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It may be September, but summer ain't over yet - there's still time for one last float.

Dark Chocolate Bourbon Cherry Soda Floats

via how sweet eats

INGREDIENTS:

1. 1 pint of dark chocolate ice cream
2. 4 ounces of bourbon
3. 2 bottles of cherry soda

METHOD:
Fill glasses with ice cream.

Pour in 1-2 shots of bourbon (or lots more). 

Pour in soda. 

Drink. 

Enjoy!

They practically make themselves.

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it's friday, dolls! I think you deserve a drink.

Watermelon Coconut Refresher
via A House in the Hills

INGREDIENTS

• 2 full cups watermelon, cubed
• 12 oz coconut water
• 6 ounces tequila
• 2 limes, cut into wedges
• 1/2 lime cut into wheels
• sugar
• simple syrup

METHOD

1. Place watermelon cubes in blender, pulse 5-10 seconds until pureed, set aside.
2. In a large shaker muddle, coconut water and lime wedges.
3. Add ice and tequila to shaker, shake for 10-20 seconds.
4. Pour simple syrup and sugar onto two separate small plates.
5. Dip rim of glass in simple syrup and then into sugar to make sugar rim. Repeat for all glasses.
6. Fill glasses with ice.
7. Strain contents of shaker evenly into glasses.
8. Fill remainder of glass with watermelon puree, stir gently.
9. Garnish with a lime wheel.

NOTES

• 1 cup of cubed watermelon makes just under 1 cup watermelon puree.
• Additional simple syrup may be used to sweeten cocktail as desired.
• There may be additional watermelon puree depending on size of glassware used.

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It's friday - who needs a cocktail?

Peach Mules via A House in the Hills

INGREDIENTS

• 1 oz vodka
• .5 oz peach schnapps
• .5 oz Grand Marnier
• 1/2 ripe peach
• 1/2 juicy lime
• (1) 12 oz can of ginger beer

METHOD

1. In a large cocktail shaker muddle, 4-5 lime wedges, 1/2 of a diced ripe peach and peach schnapps.
2. Muddle until peaches are completely mashed.
3. Add a handful of crushed ice and 1 ounce vodka to shaker.
4. Swirl ingredients for approximately 5 seconds.
5. Pour out contents of shaker into glass. Add ice to fill.
6. Fill remainder of glass with ginger beer leaving a little bit of room. (this amount will vary with glass size).
7. Top with .5 ounces of Grand Marnier.
8. Drink up and enjoy!

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It's friday! Since I've been pretty obcessed with all things pink lately, let's celebrate with a pretty pink libation.

Pink Cotton Candy Champagne Cocktail
via she knows

Ingredients:

• 1 ounce cotton candy vodka
• 1/4 teaspoon grenadine, plus extra for rim
• 4 ounces Champagne
• Sugar

Method:

1. Pour a small amount of grenadine onto a saucer and some sugar on another saucer. Place the rim of a Champagne flute into the grenadine, then roll into the sugar.
2. Pour vodka and one-quarter teaspoon grenadine into a Champagne flute. Top with Champagne.
3. Enjoy!

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It's Friday - Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner, so shall we celebrate with a margarita? I thought so. 

Grapefruit Margarita Via Apartment 34

Ingredients: 

• 2 oz. Tequila
• 2 oz. Grapefruit
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. triple sec
• 1/2 oz. agave
• Kosher salt for rim
• lime wedge
• garnish- grapefruit slice/lime slice

Method:

1. Take lime wedge and run around lip of glass. Place salt on plate and swirl the cup lip in the salt.
2. Add tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, triple sec and agave into a shaker with ice. Shake.
3. Add ice to glass. Strain cocktail shaker into glass. Garnish with grapefruit.
4. Gorgeous, no? 

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It's friday - Good Friday in fact. Shall we toast to that?

Kiss of Light Margarita
via magnolia days

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces tequila
• 1/2 ounce Licor 43
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/4 blood orange

Method: 

Add tequila, Licor 43, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Pour liquid into a rocks-type glass filled with ice. Squeeze and drop the 1/4 blood orange into the drink. 

Enjoy!

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It's Friday! Fancy a refreshing beverage?

Mrs. William's Rosemary Lemonade
via local palate mag

Ingredients:

• 6 heaping teaspoons fresh rosemary, plus additional sprigs for garnish
• 12 cups water, separated
• 2−3 cups sugar, more or less depending on your sweet tooth
• 1½ cups freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Lemon wheels, for garnish

Method: 

1. Mix rosemary, 3 cups of water, and sugar in a saucepan and boil gently for 5 minutes.
2. Strain out rosemary and add (the now rosemary-infused) simple syrup mixture to 9 cups of water, lemon juice, and salt.
3. Mix well and serve ice cold. Garnish with sliced lemon and rosemary sprigs. 
4. Enjoy!

