The Gay Pride Cocktail

This is something of an unofficial Pride drink; an internet search of the terms Pride and Cocktails tends to throw up news items concerning Lithuania’s first Pride march in Vilnius in 2010 – when a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the organiser’s building – even though it failed to ignite. But this is a bit more pleasant. And you will only have to throw bottles about the place if you're feeling abit Tom Cruisy about things...

To be fair, if one were devising a Pride cocktail, you’d be ideally looking for something that offered a rainbow theme, and this doesn’t do too badly, at least up until you start mixing it. The resulting colour can be anything from pink to purple, with some murky oranges in between

Once the popping candy get going this drink really livens up though, and in a busy room full of excited celebrants, this is a major league hit – particularly because it’s fun and doesn’t get you very drunk like some cocktails we could mention.

1 part Apple Liqueur
1 part Blueberry Liqueur
1 part Cranberry Juice
2 parts Tropical Fruit Juice
Popping Candy

Preparation: Put the cranberry juice and the tropical juice into a tumbler. Pour the liqueurs into a shaker over ice and shake well. Pour into tumbler and add a pink umbrella, then sprinkle with pop rocks. Serve with pride.