Sources

https://cocktails.lovetoknow.com/cocktail-recipes-from-classic-unique/15-april-drinks-as-refreshing-as-april-shower

https://tipsybartender.com/blog/top-12-most-insane-april-fools-drinks/