These red, white, and blue cocktails are the bomb, bomb pop that is
July parties often have a particular color scheme. These red, white, and blue cocktails borrow inspiration from another classic patriotic treat, the bomb pop. With a nod to nostalgia, everyone will raise a glass to the colorful cocktails.
Sometimes a cocktail can set the mood or the tone for an event. While many people love that effervescent spritz on a warm day, others turn to a more defined theme for a party. It might not necessarily be a signature cocktail, but it gets everyone a little more excited to skip cracking open that beer for a more potent potable.
With red, white and blue cocktails, the options come in various forms. Some people carefully layer ingredients to create that visual. Others go for a more simple approach, using a particular ingredient to color the glass. No matter the approach, the glass become a visual stunner.
Here are some red, white and blue bomb pop cocktails.
Firecracker G + T
While that gin and tonic might be an English favorite, it is time to give it an all-American twist. This cocktail is easy yet offers a visual pop.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. NOLET’S Silver Gin
1 Bomb Pop (or other popsicle)
Frozen Raspberries & Blueberries
4 oz. Tonic Water
Method:
Fill a Balloon glass with ice and frozen fruit.
Add NOLET’S Silver, tonic water, and a popsicle.
Rocket Pop
This sweeter cocktail is definitely not child’s play. The colorful concoction makes for a great dessert substitute. Just make sure to have a steady hand when combining all the ingredients.
Ingredients
1.5oz Cutwater Horchata Vodka
.5 oz blue curacao
.75 oz orgeat
.75oz lemon juice
Peychaud's bitters
Method
Add blue curacao to the bottom of a tall cocktail glass.
In a shaker tin, combine lemon juice, orgeat, and Cutwater Horchata Vodka. Shake vigorously with ice until well-chilled.
Strain the mixture over crushed ice in the prepared glass, allowing it to layer over the blue curacao.
Top with additional crushed ice and add a generous float of bitters.
Garnish with a popsicle stick. Optional: Rim the glass with Pop Rocks for an extra festive touch.
Rocket Pop
Although the name might sound similar, this cocktail is a curious offering. In a way, it is a colorful twist of a nostalgic flavor.
Ingredients:
1½ oz. Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
½ oz. Lime Juice
1 oz. Coconut Water
½ oz. Blue Curacao
½ Grenadine
Directions: Shake Skrewball, lime juice and coconut water with ice. Pour blue curacao into a Collins glass, then add crushed ice to shaken Skrewball cocktail and top with grenadine. Garnish with a popsicle stick.