Memorial Day Cocktail: Strawberry Watermelon Frozen Seltzer

I feel like there is a common theme on my website and it is drinks and food lol it might not always be exactly either of those things but pretty close and at least one of them is involved somehow. Originally I was going to put together a whole blog post covering a themed Memorial Day party but I just don’t think that many people are going to be having huge get togethers {which I totally get!} yet. BUT I DO think that people will still be celebrating and more importantly, enjoying a yummy cocktail. Let me help you with it! I love drinks that have fruit in them, it just makes it feel more fresh. SO I put together a fun Memorial Day inspired cocktail for your weekend!

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WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• BLUEBERRIES

• STRAWBERRIES

• A COUPLE OF APPLES

• WATERMELON STRAWBERRY VIZZY SELTZER

• WATERMELON VODKA

• SKINNY SYRUPS SRAWBERRY WATERMELON FLAVOR

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INSTRUCTIONS

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I want to know what you guys think of this Strawberry Watermelon Frozen Seltzer if you make it! It is delicious and super simple to make! This sangria also got tastier the longer that it was in the pitcher. Maybe plan to make it in the morning if your get together is in the afternoon/evening? Let me know yours in the comments below and if you make the drink tag me in stories and I will share it! You can email as well if you have any questions at tarynintotravel@gmail.com.

Spooky Halloween Sangria

Spooky Halloween Sangria

I always say that these posts are going to be short and sweet so I’m not sure why I start each post by saying that! Lol but I also think that I say that so if you’re new here you don’t to this post and be like “OMG I don’t care how she stumbled upon this recipe standing on a cliff looking out into the water looking at a baby dolphin learning to swim” hahaha! Some recipes just need to get to the point!

I wanted to create a Spooky Halloween Sangria recipe for you guys with things that you probably have in your kitchen! Much like a charcuterie board, I think to some extent…especially with a sangria, you can play around with it and make it what you like. There is a little more wiggle room with sangria because you can literally use any fruit you like, any wine you like.. red or white! You can add rum, brandy, vodka.. pretty much anything you have on hand! So without further ado… I will share the recipe!

This recipe makes one pitcher so if you are wanting more for like a get-together or something, double it! OR triple the recipe depending on how many people are going to be drinking it!

Ingredients/What you will need

• 2 bottles of red wine {I used Apothic Red}

• Rum {1 1/2 cups}

• Splash of apple cider {I added the apple cider to each glass to gauge sweetness depending on each person}

• Simple syrup {optional, I thought the apple cider made it sweet enough!}

• 4 red delicious apples {mostly for the color}

• 1 large container of blackberries

• black sugar sprinkles for the rim of the glass

• honey {to get the sugar to stick to the rim

• pitcher

• skulls {I got mine here}

I would love to see if you decide to make Spooky Halloween Sangria for your Halloween festivities! What are your plans for the weekend? Do you have any? Let me know in the comments below or you can send me an email at tarynintotravel@gmail.com!

Adult Popsicles Six Ways

I know I have mentioned this to you guys before but I eat no less than 10 of those Ice Freeze popsicles a day in the summer! I felt a lot better when I did a poll and most of you eat them in the summer as well. I mean probably not 10 but you do eat them a lot lol. Over the past few weeks we have been testing different kinds of popsicles.. adult popsicles and DANG they are good! We came up with six that we really like so I decided it was time to share it with the people. They are all really simple and most are 2, maybe 3 ingredients! I’m not even really sure if you can call them recipes! It’s more like… “put these two things together”. It took about 15 minutes to make everything and I love how versatile they are! You really can make it whatever you want. You can get the popsicle bags and funnel here!

I put 2 shots in a 16 oz glass and filled the rest of the cup with the juice {and fruit if using}. Each 16 oz glass made 5 popsicles! You could definitely make them not as strong or stronger depending on what you like and how you want them to taste. But I liked them how we did it with the 2 shots per 16 oz glass.

simply blueberry lemonade & vodka & frozen blueberries

raspberry lemonade & raspberry Smirnoff & muddled raspberries

orange juice & vodka

cranberry peach juice & vodka

watermelon juice & vodka & blended watermelon

fruit punch & raspberry Smirnoff

We’ve had them made up in our freezer for a couple of weeks now and I love having one after dinner! I also took them to the beach one afternoon and they were perfect to cool us off. One other thing I did was empty the popsicle into a cup and then poor about a half shot into the cup and fill the rest with the same juice and its a good way to chill your drink without it getting all watered down! I would love to hear if you guys make any of these! If you have any questions at all I would be more than happy to answer them. Comment below or you can email me at tarynintotravel@gmail.com!

Cranberry Peach Cocktail

This is hands down my favorite drink to make at home! Its so easy I honestly probably didn’t need to write a whole blog post on it but I wanted you guys to have an easy place to reference it so here we are! I promise to keep this short and sweet and to not talk {write..?} your ear off. Its so simple, its just three ingredients and one of them is OPTIONAL!! Like seriously, so easy and so yummy and it doesn’t really even taste like you are drinking alcohol but boy let me tell you.. you are!

I feel like vodka is at the bottom of most peoples alcohol lists {probably because of college lol} but because I can’t have a lot of alcohols because they contain gluten - I usually reach for vodka rather than tequila. But I think that this combination of ingredients really makes it seem like you aren’t drinking vodka at all.. just trust me! The holy grail of this drink is the juice that you mix it with.. I find it at Walmart, Target.. Market Basket, I pretty much can find it anywhere! But lately I have been ordering the juice from Walmart.com and its like $5.98 for two of them!

I like to make this drink two ways, regular and frozen. I will make it frozen in the summer as a way to cool off! I like to bring it frozen when I go down to our pool in the summers because it will stay cool longer and that means fewer trips to the apartment and more relaxing time!

What you will need for this Cranberry Peach Cocktail:

• 1-2 shots of vodka

• Frozen Peach chunks {optional}

• Ocean Spray White Cranberry Peach Juice

• Ice

I would absolutely love to know what you guys think of this drink! It is hands down my favorite! But I would also love to know what is your favorite drink?? Dustin’s is a Whiskey Sour and mine is this Cranberry Peach Cocktail! Let me know yours in the comments below! And if you make the drink tag me in stories and I will share it!