Red, white and booze: bomb pop drink

Celebrate Independence Day the 'Murica' way: with red, white and booze. This popsicle-inspired cocktail calls for trendy blue curacao and two doses of cherry. Simply layer, garnish and party on.

Boozy Bomb Pop

Servings: 1

Ingredients

1/2 shot grenadine

1-2 tbsp. lemon juice

1 1/2 shots blue curacao (orange liqueur)

1 1/2 shots vodka

splash of simple syrup

cherry for garnish

Directions

1. To make simple syrup, mix 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup and boil over the stove until dissolved.

2. Pour grenadine into the bottom of a tall, empty glass.

3. Add ice.

4. Gently pour blue curacao over grenadine (and ice).

5. Add ice, lemon juice, vodka and a splash of simple syrup into a cocktail shaker, then mix.

6. Strain over blue curacao and top with a cherry.