Nothing says summer like the arrival of May Long Weekend and if you’ve been hunting for tips and drink recipes to make the first long weekend of the summer as “cool” as it can be, you’re in luck! Minute Maid has partnered with the experts in the Canadian Living test kitchen to create some delicious and refreshing drinks to keep you cool when you’re firing up the barbeque, heading out on the boat or entertaining your friends this weekend! For a tasty drink with minimal work, an ice-cold “Lime in the Coconut” Cocktail is sure to be a hit with both young and old!
“Lime in the Coconut” Cocktail
Take the work out of hosting by laying out all the plates, cutlery and condiments in advance. By encouraging a self-serve atmosphere, you can spend time with your guests instead of serving all night. Complete the meal offer a cool and colourful blender drink perfect for a summer’s eve.
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups Coconut milk
- 1 can 250mL BACARDI® Mixers Margarita frozen concentrate (unthawed)
- 1 cup BACARDI® Superior white rum (optional)
- 4 cups Ice cubes
Directions:
In blender combine coconut milk, margarita frozen concentrate and rum (optional); add ice cubes. Pulse until blended and frothy, about 1 minute.
Makes 4-6 servings.
The best thing about this cocktail is that the alcohol can be left out of the recipe and added afterwords to individual glasses so that children and non-drinkers can still enjoy the beverage while those that choose can cool down with a drink that has a little more kick! And since it’s all whipped up in the blender, you can make enough for a crowd in just minutes! My boys and I both loved the combination of creamy coconut and tangy lime in this unique beverage and it was a great way of beating the heat!
If lime and coconut aren’t your favourite flavour combination, why not get creative and mix up your favourite Minute Maid frozen juices and punches to create a signature summer beverage? With sixteen varieties to choose from, the drink possibilities are endless! And to help you kick off summer in style, Minute Maid is very generously offering one lucky Mommy Kat and Kids reader an incredible Summer Entertaining Prize Pack worth $150! With coupons for Minute Maid frozen concentrated fruit juice, a stirring spoon, Popsicle molds and to-go tumblers, it has everything you need to beat the heat while you’re entertaining this summer.
To enter to win, just leave a blog comment with your favourite summer entertaining tip! And keep an eye out for another great summer drink recipe from Minute Maid some time next week! I’ll include a special code word in the post that you can use to gain bonus entries into the giveaway!
In the meantime, why not visit www.minutemaid.ca to discover more fantastic summer drink recipes and get other tips to make your summer entertaining as hassle-free and fun-filled as possible! No matter how you plan on spending your long weekend, you’ll be cool as a cucumber the whole time with a little help from Minute Maid!
My favorite summer entertaining tip is to have everyone bring something and I provide the drinks. It is fun to set up a make your own drink station…I even make a special area for the kids to make their own creations too!
This is a great idea, Jody! I love the idea of having a kids’ drink station; what a fun experience that would be!
I always make a cool dessert. My go to sweet is the Cherry ChaCha.
Have a wide variety of drinks available and lots of coolers to keep ‘em in.
my tip is, alwasy have cold beer/wine and punch ready to go, ice cream for the kids and you can never have too many bbq sauces. variety on the bbq is fantastic
This is a great tip, Michelle! Having an assortment of barbeque sauces would be a great easy way to let everyone customize their meal!
We always make sure we have lots of drinks on hand & snacks for impromptu gatherings throughout the summer.
I would love to try the Mango Punch!
I would like to try the frozen Limeade.
I would love to try the Mango Punch! Would be fantastic for a nice summery drink!
Always keep extra ice in the freezer and frozen fruit on hand for smoothies & adult sangria!
always have freezies if children are coming
I would like to try peach
Make sure we have lots of different drinks and ice on hand for our guest and snacks
Would love this. Frozen lemonade all the way
I would like to try the mixed berry
Cut up cubes of fruit (watermelon works great) and freeze; tastes better than ice in blended drinks!
Make it simple. BBQ burgers & hotdogs are the way to go.
I love to try their Mango drink…Mmmmmm
Orange smoothies. Just ice cream and orange juice(minute maid of course) Everyone one loves them, young and old Thanks mommy kat
Oh yum! I think I may try these this weekend; thanks Valerie!
make snow cones or cotton candy
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Always have water for fun. Sprinkler or pool this always keeps everyone happy and the mood light
have lots of ice, (last year I made glasses our of ice that had flowers in them) frozen or cold desserts and make it a pot luck appy party
Have lots of kid friendly snacks like chips. I know they leave a lot of crumbs, but when you’re outside who cares?
The Mixed Berry Juice is one we’d love to try!
The frozen Mango punch looks delicious.
nothing like having watermelon cubed, juiced or straight up allowing kids the drip all over and follow with a cool bath
mango it is
My tip is to keep things fun and simple! Have Burgers, hot dogs, marshmallows, drinks and snacks on havd so people can cook whenever they want & we spend it playing volleyball, in the pool or hot tub
I would like to try the Mixed Berry Juice or the Peach one on Mommy Moments!
My tip is to always have freezies in the freezer
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I would love to try the Mango Punch
I like to have lots of drinks and snacks.
I would like to try the Pink Lemonade
Love just sitting around outside with cold beverages
Freeze grapes! They’re the perfect cool-off treat and are great as “ice-cubes” in cocktails and teas!
I just recently heard about this and I HAVE to try it; it sounds SO tasty! Thanks, Marthalynn!
I’d love to try the Mango Punch!
I love summer get togethers! BBQ’s with an ice cream dessert with family & friends.
I would love to try the Mango! Thanks.
I have fruit juice freezies so the kids don’t have too much sugar
I’d like to try the Tropical Orange juice
I like the prepare summer pasta salads the day before–that way the flavours intensity and it’s less work the day of your gathering.
This is a great tip; thanks Glogirl! I always forget about pasta salads until someone mentions them, but they’re SO good!
I would love to try the Berry Punch juice.
My summer time tip for entertaining is to have great fun sunshine blue sky music and frozen separated purple grapes to plop into the crazy cocktails and the kids like to feel special when you plop it into their children drinks
Serve homemade Popsicles and cold drinks at summer parties!
I’d like to try the minute maid pink grapefruit cocktail
the best summer appetizers are ones you DONT have to cook – heating up the house is the last thing you want to do1
limeade
Prepare drinks fast by mixing different ingredients and always have ice ready.
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Love Peach Punch
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keep the ice on hand
Tip: Use the BBQ as much as you can. That way you’re not using the oven and keeping the house cool. Plan potluck BBQ’s with friends and family, that way you can try new foods and relax with good friends!
Oh my gosh, a Potluck barbeque sounds like so much fun! Thanks for sharing, Jenny!