Sundae Funday

June 17, 2013July 7, 2013 ~ Angela ~ 9 Comments

Here we are folks, Monday AGAIN. Another weekend has passed by all too quickly and another week looms long on the horizon. Right now you are probably saying to yourself, Monday mornings are bad enough without this chick bringing me down. What gives?

I give! I give you this!

That’s right – I am turning Mondays around! Okay, well maybe just this Monday but it’s a start, right?

One day a few weeks ago, while perusing Malibu Rum’s Facebook page, I discovered the existence of Malibu Sundae. Chocolate ice cream, coconut, rum… This sounded SO GOOD that I had to have it! I hit my usual liquor store which has a huge selection of pretty much everything. They did not have this.

Neither did any of the other liquor stores within a 15 mile radius of my house. I know this because I called them all.

“Hi! I was calling to find out if you carry Malibu Sundae?”

“Malibu Sunday?”

“Sundae like ice cream sundae.”

“Oh, no, we don’t have that.”

I finally found it on the website for a nearby liquor store. They didn’t have it in-store but I could special order it through their site.

And then it arrived. And it was good.

It’s delicious by itself, straight out of the bottle. It’s awesome mixed with Baileys Caramel and half & half. It’s AMAZING in my Tropical Sundae Cocktail!

Tropical Sundae Cocktail

2 oz Malibu Sundae
1 oz Creme de Banana
2 oz half & half
1 oz pineapple juice
1 banana cut into chunks
ice
chocolate syrup, 1 maraschino cherry, 1 pineapple chunk for garnish (optional)

Combine all ingredients except the garnish ingredients in a blender and blend. Swirl chocolate syrup inside the glass, pour and enjoy! Adding a hokey cocktail umbrella ups the cheer factor – especially helpful after another soul-crushing Monday at work.

Cheers!

Name that drink!

August 26, 2012 ~ Angela ~ 4 Comments

Seriously, I need help. No, not that kind of help. I swear, I’m not an alcoholic. The last drink I made was last weekend (Key Lime Martini– yummy!) and I haven’t had one since. Until tonight.

I had some bananas ripening on top of the fridge that I needed to do something with and lots of rum leftover from the Rum and Coke cupcakes, and since I am off from work tomorrow and Tuesday (woohoo! four day weekend!) I decided to mix up a new cocktail. It’s really good. The only problem is that I don’t know what to call it.

Here’s the recipe:

As Yet Unnamed Cocktail

Ingredients:

1 cup milk (I used unsweetened almond milk, due to some bizarre adult onset lactose intolerance)
1 ripe banana
1 shot dark rum
1 shot Bailey’s Caramel
1/2 shot Creme de Banana
ice

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

And then, after you’ve had one, tell me what I should call it! I was thinking of all the typical monkey type names…bananas and all that jazz, but I think they’ve all be done. Then my boyfriend said I should call it BananaFanaFoFana (is that how you spell that nonsense?!). Cute, but when this recipe goes viral and drunk people everywhere are ordering it at bars that’s going to be quite a mouthful. “Can I have another BananaFanFo…aww, just make me some more monkey juice bartender!”

So, any thoughts? Or are you too busy busting out the blender? ; )

We all scream for cupcakes (that look like ice cream!)

August 1, 2012June 16, 2013 ~ Angela ~ 3 Comments

I think I might be a cupcake genius.

Oh yes. I made Banana Split Cupcakes.

They were all kinds of awesome.

Banana cupcakes, filled with strawberry preserves, topped with vanilla butter cream, hot fudge, rainbow jimmies (sprinkles if you’re not from around here), with a cherry on top.

As Emeril would say – BAM!

I used this recipe from Betty Crocker (minus the chocolate chips, plus one box instant banana pudding) for the banana cupcake batter. I had my handy dandy cupcake plunger to make room for the strawberry preserves, and I used my small scoop from Pampered Chef to make the icing look like scoops of ice cream.

If you’re looking for a butter cream icing recipe this is my go-to.

If you’re looking for one of these cupcakes you’re out of luck. We ate them all.