Mudslide Drink

I am a big fan of cocktails, they are some amazing drinks which contain two or more ingredients. Cocktails are a mix of some distilled spirits, juices, bitters and water. A cocktail looks very attractive and beautiful when more than one liquid is mixed and their colors gel well. A mudslide is also a type of cocktail, which is often prepared with coffee, ice cream and chocolate. It can also be prepared by adding an appropriate amount of alcohol. The calories usually depend on the content of ice creams, whipped cream and the quantity used. A normal mudslide cocktail contains 440 calories.

How to make a Mudslide Drink

Most of the popular drink recipes such as the mudslide are basically cocktails containing small amounts of alcohol. Gin, vodka, brandy, wine, whiskey and rum are some of the examples of alcohol used to make this famous drink.

Ingredients:

• 1½ oz vodka
• 1½ oz Kahlua
• 1½ oz Bailey's Irish cream
• 1½ oz cream
• 2 scoops chocolate ice cream
• 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
• 8 cubes ice

Method:

First crush the ice finely and add it in the blender. Now add all the remaining ingredients and blend for 45 seconds. Pour into a cocktail glass and serve chilled.

Mudslide Drink with Ice Cream

Let's have a look at a delicious frozen mudslide recipe. This drink is a beautiful mixture of alcohol and sweet creams that will have you wanting for more. Make this amazing recipe for your small gatherings and parties, your guests will love it.

Ingredients:

• Whipped cream
• Two heaping scoops vanilla ice-cream
• 1½ oz of vodka
• Chocolate syrup to taste
• 1½ oz Irish cream liqueur
• 1½ oz coffee flavored liqueur
• Frosted glass
• Blender

Method:

1. Take a clean and washed blender and an unusual cocktail glass which is appropriate to serve a mudslide.
2. Add vodka, Irish cream flavored liqueur, coffee flavored liqueur and two scoops of vanilla ice cream to the bender.
3. Start the blender and blend until all the ingredients are smoothly mixed.
4. Drizzle some chocolate syrup around the inside of the cocktail glass.
5. Pour the smooth mixture from the blender and top it with a dollop of whipped cream.
6. If you are a big fan of chocolate, you can add some more chocolate syrup in the blender also. If you think your mixture is too thick after blending, add some milk to the blender.

How to Decorate a Mudslide Drink

Making a mudslide is not enough, you also have to make the whole package attractive. Make its presentation beautiful, so that it becomes a rage in your parties.

• Always serve your mudslide in an unusually shaped cocktail glass. Give your cocktail glasses a shiny edge, by dipping the rim into lemon juice and then dipping it again in sugar.
• Decorate your glasses with swizzle sticks, drink umbrellas, straws and paper flowers.
• Place some cocktail sticks to twist and half cut fruits on the rim of drinking glasses.
• Always use crushed ice. To make crushed ice place your ice cubes in a plastic bag and crush the ice with a hard object.

A mudslide is a popular choice for a summer cocktail. As ice cream is normally added, this drink is an ideal choice to serve in parties and social gatherings.