Halloween Recipe - Nuclear Waste

1 measure blue curacao
1 measure Bailey's Irish Cream
1 pint apple cider

Mix all ingredients and serve in a punch bowl. The end result is a greenish-brown liquid with curdled bits floating in it and a thick layer of scummy foam on top. (Supposedly, it tastes wonderful!)

Summertime Fruit Slush

3 ounces any red fruit flavored gelatin 1 cup boiling water
3 cups cold water
2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
12 ounces frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
lemon lime flavored carbonated beverage, chilled


Serving Size: 8 ounces

Servings: 20

Container: punch bowl or large pitcher, small bowl, non-metal freezer container

Prep Time: 10 minutes

In small bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
In freezer container, combine dissolved gelatin with remaining ingredients except carbonated beverage. Cover.

Freeze until slushy consistency, about 8 hours or overnight.
To serve, spoon 1/2 cup mixture into serving glass, then fill with carbonated beverage.

Note: If slush is frozen, let stand at room temperature for at least an hour. Diet or sugar free ingredients are fine in this recipe.
For adult flavor: add vodka or gin if desired.

Hot Drinks for a Cold Snowy Day!

Russian Coffee


1/2 shot coffee liquor such as Tia Maria (preferred) or Kahlua

1/2 shot Frangelico

1/2 shot vodka (thus "Russian")

Hot coffee
Pour spirits into mug or coffee glass; top with hot coffee.
Jamaican Java


1 shot dark rum (Myers preferred)

1 shot dark creme de cacao

Hot coffee
Rim mug or coffee glass with lime juice, then sugar; pour in spirits and then hot coffee. Stir to mix, and top with real whipped cream and cinnamon before serving.
Hot Hopper


1/2 shot creme de menthe

1 shot white creme de cacao

1/2 shot Bailey's Irish Cream

Hot chocolate
Mix spirits in mug or coffee glass, add hot chocolate and top with whipped cream and mint leaf.
Toasted Almond


1 shot Amaretto

1 shot vodka

1/2 shot Kahlua

Half and half
Warm half and half in small saucepan over low heat until steaming. Add Amaretto, vodka and Kahlua. Stir to mix and serve.
Hot Chocolate Buttered Rum


1 1/2 shots dark rum

2 teaspoons brown sugar

1 shot creme de cacao

Pat butter

2 whole cloves

Hot chocolate
Combine ingredients in small saucepan over low heat. Warm until steaming and butter and brown sugar have melted, stir to mix and serve.
Classic Hot Toddy


2 shots whiskey

1 shot simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water, heated to make syrup, then cooled for mixed drinks)

4 cloves

Sprinkle cinnamon to taste

Sprinkle ground nutmeg to taste

Boiling water

Lemon slice

Cinnamon stick
Combine ingredients through nutmeg in mug or coffee glass. Add hot water, stir with cinnamon stick, garnish with lemon slice and enjoy.
Hot Nog


1 shot rum

1 shot brandy

Heated eggnog

Sprinkle cinnamon to taste
Heat eggnog in small saucepan over low heat until steaming. Add rum and brandy, stir to mix, pour into mug or coffee glass and sprinkle with cinnamon.

Jar Recipe - Rich Hot Chocolate Mix

8 cups dry milk
1 pound instant chocolate drink, like Swiss Miss or Nestle's Quick
1 cup Coffeemate
4 heaping tablespoons powdered sugar

Mix the ingredients and put them into an airtight jar.

Attach to the jar:
Rich Hot Chocolate
Add 1/2 cup mix per cup of boiling water. Makes 24 cups

Sangria Tea

3 cups boiling water
5 tea bags regular or decaffeinated
1/3 cup sugar
2 cups chilled grape juice
1 orange, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
1 lime, sliced
4-5 large strawberries, sliced (optional)
chilled club soda
ice

Boil water and steep tea bags for 5 minutes. Remove tea bags, stir in sugar and cool.

In large pitcher, combine the brewed tea with remaining ingredients except for the club soda. Chill for 2 hours.

Just before serving, pour into punch bowl or a clear glass pitcher, add ice and a splash of club soda.

Garnish with slices of fruit.

Instant Russian Tea - Hot or Iced

2 cups orange-flavored drink mix (e.g. Tang)
2 cups white sugar
1/4 cup instant tea powder
3/4 cup lemon-flavored instant tea powder (unsweetened)
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cloves

1. In a large bowl, combine orange drink mix, sugar, tea powder,
cinnamon and cloves. Mix well and store in an airtight container.

2. To serve, put 3 teaspoons of mix in a mug. Stir in 1 cup boiling water. Adjust to taste.







If you want it iced, make it hot first with 4 tsp per cup hot water, stir
till dissolved and let cool a few min, then pour over 16 oz of ice.

Choosing a Recipe Box

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If you are a major recipe collector you may want several matching small ones where you have one category for each box, such as one for salads and vegetables, one for desserts, another for meats and main dishes, etc. Or you may choose one or two larger ones. It is all a matter of personal preference!