Going Bananas

Written By David Edessa

Going Bananas!!!

Most mornings I wake up to a nutritional breakfast of a banana and cup of coffee…. I know… I should have better meal to start the day.

Well, I thought it would be fun just to keep it simple and use the banana as the main ingredient in this week’s cocktail recipes.

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Banana Margarita:

Ingredients:

• ½ oz. Banana liqueur
• 1 oz. tequila
• ¾ teaspoon lemon juice
• ¾ teaspoon lime juice
• ½ oz. Grand Marnier liqueur
• ¼ large bananas

Instructions:

Build your drink in the glass you will be using. Start by filling the glass to the top with ice. Combine the lemon juice, lime juice, banana liqueur, tequila, and bananas. In the container of a blender add the built cocktail. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour into margarita glass to serve. Drizzle on top the Grand Marnier. The reason you want to build in the glass is to make an exact portion…Waste Not!

Banana Foster Cocktail:

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Pinnacle Whipped Vodka
• 1 oz. Banana liqueur
• 2 oz. Godiva Original Chocolate liqueur
• ½ banana
• 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
• Caramel syrup
• 1 teaspoon cocoa powder

Instructions:

Fill a glass with ice to the top. Build your drink by combining all ingredients (except powdered cocoa) in the ice filled glass. Pour the ingredients into the blender container and blend until smooth. Take a glass and drizzle the caramel

Put syrup in the inside of glass. Pour ingredients from blender into the prepped cocktail glass. Garnish with a dusting of powdered cocoa, and serve.

Banana Split Martini:

Ingredients:

• ¾ oz. Vanilla Vodka
• ¾ oz. Godiva Original Chocolate liqueur
• ¾ oz. Banana liqueur
• ½ oz. Malibu Coconut Rum
• ¼ oz. Pineapple Juice
• Strawberry Syrup
• Chocolate Syrup
• Caramel Syrup
• Cherry

Instructions:

Swirl three syrups in Martini glass. Add vanilla vodka, banana liqueur, Godiva liqueur, Malibu and pineapple juice into a shaker. Add a cup of ice to shaker and shake vigorously. Pour chilled ingredients into prepped glass. Garnish with a cherry

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DRINK RESPONSIBLE & DRINK SMART!!!And Go Bananas!!! 😉

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