Blended Drinks & Alcoholics Smoothies Recipes

Whether you're throwing a beach bash, a pool party, or watching an Indian summer sunset, these cool, refreshing drinks will taste like a dream and kick like a mule! For best results, add the ingredients to your blender in the following order: alcohol, juice, sugar, fruit, crushed ice. Then puree until smooth. It couldn't be simpler... or more tasty!

(For fat-free or sugar-free versions, or just to cut down on calories, see the substitutions in parantheses.)

Bloody Mary

• ½ cup tomato juice
• 1 ripe tomato, seeded and peeled
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 tsp horseradish
• 1 ½ oz vodka
• juice of ½ lemon
• dash of Tabasco
• salt and pepper to taste

Frozen Blizzard

• ½ cup milk (or skim milk)
• 1 oz Kahlua
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 cup crushed ice

Grasshopper Pie

• 2 oz cream (or fat free half and half)
• ½ oz creme de menthe
• 1 oz creme de cacao
• 2 scoops (½ cup) vanilla ice cream (or frozen yogurt)

Mocha Russian

• 1 oz coffee liqueur
• 1 oz vodka
• 2 scoops (½ cup) chocolate ice cream (or frozen yogurt)

Pina Colada

• 2 oz light rum
• 2 oz coconut cream (or fat free half and half plus a dash of coconut extract)
• ½ cup pineapple juice
• ½ cup crushed ice

Almond Colada

• 3 oz amaretto
• 2 oz coconut cream (or fat free half and half plus a dash of coconut extract)
• ½ cup pineapple juice
• ½ cup crushed ice

Strawberry Margarita

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz triple sec
• 3 oz lime juice
• ½ cup frozen strawberries
• ½ cup crushed ice
• sugar (or Splenda) to taste

Cranberry Margarita

• 2 oz tequila
• 2 oz unsweetened cranberry juice
• 4 oz water
• 1 cup crushed ice
• juice of ½ lime
• sugar (or Splenda) to taste
• juice of ½ lime

Scurvy Smoothie

• 1 ½ oz light rum
• ½ cup fresh orange juice
• ½ ripe banana
• ½ cup crushed ice

Cuban Mambo

• 2 oz rum
• ½ oz triple sec
• ½ cup pineapple pieces
• juice of ½ lime
• ½ cup crushed ice
• honey (or Splenda) to taste

Banana Lime Daiquiri

• 2 oz rum
• ½ oz triple sec
• 1 ripe banana
• juice of ½ lime
• ½ cup crushed ice

Peachy Keen Daiquiri

• 2 oz light rum
• ½ oz peach brandy
• ½ cup frozen peach slices
• juice of ½ lime
• ½ cup crushed ice
• honey (or Splenda) to taste

Malaria Killer (Daiquiri)

• 2 oz light rum
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 8 oz water
• ½ cup crushed ice
• sugar (or Splenda) to taste

Island Lei

• 2 oz rum
• ½ cup fresh orange juice
• ½ cup fresh grapefruit juice
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 ripe banana
• 3/4 cup crushed ice

Down South

• 1 oz gin
• 1 oz kirshwasser
• 1 oz Cointreau
• ½ cup orange juice
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• ½ cup crushed ice

Miami Beach

• 3/4 cup grapefruit juice
• 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk (or skim milk plus a dash of coconut extract)
• 1-2 Tbsp sugar (or Splenda)
• juice of ½ lemon
• 1 cup crushed ice