I don’t know if you noticed, but this seemed to
be the “Year of the Pumpkin”. I realized
this on a trip to the grocery store back in October. I was about to put a tub of pumpkin flavored
cream cheese into my shopping cart when my friends with whom I was shopping
intervened. That’s when I looked down in my cart and saw the pumpkin flavored coffee
drinks, pumpkin spice cookie mix & a bag of pumpkin-filled raviolis. A week later I was watching the news show “Nightline” which dedicated a segment to
what seemed to be pumpkin flavored
everything. Pumpkin marshmallows anyone?
Even Hershey’s Kisses® got on board by creating a seasonal pumpkin spice
kiss. Since I had a $1 off coupon for
them, I thought I’d give them a try. They
were very orange & tasted as bad as they looked. Given this year’s “pumpkin mania” I figured I
should make something with pumpkin. One
afternoon, I was watching “The Chew” and
Clinton Kelly concocted a pumpkin colada.
I thought this would be a good recipe to add to my holiday cocktail
repertoire and if you’re like me, you may have several cans of pumpkin
sitting on a shelf in the pantry. You know, for all the pumpkin pies you say
you’re going to make but never do. So
this weekend while you’re trimming the Christmas tree and putting the final
touches on your holiday decorations, dust off the blender and make a batch of
these. Just don’t climb any
ladders.
Clinton Kelly’s Pina Colada
This
makes one serving so increase accordingly for additional servings.
1scoop vanilla bean ice cream
2Tb pumpkin pie filling
1oz dark rum
8oz milk
Canned whipped cream & nutmeg for garnish
Combine
all ingredients in blender & pour into tall glasses. Preferably a tulip shaped or hurricane style
glass. Top off with whipped cream &
a sprinkle of nutmeg.
Keep
the blender out because you’ll probably be making a whole lot of these.
NOTE: For
a non-alcoholic treat, just leave out the rum. But
add a little more ice cream. J
