This weekend is the US movie release of Alice Through the Looking Glass. As any other Alice obsessed person is probably feeling, I’m SUPER excited to see this movie. First off, Johnny Depp is just so good in every role and we get to hear the sultry voice of the amazing and forever remembered Alan Rickman. Aside from the fact that I love all things Alice, I genuinely think this movie looks so cool. As I tend to do, I indulge my excitement with a good cocktail, and in this case, an Alice in Wonderland Cocktail.
This fun looking cocktail is so refreshing and good. I love a good gin and tonic, so this is kind of my spin on that. I also decided to give this drink a little color twist, much like the Cheshire Cat himself. The secret to this – colored ice.
Alice in Wonderland Cocktail – The Cheshire Cat
- 1 can La Croix passionfruit (or berry) water
- Red and blue food coloring
- Gin
- Fill ice cube trays with water
- Add 1 drop blue and 2 drops red food coloring
- Freeze
- Use 1 part gin to 3 parts La Croix water (I measured with a shot glass) and stir
- Add coloring ice and watch it melt and color the drink
- Enjoy
The best part about this drink is watching the ice melt and creating a gradient of color within the drink. It’s sort of like watching the Cheshire Cat appear out of thin air. It helps if you put some crushed ice (clear) in the drink first before adding the colored ice, that way it takes longer for the purple color to fully disperse. If you don’t like gin, this drink would be equally good made with vodka instead (and I love a plain vodka soda). The light flavoring of the La Croix water adds just a hint of sweetness.
To complete the look of this drink, I found some pink and white swirled paper straws and decided to create my own ‘drink me’ label. I just don’t think I could drink an Alice in Wonderland themed beverage without that label on it. All in all, this cocktail is fun to look at and drink.
Who is your favorite character from Alice in Wonderland?
Omg I love this!! I’ll be giving it a go when I can. As always you take the cutest pics.
Aww thanks 🙂 Let me know how it turns out for you!
I hate gin – but I might try this with Vodka and tonic!
I think it would be fantastic with vodka – let me know how it turns out for you 🙂
Ahh that’s so awesome! I totally have to try this!
Yay thanks! Let me know what you think when you make it 🙂
I have found that those who dislike gin tend to be drinking the lesser brands. My personal favorites are Bombay Sapphire and Hendrick’s as they are the smoothest (and don’t taste like paint stripper).
I like how you selected the color palette for the original Disney animated Chesh instead of the new one. The White Rabbit and March Hare were always my favorites because they are such polar opposites.
Those are the only 2 brands of gin I drink, too. I will always be an original animated classic Alice girl, so had to go with the pink/purple Cheshire Cat 🙂
Oh, if I only drank alcohol…I would definitely have to make this. 🙂 As for my favorite character from Alice, it’s so hard to choose as I love each character for several different reasons. But if I had to pick one – it would probably be either the Cheshire Cat (love cats!) or Alice herself.
You can totally make this alcohol-free using clear soda and the purple ice cubes – would make for a fun drink 🙂
Not so much a fan of gin, maybe I’ll try something similar with vodka 😛
Love the whole idea though, looks so yummy!
I think this would be great with vodka 🙂
It’s too cold in my city for this drink, but when the hot days come back, I’ll try it =)
I’m in Florida so it’s definitely never too cold haha…definitely give this a try when the weather warms up 🙂
This sounds fun! I love geek cocktails… as if I need another reason to drink. LOL
Haha exactly – making geeky cocktails just gives me one more reason to booze 😉
OMG! I’m so doing this!!!
Take pics if you make it 🙂
I hope to get the funky coloring for it (I have no idea where to buy it here LOL, perfect excuse for exploring around :p )
Looks like UK Amazon has icing colouring which is pretty much the same 🙂
Oh no, this is such an awesome idea except for the gin 😉 Haha. I’m sure I could get it to work with vodka or something else.
Haha…definitely give it a go with vodka. I like gin on occasion and this popped in my head as some sort of twist on gin and tonic, but I’d probably normally be more likely to make with vodka 🙂
Sounds light and refreshing! I haven’t had a G&T in years.
I think you’d like this…minus the artificially colored ice part lol