Dirty Shirley Cocktail

A Dirty Shirley cocktail is the grown-up version of your favorite mocktail, the Shirley Temple. Made with grenadine and lemon-lime soda, it has the same fruity taste you love along with a kick from vodka.

Recipe ingredients

Ingredient notes

• Vodka: Use plain vodka or substitute a cherry-flavored brand such as Smirnoff, Three Olives, Svedka, Pinnacle, UV, or Skyy. Grenadine is not made from cherries, but the flavor works.
• Grenadine. A deep red, pomegranate-flavored syrup.
• Soda: White soda such as Sprite or 7UP is common. For a more traditional approach, substitute ginger ale (you could add a splash of orange juice, too).

Instructions

• Fill a glass with ice, then add 2 ounces (¼ cup) vodka and 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) grenadine. Top with soda, then garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Recipe tips and variations

• Yield: This recipe makes one cocktail.
• Skinny: Use diet lemon-lime soda in place of the regular.
• Shirley Temple: The classic version is made without vodka.
• Cherry juice: It’s not the same as grenadine, but using the maraschino cherry juice from the jar tastes good too (and also makes a pink drink).
• Dirty Shirley Punch, makes a batch of 8 (6-ounce) cocktails:
  • 2 cups vodka
  • 1 cup grenadine
  • 4 cups lemon-lime soda
  • 8 maraschino cherries.

1. In a large pitcher or bowl, add vodka and grenadine and stir to combine. Carefully stir in lemon-lime soda.
2. Fill individual glasses with ice and top with 6 ounces Dirty Shirley Punch. Garnish with a cherry.

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Dirty Shirley Cocktail

A Dirty Shirley cocktail is the grown-up version of your favorite mocktail, the Shirley Temple. Made with grenadine and lemon-lime soda, it has the same fruity taste you love along with a kick from vodka.

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Prep Time 1 min

Total Time 1 min

Servings 1 cocktail

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Calories 253

Ingredients 

US CustomaryMetric

• ▢ Ice
• ▢ 2 ounces vodka (see note 1)
• ▢ 1 ounce grenadine (see note 2)
• ▢ 4 ounces lemon-lime soda (see note 3)
• ▢ Maraschino cherries for garnish, optional

Instructions 

• Fill a glass with ice, then add 2 ounces (¼ cup) vodka and 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) grenadine. Top with soda, then garnish with a maraschino cherry.

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Notes

1. Vodka: Use plain vodka or substitute a cherry-flavored brand such as Smirnoff, Three Olives, Svedka, Pinnacle, UV, or Skyy. Grenadine is not made from cherries, but the flavor works.
2. Grenadine. A deep red, pomegranate-flavored syrup.
3. Soda: White soda such as Sprite or 7UP is common. For a more traditional approach, substitute ginger ale (you could add a splash of orange juice, too).
4. Yield: This recipe makes one cocktail.
5. Skinny: Use diet lemon-lime soda in place of the regular.
6. Shirley Temple: The classic version is made without vodka.
7. Cherry juice: It’s not the same as grenadine, but using the maraschino cherry juice from the jar tastes good too (and also makes a pink drink).
8. Dirty Shirley Punch, makes a batch of 8 (6-ounce) cocktails:
   1. 2 cups vodka
   2. 1 cup grenadine
   3. 4 cups lemon-lime soda
   4. 8 maraschino cherries.

1. In a large pitcher or bowl, add vodka and grenadine and stir to combine. Carefully stir in lemon-lime soda.
2. Fill individual glasses with ice and top with 6 ounces Dirty Shirley Punch. Garnish with a cherry.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cocktailCalories: 253kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 1gSodium: 20mgSugar: 25g

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