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Drink Me Potion {Party Version} | Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland· Lewis Carroll· Non alcoholic

23 Feb

 

Drink Me Potion

…so Alice ventured to taste it, and, finding it very nice (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavor of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffy, and hot buttered toast), she very soon finished it off.”

-Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

This super easy recipe is quick to mix together for an Alice in Wonderland party. Plus it uses flavours from the actual Drink Me potion so you're staying authentic.

Back in 2012, I made the ‘authentic’ Alice in Wonderland Drink Me potion. Unfortunately, to make it authentic meant having the flavour of roast turkey which just made it ‘ick’.

So we’re making a party friendly version based off of some of the original flavours- cherry tart, custard, pineapple and toffy. Not only delicious to sip on, it’s like a dessert shot, it’s so easy and quick to make!


Drink Me Potion {Party Version} | Alice in Wonderland
 
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Author: Bryton Taylor; Food in Literature
Ingredients
equal amounts of
  • pineapple juice
  • cherry juice
  • pre made custard
  • toffee sauce
toffee sauce
  • 300ml thickened cream
  • 85g butter
  • 100g brown sugar
Instructions
  1. In a jug, mix together all the ingredients well, then pour into serving cups.
toffee sauce
  1. In a saucepan, stir together the cream, butter and brown sugar until the sugar is dissolved. Let cool, before using.
Notes
-cherry juice/syrup can come from a can of cherries
3.5.3208

For parties, cute bottles are a must. We used port pipes for these,

Uni-Clear Footed Brandy Pipe set of 2

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