Day 01: "The Dreamsicle"

For my first drink of the 30-Day Challenge, I decided to do a cocktail after one of my favorite ice cream treats: the Dreamsicle!

Here's the recipe I used:

1 oz Vitali Vodka
1 oz Rose's Grenadine Syrup
1/2 Sunny D orange juice
1/2 Dole concentrated pineapple juice
1 oz Reddi-Whip

Pour orange juice, pineapple juice, and vodka into a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Strain out into a glass. Pour the grenadine around the rim and top with Reddi-Whip.

This is a great drink since there are so many recipes and ingredients to be used, and there are different glasses and garnishes that can be used to serve it.

Personal tasting notes: The first sip was amazing! The whipped cream mixed with the citrus tasted just like a real Dreamsicle. However, as I got further into the drink, I felt there were some things that I could have done differently. Since the pineapple overpowered the orange flavor (it should taste like an orange Dreamsicle), perhaps 2/3 orange juice and 1/3 pineapple juice should be the ratio. Also, use concentrated orange juice if you're going to use concentrated pineapple juice. And another thing: maybe more whipped cream could have been used to make every sip as wonderful as that first taste.

I didn't taste the vodka at all, so this is a great drink for people that don't like that alcohol taste to their drinks.

Enjoy!