Popcorn and a movie. Peanut butter and jelly. Beyoncé and Hov. When two of your favorite things come together, the result is always fantastic. Point in case: booze and snacks.
The following cocktails combine your favorite spirits with the flavor elements of your favorite snack foods to amazing effect. Attempt these at home: 4 Amazing Snack-Inspired Cocktails You Need to Try.
All drink recipes courtesy of Manhattan-based mixologist, IgorZukowiec and Alchemiq Mixology Services.
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Baked Cinnamon
Inspired by Stacy’s Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips
Ingredients:
2 oz. Johnnie Walker Black Label
1.5 oz. Unfiltered Apple Cider
0.5 Fresh Lemon Juice
0.5 oz. Cinnamon Syrup*
2 dashes of Fee Brothers Whiskey Barrel-Aged Bitters
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing cup. Add ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into a rocks glass with fresh ice. Sprinkle cinnamon on top.
*Cinnamon Syrup –simmer 2 cups of sugar with one cup of water and 4 cinnamon sticks for 5 min. Cool it down before using
To try the real thing and compare tastes, visit Stacy’s at stacyssnacks.com
Smoky Limes
Inspired by Krave’s Chili Lime Jerky
Chocolate & Peanut Butter Cup
Inspired by Popcorn Indiana’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Popcorn
Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt Martini
Inspired by KIND Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt bar
Ingredients:
2 oz. Kettle One Vodka
2 oz. Unsweetened Almond Milk
0.75 oz. Turbinado Organic Cane Syrup *(recipe below)
0.5 oz. Amaretto
1 spoon of 100% Natural Unsweetened Cocoa
Chilled coupe glass with Cocoa/Sea Salt/Sugar rim**
Instructions:
Prepare a coupe glass by chilling it in a freezer. Once chilled, wet an outside surface of a rim of a glass with a dash of a cane simple syrup* and dip in a cocoa/salt/sugar powder mix** (recipes below).
Combine all ingredients in a mixing cup. Add ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into the prepared coupe glass.
*Turbinado Organic Cane Syrup – simmer 2 cups of an organic turbinado sugar with one cup of water until sugar dissolves. Cool it doesn before using
**Cocoa/Sea Salt/Sugar Rim Powder – mix equal amounts of 100% natural unsweetened cocoa, an organic turbinado sugar and a sea salt.
To try the real thing and compare tastes, visit KIND Healthy Snacks at kindsnacks.com