Spiked Hot Chocolate

• 2 cups milk
• 2 ounces bitter-sweet chocolate
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 ounces kahlua or coffee-flavored liquor
• marshmallows or whip cream

Directions

1. Finely chop the chocolate and add to the milk. Stir in the sugar and cook for 15 minutes, or until the sugar is completely dissolved and the chocolate is melted. Do not boil.
2. Divided the kahlua equally between two large mugs. Pour the chocolate mixture into the mugs and stir to combine. Top with marshmallows or whip cream. 

strawberry italian cream soda

• 3 tablespoons (1-1/2 oz.) Strawberry Syrup
• 3 tablespoons (1-1/2 oz.) heavy cream or half & half
• 1 cup ice
• 12 oz seltzer water (or your favorite carbonated water) , chilled
• 1 serving whipped cream

1. Stir together strawberry syrup and cream in 12 oz glass.
   
2. Add ice.
   
3. Fill glass with seltzer; stir. Garnish with whipped cream. Serve immediately.

adult root beer

1 ounce root beer vodka

1 ounce vanilla vodka

4 ounces ginger ale or seltzer

Mix in a glass filled with ice and garnish with a cherry.

lavender lemonade ~ non alcoholic

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• handful of fresh lavender blooms (or 3 tablespoons of dried lavender)
• juice of 1/2 lemon
• sparkling water

1. Make a simple syrup (1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, bring sugar and water to a boil)
2. Add a handful of lavender blooms to the simple syrup. (Or, 3 tablespoons of dried lavender.)
3. Bring sugar, water, and lavender to a boil, then let it sit and cool down.
4. Fill a pitcher with ice cubes. Add 1/2 cup lemon juice to 1/2 cup lavender syrup to pitcher. Fill the rest of the pitcher with sparkling water.
5. Before serving, stir lavender, lemon juice, and sparkling water.

pineapple smoothie ~ non alcoholic

• 1 1/2 C chilled pineapple juice
• 1/2 C plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 6 ice cubes 

Combine ingredients in blender and blend well. Serve in chilled glasses. 
Makes 2 servings.

salty chihuahua

• coarse salt ~ optional
• 4 ounces tequila, divided
• 2 ounces orange-flavored liqueur, such as Cointreau, divided
• 3 cups grapefruit juice, divided
• 4 grapefruit slices, for garnish

Wet the rims of 4 glasses and coat with coarse salt (if desired); fill the glasses with ice. Pour 1 ounce tequila and 1/2 ounce liqueur into each. Top each with 3/4 cup grapefruit juice and stir. Garnish with a slice of grapefruit.