A Dirty Shirley cocktail is a grown-up version of your favorite childhood mocktail: The Shirley Temple. Made with grenadine and lemon-lime soda, it has the same fruity taste you love with a little something extra for the grown-ups. Batch instructions included below!
Recipe ingredients:
- Vodka. You could use plain or cherry vodka. I’ve listed some popular brands below.
- Grenadine. That reddish-pink syrup you love! You can buy it by the bottle or use the juice from a jar of maraschino cherries.
- Lemon-lime soda. 7UP, Sprite, or your favorite brand. Sometimes I use Cherry 7UP.
- Maraschino cherries. For garnish. And snacking.
Step-by-step instructions:
- Choose your glass and fill it with ice. Pour vodka and grenadine over ice.
- Top with lemon-lime soda and stir. Garnish with a cherry.
Recipe tips and variations:
- Cherry vodka brands: Smirnoff, Three Olives, Svedka, Pinnacle, UV, Skyy
- Skinny: Use diet lemon-lime soda in place of the regular (Diet 7UP or Sprit Zero Sugar).
- Non-alcoholic: The classic Shirley Temple is made without vodka.
- 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.
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- In a large pitcher or bowl, add vodka and grenadine and stir to combine. Carefully stir in lemon-lime soda.
- 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 a grown-up version of your favorite childhood mocktail: The Shirley Temple. Made with grenadine and lemon-lime soda, it has the same fruity taste you love with a little something extra for the grown-ups.
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Servings: 1 cocktail
Calories: 253kcal
Ingredients
- Ice
- 2 ounces vodka
- 1 ounce grenadine
- 4 ounces lemon-lime soda 7Up, Sprite, etc.
- Maraschino cherries for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Fill a glass with ice. Add vodka and grenadine and stir to combine.
- Top with lemon-lime soda and garnish with a cherry.
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Notes
- Cherry vodka brands: Smirnoff, Three Olives, Svedka, Pinnacle, UV, Skyy
- Skinny: Use diet lemon-lime soda in place of the regular (Diet 7UP or Sprit Zero Sugar).
- Non-alcoholic: The classic Shirley Temple is made without vodka.
- 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.
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- In a large pitcher or bowl, add vodka and grenadine and stir to combine. Carefully stir in lemon-lime soda.
- Fill individual glasses with ice and top with 6 ounces Dirty Shirley Punch. Garnish with a cherry.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 20mg | Sugar: 25g
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The real name for this drink is the Betty Ford. Use citron vodka or Bacardi limon.
I feel like you’re half-right. The drink is a Betty Ford if you use citron vodka or Bacardi limon and green grenadine. What is the drink if you use cherry vodka and red grenadine? Worst-case scenario, the drink I have posted is nothing at all, just my own creation I guess. But where I’m from, we call it a Dirty Shirley. -Meggan
So tasty! I love this recipe.
Like I had as a kid, but with a kick 😉