The Grinch Cocktail is a festive green cocktail with a fusion of flavors, blending tart lime, sweet pineapple, and melon liqueur with lemon-lime soda. The addition of a crimson cherry on top not only adds a pop of color but also pays homage to the Grinch’s heartwarming transformation.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss is a beloved Christmas movie that has touched the hearts of so many people over the years. It makes you feel like you can’t wait for Christmas to come, just like when you were a child.
Christmas Drinks Grinch
This green cocktail is sweet and delicious with fruity flavors and carbonation so, it has some fizz. This delicious recipe is not loaded with alcohol so feel good about serving it to granny. It only contains one ounce of alcohol. But, if that doesn’t sound appealing, you can always make it a double!
It’s such as fun drink!
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The maraschino cherry in this fun holiday drink symbolizes the heart of Mr. Grinch. Along with red sanding sugar, the cherry adds holiday spirit to the drink, so don’t skip it!
You can use the red sanding sugar to decorate Christmas cookies or for Valentine’s Day baking so it won’t go to waste.
Easy Christmas Grinch Cocktail Recipe
This yummy recipe is made with simple ingredients. It’s a fruity drink to serve during the Christmas season at holiday parties or when you want to enjoy a festive cocktail while watching Christmas movies on your comfy couch.
A green cocktail with red sanding sugar sure is appealing at Christmas time!
Ingredients
*The full, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
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- Midori melon-flavored liqueur
- pineapple juice
- lemon lime soda
- maraschino cherry
- lime wedge (for lime juice and to wet rim)
- red sanding sugar
- ice cubes
Use the lime wedge to wet the rim of your glass. Then, dip it into the red sanding sugar.
Use a cocktail shaker to stir the ingredients but, don’t shake it. Because it has soda in it it, it can make a mess when you open it. It’s like shaking a bottle of soda and then opening it.
Then, gently pour the green cocktail into the sugar-rimmed cocktail glass being careful not to fill to the sugar rim or the red sugar will run into the glass.
Use Grinch drinking glasses (amazon affiliate link) pictured below. They’re perfect for serving this simple Grinch cocktail.
Serve this easy cocktail in these cute Grinch plastic cups at your next holiday party for easy clean up.
Celebrate the holiday season with this delicious, fun cocktail. It’s a tasty, green drink to serve your friends. Add this delicious drink to your favorite holiday drink recipes.
This holiday cocktail is not high in calories which is good to know with all of the holiday food. Serve this festive drink at your next Christmas party to boost the holiday spirit.
Make it Non-alcoholic
Substitute the melon liqueur with 2 oz of green Hawaiian punch to make this drink a non-alcoholic Grinch punch recipe for kids.
So, let’s raise our glasses high and celebrate the season with The Grinch Cocktail—because even the grumpiest heart can’t resist a bit of Christmas magic.
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Easy Christmas Grinch Cocktail Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 oz Midori melon liqueur
- 1 oz pineapple juice
- 2 oz lemon lime soda
- 1 lime wedge for rim and juice
- 1 cup ice cubes
- 1 maraschino cherry
- 1 tsp red sanding sugar using more makes it easier
Instructions
- First, add ice to a 6 oz glass.
- Next, use lime wedge to wet the rim of the glass.
- Then, dip rim in red sanding sugar.
- Next, add melon liqueur (1 oz,) pineapple juice (1 oz,) lemon lime soda (2 oz,) lime juice (1/2 tsp) and stir well.
- Last, add the maraschino cherry to the rim.
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