Sweet Sparkler, aka the Pop Rocks Cocktail

What was with the obsession with Pop Rocks? Because it was the ’90s, of course. People made a lot of questionable decisions back them, quite a few of which involved adding candy to beverages—Mentos and Coke, anyone? The ’90s fixation on Pop Rocks is no secret. Who among us hasn’t heard the urban legend involving the unfortunate teen who ingested Pop Rocks and Coke? To be honest, this is pretty tasty. It’s basically a lemonade cocktail, and the Pop Rocks are sort of delightful.

Recipe:

1 ¾ ounces of vodka
¾ ounces of lemonade
½ ounce of triple sec
1 ounce of cranberry juice
1 lime wedge
1 pack of blue Pop Rocks

Get your cocktail shaker ready, pour in the booze and juice, and shake until chilled. Moisten the rim of your glass with the lime, then press the glass into the Pop Rocks. Add ice. Pour the cocktail into the glass and enjoy.

White Russian

We can thank The Big Lebowski for this one. No, for real, let’s all take a moment to give thanks for both the Big Lebowski and the legacy of the Dude, who abides. All right, now we have to watch the movie, but first—a White Russian.

Recipe:

1 ounce of Smirnoff Cinna-Sugar Twist
½ an ounce of Kahlua
½ an ounce of half and half
Cinnamon to garnish

After filling your cocktail shaker with ice, add everything except the cinnamon and shake. Pour the mixture into a glass, over ice, and add a sprinkle of cinnamon. Now abide.

Dunkaroo Rum Shake

Oh, Dunkaroos! Who can forget? We also can’t help but notice the “rump shaker” connection in the drink name, and we approve. To say this is a dessert drink is an understatement. It is nostalgic nirvana in a glass—with booze. And ice cream. This is the drink you drink when you’re going to spend all day stalking all of your high school crushes on Facebook while you watch movies like Romeo + Juliet, Clueless, and Empire Records.

Recipe:

3 ounces of white rum
3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
½ a cup of heavy cream
½ an ounce of orange blossom water
Rainbow sprinkles aplenty
Dunkaroos vanilla frosting for garnish
Dunkaroos cookies to dip

Grab a milkshake glass, rim it in the frosting, then press it into the sprinkles. Place the rest of the ingredients in your blender and mix until everything’s just blended to it remains thick. Pour the concoction into your milkshake glass, sprinkle some more sprinkles on top, then serve with the cookies.

The SATC Cosmo

Sex and the City brought the Cosmopolitan back in vogue in the ’90s. Everyone wanted to be a Carrie or a Samantha. No one wanted to be Charlotte or Miranda because it was the ’90s and no one could really appreciate either archetype, but that, friends, is another story for another time. Today, the story is about getting lit on one of the ’90s most sophisticated pink drinks.

Recipe:

1 ½ shots of citrus vodka
½ a shot of Cointreau
¾ of a shot of cranberry juice
½ a shot of lime juice
2 dashes of orange bitters

Add the ingredients to your cocktail shaker and shake until chilled, then strain the drink into a cocktail glass. Don’t forget the orange garnish!

The Chumbawamba

You remember “Tubthumping,” right? So, this is pretty simple. You just tell the bartender that he takes a whiskey drink, he takes a vodka drink, he takes a lager drink, he takes a cider drink…

Recipe:

½ a pint of beer (or lager, in the interest of accuracy)”
1 shot of vodka
1 shot of Scotch Whisky
½ a pint of Strongbow Cider

Grab a pint glass and pour in a snake bite consisting of half beer and half cider. Top it off with the whiskey and vodka, then stir. Drink carefully; try not to piss the night away or play the trumpet.

If you could make a cocktail out of any ’90s treat, what would you use? Gushers? Squeeze-its? Ecto-Cooler?

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The Gold Rush Cocktail

As you might expect, the inclusion of honey makes for a sweet, rich cocktail. As mentioned, this is one of those drinks that uses honey syrup as opposed to straight honey, but it’s not hard to find, and it’s easy to make, so you won’t have a problem finding it or keeping it close at hand. Otherwise, this cocktail is deceptively simple. It only uses three ingredients, but they’re practically made for each other. Just watch out—the warm sweetness of the honey fools you into thinking the drink’s not as potent as it is. You could end up throwing them back, one after the other, and the next thing you know, you’ll think you’re a bee.

Recipe:

2 ounces of bourbon
¾ of an ounce of freshly squeezed lemon juice
¾ of an ounce of honey syrup

Fill your cocktail shaker with ice, then add all the ingredients. Shake it like you mean it to get everything chilled, then strain it into a tumbler or a double old-fashioned glass filled with ice.

The Penicillin Cocktail

The name sounds ominous, but it makes sense because this will cure what ails you, especially on chilly nights. The flavor combinations are solid, but details like lemon juice and ginger make this a boozy cure-all. It’s a fabulous cocktail to nurse during date night, but you could just as easily sip your way to the bottom if you’re feeling under the weather.

Recipe:

2 ounces of blended Scotch whiskey
¾ of an ounce of fresh lemon juice
¾ of an ounce of honey syrup
3 slices of fresh ginger
¼ of an ounce of Islay single malt Scotch

Place the ginger at the bottom of your cocktail shaker and muddle it with a mixing spoon or a muddler. Mash it up well, then pour in the blended Scotch, honey, and lemon juice, and fill up the shaker with ice. Shake it until chilled, then strain the drink into a rocks glass filled with ice. Finally, add the Islay Scotch by pouring it over the back of your bar spoon, which should make it float on top of the drink.

Moscato Bee’s Knees Wine Cocktail

Apparently, this is a tasty drink for sipping, so you can let it linger. It’s soothing, low-key, and it’s also the ideal concoction to take care of a cold. Unlike the other two drinks, this one uses straight up honey—thank you, hot water, because real honey makes a real difference.

Recipe:

1 ½ tablespoons of honey
½ a tablespoon of hot water
2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice, depending on taste
4 ounces of Frontera Moscato

Pour the hot water and honey into a glass, stirring until the honey dissolves. Add both the Moscato and the lemon juice. Continue stirring.

Have you ever tried a cocktail with honey? It adds such a mild, golden sweetness, plus it adds flower undertones to almost any drink. Now that you know how to make honey syrup, why not experiment?

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