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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

{ Layered Drinks: For the 4th }




Yessterday, the drinks I made were red, blue, and yellow,

Since the 4th of July is in a few days, I thought I should substitute the yellow for white!

I was out today, while the Bean was at his Summer Drama Troupe practice and grabbed a Mt. Dew White Out from the gas station.






This is Mt. Dew White Out- 30 grams of sugar

V8 Splash - 14 grams of sugar

Propel (with blue food coloring) 0 grams of sugar

There are also plenty of  Gatorade & Powerade flavors out there with the medium & no/low sugar contents, so they are great for the middle and top layers.

 Full instructions in my prior post here.

Tina


Monday, June 25, 2012

{ Layered Drinks }


I saw these drinks a long time ago. I want to say it was on a TV show, but I could totes be wrong.

I know, I'm just as shocked as you are, but it's been known to happen a time or two (or a thousand).





They are SO cool. Iknowright?

Easy and so much fun.

And yes, that is a jar. I love jars for drinks. This tall, skinny jar is from my favorite olives.
Mmmm... I love those things a big gooey lot. So much love.

But enough about those little green gems, on to the drinks!

All ya need is this: 

  • Clear glasses- the taller, the better (or jars if you like)
  • Ice, and lots of it
  • drinks with differing sugar contents

You can use more than three, but these were what I had in the house at the time.

Just check the sugar grams on the label.


For these I used:
  • Mt Dew - 46 grams of sugar (YOWTCH!)
  • V8 Splash- 18 grams of sugar
  • Propel- 0 grams of sugar 

The Propel is pretty much clear, so I added a dash of blue food coloring.

Then add your ice, allll the way to the top. 

Pour in your heaviest (aka most sugary) drink.

Mt Dew for me


Then pour in your second heaviest drink, the V8 Spalsh in my case, slowly, and through the ice.


Here is another I did with a tiny bit of the 2nd liquid it in so you can see the separation


I've found it's easiest to pour from something with a spout. I used a measuring cup.


Then, pour in your lightest drink (Propel here), again, slowly, and through the ice. You can add a little more ice before adding the last color if you need too. Make sure it's all the way to the top.


As I said, you can add more layers, just make sure each color has a significant sugar difference and ending with the 0 sugar drink. 



This drink has 100% Bean approval. He may have drank 2 of them.


These are great for summer get togethers, parties, holidays, or.. just whenev, ya know.

The Bean thinks I should make these for our Harry Potter party next month. I think I might could do that.

  Potions anyone?

Tina

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