Tired of the typical Red Bull and vodka or Crystal Light and vodka as your go-to pre-game drinks? Me too. Tired of wanting something really good but not knowing what to make? Well guess what, you don’t have to settle anymore!
I have found a bunch of super easy drinks to make with the limited space, time and supplies we college students have. With just a few extra things from the grocery store and a blender, you will be the college mixologist you were always destined to be. From easy mojitos to bright citrus cocktails, you are never going to have to drink Red Bull and vodka again (unless, of course, you’re into that kind of thing).
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Lazy Mojitos
It’s not your typical mojito, but it’s just as good (if not better) and so easy to make. My friends and I discovered it when we realized we didn’t have a muddler and simple syrup in order to make a proper mojito, and were just too lazy to make that happen. So we got creative.
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Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 2 minutes
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
2 handfuls of ice
3 shots of rum
1/3 limeade concentrate
Mint from 3 sprigs
Directions:
1. Wash three stems of mint and add to blender.
2. Measure your rum.
3. Put in lime concentrate.
4. Throw in the ice.
5. Blend until smooth (or as smooth as possible).
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Citrus Cooler
My next drink is similar to the mojito. It’s lemonade and limeade concentrate, mint, vodka and ice. Throw it all in a blender and voila! You have a spiked lemon lime minty slushee. I call it a citrus cooler, but you can call it whatever you want.
Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 2 minutes
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
3 shots of vodka
¼ cup of limeade concentrate
¼ cup lemonade concentrate
mint leaves from 3 sprigs
Ice
Directions:
1. Wash the mint.
2. Measure your vodka.
3. Measure and dump lemonade and limeade concentrate.
4. Throw in ice.
5. Blend.
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Grapefruit Juice on the Rocks
Just throw in some grapefruit juice, a little vodka, some sprite and squeeze a little lime and boom, you suddenly have another awesome drink in your hand.
Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 1 minute
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
2 shots Deep Eddy
½ cup grapefruit juice
Sprite
½ lime
Ice
Directions:
1. Put ice in glass.
2. Measure Deep Eddy and add to glass.
3. Pour grapefruit juice.
4. Top it off with Sprite.
5. Squeeze lime and garnish.
6. Stir.
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Deep Eddy Grapefruit Frozen Lemonade
This one is a big crowd pleaser.I tried this at Black Sheep Lodge on South Lamar and kind of flipped my shizz it was so good. The best part is there are only two ingredients (if you don’t count ice, which I don’t).
Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 2 minute
Servings: 2
Ingredients:
4 ½ shots of Deep Eddy
2/3 cup lemonade concentrate
Ice
Directions:
1. Fill your cup with ice.
2. Measure and pour the grapefruit vodka.
3. Throw in the frozen lemonade concentrate.
4. Blend until smooth.
5. Taste alcoholic beverage greatness.
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Grapefruit Dream
I was bored a few days ago and decided to throw this together. I had some grapefruit juice laying around and some Deep Eddy grapefruit vodka and thought: what the heck, just throw it together and see how it turns out. I added a splash of sprite and some lemonade concentrate and I ended up with a rockin’ drink.
Prep Time: 1 minute
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 1 minute
Servings: 1
Ingredients:
2 shots Deep Eddy Grapefruit Vodka
½ portion grapefruit juice
½ portion lemonade concentrate
Sprite to taste
Handful of ice
Directions:
1. Grab a handful of ice and put it in your cup.
2. Measure Deep Eddy grapefruit and add.
3. Add grapefruit juice.
4. Add lemonade concentrate.
5. Top off with Sprite.
These citrusy drinks are a great way to break out of your rut and kick off the spring.