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Food blogger, Bella Bucchiotti of xoxoBella, shares a recipe for a strawberry sour candy cocktail for Valentine's Day or Galentine's! You will love this mixed drink with sour candy, strawberry rum and sour strawberry schnapps.
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5 from 11 votes

Strawberry Sour Candy Cocktail

This strawberry sour candy cocktail is fruity, tart and fun. With a sour sugar rim and bright red color, it’s a drink that looks as good as it tastes.
Prep Time5 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Drink
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cocktail, Valentine's
Servings: 2
Author: Bella Bucchiotti

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Sour Sugar Rims

For the Strawberry Sour Candy Cocktails

  • ice 
  • 6 Ounces pink cranberry juice
  • 4 Ounces strawberry rum such as Malibu Strawberry Rum
  • 4 Ounces sour strawberry schnapps or strawberry pucker, such as DeKuyper
  • 1 Ounce lemon juice
  • 1 Ounce grenadine

Optional Garnish

  • sour candy strawberry flavor

Instructions

Rim the Glasses

  • On a shallow plate, mix together sugar and citric acid.  
  • Dip the rim of your glass into lemon juice or swipe a lemon wedge around the rim of your glass.
  • Holding it at a 45-degree angle, dip the dampened rim of the glass into the prepared sour sugar, rotating it until the sugar covers the entire rim.  

Prepare the Cocktails

  • Fill a cocktail shaker about halfway with ice. Add pink cranberry juice, strawberry rum, strawberry pucker, lemon juice, and grenadine.
  • Shake to combine until the shaker feels ice cold (about 10 seconds).
  • Divide the shaken cocktail between two 8-ounce glasses.
  • Garnish with strawberry sour candy, if liked.

Notes

Chill glasses: Keep glasses in the freezer before serving for extra refreshment.
Don’t skip the rim: The sour sugar adds a unique twist that ties the drink together.
Balance flavors: Taste before pouring, then adjust sweetness with grenadine or tartness with lemon.

Nutrition

Calories: 415kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 41IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg

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