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St. Pat Drinks

Irish Coffee

Leprechaun Lime Drink

Pam's Bailey's Irish Cream

St. Patrick's Day Punch

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Christmas Drinks

Cranberry Sparkle Punch
New Year's Eve Banana Punch Wassail

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Skinny Pumpkin Spice Latte

1-2 shots of espresso (or 3-4 oz dark roast coffee)
6 oz hot milk of your choice (skim, 2%, Almond Milk, Soy Milk, Coconut Milk - they will all work!)
1 Tablespoon of brown sugar
½ Tablespoon of pumpkin puree
½ teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon of vanilla syrup
Top with whipped cream – optional Cinnamon to garnish.

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Pumpkin Spice Latte Swappuccino

3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
3 tbsp. vanilla protein powder with about 100 calories per serving
3 tbsp. canned pure pumpkin
2 tsp. instant coffee granules
2 packets no-calorie sweetener (like Truvia)
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1/8 tsp. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup crushed ice (about 12 ice cubes)

Optional toppings: light whipped topping (like Skinny Truwhip or So Delicious Dairy Free CocoWhip! Light), additional pumpkin pie spice

Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend at high speed until smooth, stopping and stirring if needed. (The longer you blend it, the bigger and frothier it'll get.) SmartPoints® value 2

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Wassail

1 quart Apple cider
4 each Cinnamon sticks
1 each Whole nutmeg
1/2 cup Honey
1/4 cup Lemon juice
1 teaspoon Lemon peel, grated

Floating Cloved Oranges:
3 each Oranges
3 teaspoons Cloves -- whole

Poke 1 tsp cloves into each orange for Floating Cloved Oranges.
Add cider, seasonings, and Floating Cloved Oranges to crockpot;
heat at least 1/2 hour, and the longer, the better.

Orange Stars: cut oranges into 1/2" slices. Stick 5 cloves around slice at equal intervals; cut out wedges between cloves. The result looks kind of like a star.

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Black Forest Coffee

6 oz Fresh brewed coffee
2 tbl Chocolate syrup
1 tbl Maraschino cherry juice
Whipped cream
Shaved chocolate/chips
Maraschino cherries

Combine coffee, chocolate syrup, and cherry juice in a cup; mix well.
Top with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and a cherry.

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Ginger Tea Punch

8 single-serving-size tea bags
1 1- to 2-inch piece gingerroot, thinly sliced
2 to 4 tablespoons sugar
2 12-ounce bottles or cans ginger ale, chilled
1 orange, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced (optional)


Place tea bags and gingerroot in a tea pot. Add 4-1/2 cups boiling water. Cover; let steep 3 to 5 minutes or until desired strength. Remove tea bags. Stir in sugar. Cool at room temperature 2 hours. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

To serve, pour tea mixture through a strainer into a 2-quart pitcher. Add ginger ale. Pour over ice in tall glasses. If desired, garnish with orange. Makes 8 (8-ounce) servings.

Make-Ahead Tip: Brew tea as directed. Cover and chill for up to 8 hours. Serve as directed.

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Orange Julius

1/2 of a 12 ounce can of concentrated orange juice
1 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2-1 tsp. vanilla-flavor to taste
Ice cubes-the number you add depends on how slushy you want the drink to be.

Blend all ingredients in blender.

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Cranberry Sparkle Punch

1 16 ounce can jellied cranberry sauce
3/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 1/2 cups chilled bottled ginger ale
Sloe Gin optional

Beat cranberry sauce till smooth; stir in orange and lemon juices. Pour cranberry mixture over ice cubes in 2-quart pitcher or punch bowl. Slowly pour in ginger ale. You can add a splash of Sloe Gin to the punch bowl.
Makes 12 to 15 servings.

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New Year's Eve Banana Punch

4 c. sugar
1 lg. can pineapple juice
1 med. can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 med. can frozen orange juice
concentrate
5 bananas, quartered

Boil 6 quarts water and sugar to make a syrup; let cool. Stir in next 3 ingredients. Scrape seeds from bananas; place bananas in blender container.
Process to puree; stir into juice mixture freeze until needed. Remove from freezer 2 to 3 hours before serving. Punch should be slushy when served.

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Summerberry Cooler

1 cup fresh strawberries
1/2 cup fresh raspberries
1/4 cup fresh blueberries
3/4 cup frozen apple juice concentrate
1-2/3 cups chilled carbonated water Ice cubes
or 1 recipe Berry Ice Cubes (see below)

In blender container combine berries and apple juice concentrate. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour into pitcher and slowly stir in carbonated water. Pour over ice cubes or Berry Ice Cubes in tall, chilled glasses. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.

Berry Ice Cubes: Fill 2 ice-cube trays with fresh berries (halve or quarter berries, if necessary). Add water. Freeze until firm.

Nutrition facts per serving: 96 calories, 0 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 15 mg sodium, 24 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein, 0% vitamin A, 27% vitamin C, 1% calcium, 4% iron.

From: Better Homes and Gardens - ref:08/04/01

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Florida Sunshine Slush

6z frozen orange juice
6z frozen lemonade
46 z canned pineapple juice
2 c. sugar
1 jar (sm) maraschino cherries (juice and all)
9 1/2 c. water
1 or 1 1/2 pint brandy

Mix in large plastic container with cover and freeze at least 2 days before serving.
Serve in stemware glass by using an ice cream scoop one or two per glass and fill with gingerale, 7 Up, 1/2 & 1/2, club soda or whatever. Keeps days, weeks, months, depends on consumption.
Thanks to my sister Pam - Jensen Beach, FL - ref: 05/24/98

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Bailey's Irish Cream

3 eggs
1 can condensed milk
12z grain alcohol
1 pint half and half
2 tbl. chocolate syrup

Blend. Refrigerate.
From my sister Pam - Jensen Beach, FL - ref:03/15/98

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Bobbing Apple Punch

1 1/2 cups orange juice
4 cups apple cider
1 cup pineapple juice
2 tbsp sugar
4 cups ginger ale, chilled
6 small red apples
1 orange -- sliced

In punch bowl mix orange juice -- apple cider, pineapple juice and sugar. Chill a couple of hours, before serving. Add ginger ale, apples, orange slices and ice cubes.

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