St. Patrick's Day Green Drink Recipes

Mean, Green Drink Recipes for this St. Patrick's Day You want to welcome in the greenest day in March in style – sure, Guinness is a St. Patrick's Day staple, but it can get a little old year after year. Freshen up your St. Patrick's Day from morning until, well, March 18 with these drink recipes, which range from delectable to dangerous, and which all have a hint of the green Irish isle. Breakfast Meets Dessert The Green Manhattan Green Beer INGREDIENTS INGREDIENTS INGREDIENTS 1 tsp. 1.5 oz. 2 oz. A dash of Orange Bitters Heavy Cream Irish Whiskey Irish Whiskey Beer - any Green Food Coloring kind 1 tsp. Sugar 3 oz. Hot Coffee 1 oz. Italian Vermouth Wake up and greet the St. Patty's Day morning! Tell your leprechaun to fetch you some cracked ice. Grab your laziest friends - they'll help. DIRECTIONS A Stumble to coffee maker. DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS Make coffee. O Stir ice and ingredients together. Strain into a martini glass. O Give the leprechaun half. No sense in upsetting a leprechaun. O Pour coffee into mug - glass, if you have one. Add 2 drops of green food coloring O Pour in some beer. You don't even have to stir. O Add sugar and stir. OAdd whiskey. O Whip the cream, then pour slowly over the back of a spoon on top of O Prepare to look like you've been eating clover. Bonus! your concoction. O Toast the fact that you won't be this coordinated for the rest of the day! A Tropical Irish Holiday INGREDIENTS Martini à la Mint Once More, With Feeling: rish Appletini 1/4 cup INGREDIENTS Peeled Kiwis Light Rum INGREDIENTS 1 oz. Sour Apple Schnapps 1/3 oz. 3/4 oz. 8-oz. 2 oz. Dry Vermouth 3 cups of ice Irish Whiskey can of Undrained Crushed Pineapple Vodka 1/3 oz. 2 oz. White Cranbery Juice Crème de Menthe 1/4 cup 3 tbsp. Melon Liqueur Cream of Coconut Take a hard look in the mirror: Why aren't you drinking whiskey? Imagine you're on a tropical island, instead of standing in your yard in a green bowler hat in 30-degree weather. Pick yourself up off the floor. Find that martini glass you were using earlier. DIRECTIONS DIRECTIONS O Pour ingredients over ice and shake, O Strain into a martini glass. These martinis are greener than whiskey anyway – serve up! O Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker. O Shake for 30 seconds. O Strain into the martini glass. O It's OK if you sip this one. DIRECTIONS O Blend 4 kiwi fruits. Add ice and the rest of your ingredients, then blend again. O Strain ingredients through a sieve - yes, we're breaking out the sieve - to get rid of seeds. O Divide mixture into six glasses and garnish each with slices of the remaining kiwi. O Chug, then go buy some whiskey. You've made it through St. Patty's Day, and you've even gotten your daily serving of fruit! But don't let your drinks outshine your mean, green style - check out the best in St. Patrick's Day costumes and accessories at Halloween Express. SOURCES http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/bushmills-irish-coffee-10000001859449/ http://www.rd.com/slideshows/6-drink-recipes-for-st-patricks-day/ http://www.myrecipes.com/holidays-and-occasions/st-patricks-day-recipes/how-to-make-green-beer-10000001880390/ http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/emerald-mint-martini-10000000410547 http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/kiwi-colada-10000001065495/ http://www.rd.com/slideshows/6-dr ink-recipes-for-st-patricks-day/#slideshow-slide3 HALLOWEEN EXPRESS"