It’s Good Friday, which means Easter and Passover are this weekend. And you know what happens on either of those holidays? A lot of eating, and a whollleeee lot of drinking. Well, if you’re in my family, it does. So since my mom’s recruited me to cook for 2893472097402374 people this weekend, I’ve recruited some alcohol to tide me over while I toil over delicious meals made from scratch.

So today’s cocktail, made with the new Bacardi Dragon Berry rum, doesn’t sound very “Easter-friendly.” But I’m a grown woman, and I’m over painting easter eggs, and this drink is pastel-colored, so let’s just consider that my festive (and delicious!) contribution to Easter decorations. Besides, if you’re not a practicing Christian or Jew, and your friends are and are therefore spending their weekend with their families, well, you have to keep busy SOMEhow….

BACARDI DRAGON BERRY DRAGON BITE

2 parts Bacardi Dragon Berry flavored rum

1/2 part Monin lychee syrup

1/2 part fresh lime juice

1 part pineapple juice

2 parts cranberry juice

• Combine all ingredients into a shaker filled halfway with ice.
• Shake well
• Strain into a glass filled with ice
• Garnish with a lemon wedge and 3 fresh raspberries speared
• Eat, drink, and have an awesome holiday!!!

Want a more hands-on experience? Watch a video!

Here’s a tasty gin drink to try, too

Nothing Like the Holidays opens today, and everyone who has a family (read: everyone) knows that there’s nothing like a holiday drink to get you through all the crazy. While the US and abroad has egg nog and hot apple cider as traditional holiday drinks, Puerto Rico and Cuba have coquitos – a drink like egg nog, but sweeter.

I’m a lactard, so if I bothered to drink this, I’d likely vomit everywhere. And then everyone would wonder who brought the drunk girl. But I’ve had a sip before, and it’s pretty delicious. So to celebrate Christmas, this new holiday movie, and drinking yourself sane (read: all that is holy), try this coquitos recipe out for size!

COQUITOS
2 (15 ounce) cans coconut cream
1 (8-9 ounce) can condensed milk
1 (8-9 ounce) can evaporated milk
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup cognac
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 quart white rum (Bacardi)
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon

• In a large punch bowl, blend egg yolks and condensed milk gradually.
• Add and blend in all ingredients.
• Refrigerate and then serve.