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It's Friday! One pregnancy craving I've been feeling really strongly lately is for margaritas - don't worry, I haven't indulged, but I can dream ...

Pink Grapefruit Margaritas, via Pretty Plain Janes
serves four 

Ingredients

• 1 lime, cut in wedges, optional
• Rock or kosher salt, optional
• 1 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice (2 fruits)
• 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (4 limes)
• 1 cup orange liqueur, such a Triple Sec
• 1 cup white tequila
• Agave or simple syrup to taste, optional
• 2 cups ice

Directions

1. Rub lime wedges on edge of 4 empty glasses and rim in salt. Fill each glass with ice
2. Combine juices, orange liquor or triple sec and tequila in smaller pitcher and stir. Add agave or simple syrup to taste if you desire extra sweetness.
3. Pour into prepared glasses and serve immediately with lime wedges. 

Enjoy!

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I'm told it's spring, maybe that's why we have all these showers ...? Or maybe it's still snowing where you are? In any case - I think we should still pretend it's spring and celebrate with something appropriately cheerful.

Orange Blossom
via Style Me Pretty

Ingredients: 

For Almond Syrup:

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup water
• 2 tsp almond extract

For Cocktail:

• 8 oz Vodka
• 4 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
• 4 oz Almond Syrup*
• 12 splashes of Angostura Bitters
• Juice squeezed from 4 Oranges
• 12 Orange slices

Method:

To make the almond syrup: Mix the water and sugar in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Add in almond extract stir thoroughly. Let cool to room temperature.

Pour the vodka, grapefruit juice, orange juice, bitters, and almond syrup into a Cocktail shaker and shake thoroughly. Crush 4 slices of orange in the bottom of each highball glass and fill with ice. Pour cocktail evenly in each glass. Enjoy!

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It's Friday! I've had all things pink on my mind lately. So why not toast this spring, with all the exciting new beginnings it brings, with something pink? 

Coconut Water Champagne Fruit Punch via averie cooks

Makes about 3 cups punch – double or triple the recipe as desired

Ingredients: 

• 1 1/2 cups coconut water, flavored or plain 
• 1 cup+ champagne or white wine*
• 1/2 cup+ orange juice (or other juice; pineapple, apple, pomegranate, grape)
• fruit, frozen or fresh (for garnishes)
• splash grenadine
• 1 drop pink or red food food coloring

Method:

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl or pitcher, stir to combine, chill in the refrigerator before serving. Boom! Easy peasey. 

*You can also use non-alcoholic wine or champagne, white grape juice, or simply omit and adjust proportions of other ingredients to taste.

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It's Friday - let's celebrate with something tasty and green. Yummy, yes?

Shamrock Shake via cupcakes and cashmere 

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups of whole milk (less milk if you prefer thicker shakes)
• 2 large scoops of premium vanilla ice cream
• 1 tsp of peppermint extract
• 2 dashes of mint bitters (optional for flavor and color)
• 2 drops of green food coloring (if you're not using bitters)
• Whipped cream

Method:

1. Place all ingredients into a blender, in the order they are listed.
2. Turn blender on and mix until you reach your preferred consistency.
3. Pour into a tall glass and top with whipped cream.
4. Indulge and enjoy!

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It's Friday! Since it's also March, let's celebrate with something festive and St Patrick's like.

Pot of Gold Punch via The Glitter Guide

Ingredients:

• 1 750ml bottle of white wine
• 1/4 cup St. Germain Liqueur
• 1 cup lemonade
• Seltzer water or tonic
• Lemon slices + rosemary sprigs to garnish

Method: 

Combine wine, lemonade and St. Germain in a pitcher. Pour over ice and top with sparkling water or tonic for a sweeter taste. Garnish with rosemary and lemon slices. Enjoy!

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It's Friday - I don't know about you, but I'm in the mood for something sweet.

Vanilla Lemonade 

Ingredients:

• For the Simple Syrup:
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 cup Water
• 3 slices of Lemon Peel
• 1 Vanilla Bean
• 1 generous pinch of Kosher Salt
• Cheesecloth, to strain syrup
• For the Lemonade:
• Juice of 6-8 lemons, strained
• 8-10 cups of water
• 1 cup of vanilla/lemon syrup
• Lemon slices to garnish

Method: 

Slice the vanilla bean in half and with the back of your knife scrape out all the seeds.

Bring sugar, water, vanilla bean and pod, lemon peel and salt to boil on your stove.

After sugar dissolves gently simmer 5-10 minutes to really get the lemon peel flavor in there.

Remove from heat, strain through a few layers of cheesecloth set over a large measuring cup and cool. You can speed up the process by placing the measuring cup in a large bowl surrounded by ice.

Once the syrup has cooled; add it to a large pitcher along with the 8-10 cups of water and strained lemon juice. Garnish with a few lemon slices.

