Non-Alcoholic Pina Colodas

Ingredients:

1 large can pinapple juice

1 can coconut cream

sugar (If using unsweetened coconut cream)

ice

Put 1/3 of the can of pinapple juice in your blender, add 1/3 of the can of coconut cream or the other sugary cream stuff in with the pinapple juice. If you use coconut cream add 1/3 cup sugar. Fill with ice until there is only about two inches left at the top of your blender. Blend until smooth. Taste. Add more ice, sugar, juice or coconut if necessary.

**Taste the coconut cream to see if it is sweet or not. I have found two different brands of pre-sweetened that I really like. The one in the picture above is a good one and so is Coco Lopez Coconut Cream. What ever you do stay away from teh white squeeze bottle flavoring. It has a wierd after taste. The presweetened type are usually$2.50-$3.00. If you can find the unsweetened coconut cream at an asian market or in the asian isle at your grocery store it is a usually around $1.00. Just make sure you get coconut cream not coconut milk.

These are always a hit and you can garnish them with pinapple if you've got it or a cute umbrella toothpick.

Party Slush

3 packages any flavor koolaid
3 cups sugar
3 quarts of water
1 cup of pinapple juice
Sprite or 7-up

Combine all the ingredients in a freezer safe container. Ice cream buckets work well. You can split it into two things if you don’t have a large enough container. Mix it really well until all of the sugar is dissolved. Freeze until solid. Usually takes at leat 24 hours so you need to make it in advance. Take it out 2-3 hours before you need it and start chopping at it to break it up. Once it is slushy, add Sprite or 7-up and serve. I like a 3:1 ratio of slush to sprite because I like my slush thick. You are supposed to do 2:1.
You can use all one flavor of Koolaid or mix them to make a specific color or flavor. Lime by itself is really good. We also like strawberry, orange and lemonade mixed together (that is what I had at my wedding). Tropical punch, orange and lemonade are really great together too. This is super fun for b-day parties, baby showers or just a refreshing summertime drink.