Pour in a tall glass over ice and enjoy.

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It's Friday! Let's celebrate with something toasty and chocolate-y.

Aztec Chocolate Old Fashioned via Apartment 34

Ingredients:

• 2oz Bourbon
• few dashes Fee Brothers aztec chocolate bitters
• ½ oz Creme De Cacao
• Peeled orange wedge
• Brandied cherry
• 1 oz Soda Water

Method:

Gently muddle orange slice and brandied cherry in glass with creme de cacao and chocolate bitters. Add ice cube. Pour in bourbon and soda water. Garnish with a blood orange slice (or peel) and plop in a brandied cherry (or three!). Enjoy! 

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It's Friday - and Valentine's Day to boot! Regardless of your plans this evening, let's toast with this hot little number.

Red Valentine via the stylish type blog

Ingredients 

• 1.5 ounce of Patron silver tequila
• 1 ounce Organic brand lemonade
• splash of Rose's Red grenadine syrup
• red sugar for rim
• lemon wedge
• ice

Method

Pour sugar into a shallow plate or bowl. Wet the rim of glass with the lemon wedge. Dip glass into the sugar to rim. Fill glass with ice. Combine tequila, lemonade, and grenadine into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake for 45 seconds. Strain into the prepared sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with lemon wedge. Enjoy with a loved one (partners, flings, girls friends, sisters, and cats all count). 

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It's Friday! In honor of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, let's toast with one of these babies. 

Perfect White Russian

via cupcakes and cashmere 

Ingredients 

1. oz vodka 
2. 1 oz Kahlua (or your preferred coffee liqueur)
3. 1 oz heavy cream
4. 1 cinnamon stick (optional)
5. 2-3 large ice cubes

Method  

1. Place ice cubes in a lowball glass. Add vodka, Kahlua and heavy cream.

2. Stir with cinnamon stick to add a little flavor (or a spoon to keep it traditional). Leave cinnamon stick in as a garnish.

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It's Friday - let's celebrate with a sweet treat.

Cookies & Cream Frozen Hot Chocolate

makes 3-4 servings via a beautiful mess 

Ingredients 

• 8 oz cookies and cream chocolate (two of the larger, 4 oz. bars)
• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons hot cocoa mix (if you can find a white chocolate variety, even better)
• 3 cups whole milk
• 6 cups ice cubes

Method
Start by melting the chocolate bars in a small pan over medium heat or in the microwave. Since the chocolate bars have small bits of cookies in them keep a close eye on it while melting - you don't want to burn your bits. Once melted remove from heat and stir in the sugar and hot cocoa mix until well combined. Combine the chocolate mixture with the milk and ice in a blender. Puree. Pour into 3-4 tall glasses and garnish with whipped cream and, if you're feeling fancy, a toasted marshmallow. Sweet, no?

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It's friday, dolls. You know what that means - yep, time for a drink. Let's revisit a classic.

Larder Lemon Drop Martini 
via autumn makes and does

Ingredients

• 1 oz meyer lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon preserved meyer lemon brine
• 1 oz meyer limoncello
• 1/4 oz dry vermouth, such as Dolin
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 meyer lemon peel, for garnish (optional)

Method

Add the juice, brine, limoncello, vodka, and vermouth to a cocktail shaker. Fill the cocktail shaker with ice, shake until well-chilled, about 20 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with meyer lemon peel if desired. Enjoy!

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It's Friday! Care for a little dreamy nip?

White Cosmo via Style Me Pretty

Ingredients:

1. 2 parts vodka
2. 1 part St Germain 
3. 1/2 part lime juice
4. 3/4 parts cranberry juice 

Method: 

Shake all ingredients together and strain into a chilled martini glass. Gold sugar rim and flower garnish optional.

Enjoy!

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It's friday - even if is dark and cold where you are, it doesn't mean you can't kick the weekend off with something sunny. 

Satsuma Margaritas 
via pbs food

Ingredients

• 
  
• For the Glass Rim: 

• 1 teaspoon satsuma orange zest

• 2 teaspoons white granulated sugar

• 1 tablespoon kosher salt 

• 
  
• For the Drink: 

• 6 fluid ounces tequila

• 4 fluid ounce freshly squeezed lime juice

• 16 fluid ounces satsuma orange juice (from about 12 oranges) 

• 4 fluid ounces Cointreu or triple sec

Method

1. On a small plate, mix together the orange zest, granulated sugar and salt. Rub a juiced lime around each of the glasses' rims and dip them into the sugar/salt mixture. 
2. To make one cocktail, add a few ice cubes to a glass. Pour in 1 1/2 fluid ounces of tequila, 1 fluid ounce of lime juice, 4 fluid ounces satsuma orange juice and 1 fluid of Cointreu or triple sec; stir to combine. Repeat with the remaining cocktails. Enjoy immediately.

Yield: 4 cocktails

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