It brings me so much joy today to share with you this Jack Frost Cocktail recipe!
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Jack Frost Cocktail
This has been on my bucket list of cocktails to make forever. A friend posted a picture of them on Facebook the other day and it jogged my memory to get on the ball and make ’em! NOW I see (and TASTE) what all the hype is about. OH. MY. WORD.
It was all I could do not to stick a straw in one of these and start slurping while I was photographing. They taste sweet, tropical and Christmas-y all at the same time.
Your simple ingredients are: Vodka (you can also use light rum), pineapple juice, cream of coconut, blue curacao, coconut and corn syrup for rimming the glass. You’ll also need ice and a blender. I find that dipping my glasses in a little corn syrup (or honey!) works awesome for making the coconut stick to the rim.
If you don’t want an icy cocktail, you can also make a martini out of the same ingredients. In a shaker with ice, shake the vodka or rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut and blue curacao and strain into a martini glass.
There are so many holiday cocktails I want to make this season, but I’m SOOOOO glad I made this one early-on so that I can share with you all if you haven’t tried it yet. If you haven’t, make it a priority to put it on your holiday entertaining menu… NOW!
I always try to give proper credit for a recipe, but I can’t seem to find the true original source of the recipe (if you know it, please let me know!). This recipe was adapted from Indlulgy.com and Tipsy Bartender.
Cheers and happy mixin’! 🙂
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Jack Frost Cocktail
Prep Time: 5 mins- Total Time: 5 mins
Yield: About 6 cups
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Vodka, pineapple juice, blue curacao and cream of coconut create the most delicious, beautiful and festive holiday cocktail!
Ingredients
- Light corn syrup or honey for rimming glasses
- Flaked coconut for rimming glasses
- 8 cups ice (more or less depending on desired consistency)
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup blue curacao
- 1/2 cup vodka or light rum (I used vodka)
- 1/2 cup cream of coconut
Instructions
- Rim the glasses: Pour a thin layer of corn syrup onto a plate and dip the rims into the corn syrup, then dip in coconut flakes.
- In a blender, blend ice, pineapple juice, blue curacao, vodka and cream of coconut until desired consistency is reached. Pour into glasses and serve immediately.
Notes
Slightly adapted from Indulgy.com and Tipsy Bartender
This has to be the most beautiful holiday cocktail! The tiffany blue color is gorgeous and just perfect for Christmas.
or Hanukkah
These are gorgeous!! And they sound SO GOOD.
Thanks so much, Dorothy! They were so good and my friends loved them this weekend!
i served drinks at a casino and we made these with malibu rum instead of vodka or plain rum , you must try the malibu you will love it so much better ! never did the coconut rim , that i will try for sure !
This is just a frozen version of the Blue Hawaiian (which uses rum) – it’s a very tasty drink!
Please can you help what sort of cream of coconut can I use I’m in uk at Asda there’s cream of coconut blue dragon or carton of pure creamed coconut thanks
Hey Tereda, this is the kind of cream of coconut I used: http://www.cocolopez.com/creamofcoconut.html Hope you enjoy! 🙂
I am making these for a holiday party tomorrow and chose this recipe over all others primarily due to the gorgeous photo! The approachable ingredients and comments helped too. I will post my guests comments for others to read after the party. Thanks for the recipe!
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Thanks so much, Lynn! I hope you and your guests enjoy them. I have made these a few times already for friends and everyone has loved them! Merry Christmas!
Can this be made a few hrs in ?
Hi Linda, this needs to be served immediately or the ice will melt. Hope you enjoy!
I can’t do coconut. Is there a substitute I can use?
I can’t think of an appropriate substitute, so sorry!
I would substitute coarse white sugar in place of the flake coconut
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That sounds great, too! Hope you enjoy them if you make them. 🙂
Maybe almond milk. Make your own out of blanched almonds and some cream. The coarse white sugar for the rim.
My daughter just made this for Christmas. Absolutely devine even without the rim garnish. Would definitely make this mix again!
They are really sweet so if you don’t like a lot of sweetness drink it before the slush melts.
I love this except I know it as chi chi
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This sounds so good and the color is super fun!
Thanks so much, Eden!
Can you make it pinable?
Never mind. It popped up.
Thanks for pinning, Deborah! 🙂 Hope you enjoy!
The color! I love how you made this cocktail blue! Its so different than the colors you typically see during the holiday season, great idea!
I am SUPER late in reviewing this! I made this last Christmas and everyone loved it. By far the most gorgeous, tasty, cocktail I’ve ever had. It’s on our menu again for this year! 🙂
Thank you so much, Nichole… glad everyone enjoyed it! Hope you have a great Christmas! 🙂
Can this be made in a margarita maker. I brought all the ingredients and I want to have fun with it. I never used the margarita maker so this is all new for me I just didn’t feel like having margaritas.
Hi Annmarie! I’ve never used a margarita maker so I can’t say. I hope you enjoy it if you make it!
Amazing!
Thanks, Lala! 🙂
You could try orange to have an alcohol free version with blue from red cabbage and bicarbonate. Not sure how the colour would go with the orange-maybe fine zest instead
Where can you find the coconut cream?
Hey, Channy! I can always find it in the drink mixers section of the grocery store… normally on the same aisle where the soft drinks are. Hope you enjoy! 🙂
Thank you! I’ll look again!
Would love to do this alcohol free….any recipe on that?
Hey Feisty, I’ve never made it alcohol free so I can’t say for sure. I’d try using 2 cups of pineapple juice and skipping the vodka and blue curacao. Hope you enjoy! 🙂
Hi, I love this recipe. I was wondering if you could use Malibu Coconut flavored Rum. (Or any brand of coconut rum) with this?
Thanks a bunch.
Hey Mary, thanks so much. I’ve used regular white rum in this recipe but have never used coconut rum. I think it might be too much coconut flavor with the cream of coconut, but it all depends on your personal preference. Let me know how it turns out if you try it with coconut rum. Hope you enjoy them and cheers! 🙂
I was wondering the same please let me know how it turns out ☺️
What hors d,oeuvres would you recommend to compliment this cocktail?
Hi, this sounds great but do you think I could make it as a punch also or do you think it would be to sweet without the crushing of the ice?
Thanks
Hi Jim, I wrote in the blog post it can also be prepared without ice as a martini: “If you don’t want an icy cocktail, you can also make a martini out of the same ingredients. In a shaker with ice, shake the vodka or rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut and blue curacao and strain into a martini glass.”
Hope you enjoy and Merry Christmas! 🙂
Hi Jim, I wrote in the blog post that it can also be prepared without ice as a martini: “If you don’t want an icy cocktail, you can also make a martini out of the same ingredients. In a shaker with ice, shake the vodka or rum, pineapple juice, cream of coconut and blue curacao and strain into a martini glass.”
Hope you enjoy and Merry Christmas! 🙂
I had Jack Frost Christmas Eve at my. Brother in-law I not a drinker but I had a Christmas drink it was so good I had a other yummy
So glad you enjoyed it, Liz and hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
Jack frost has become the #1 drink of choice for my girlfriends! Thanx
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Thanks so much, happy to hear everyone loves them! 🙂
I love the color. Any ideas on how you could make this non-alcoholic for those of us who are on meds and can’t drink alcohol right now?
Hi Norma, I’ve never made this as non-alcoholic so I can’t say with certainty. The blue curacao is what makes it the pretty blue color, but is alcoholic. Possibly blend ice, cream of coconut and pineapple juice together with a little blue food coloring? But again I can’t give specific amounts of ingredients to make a non-alcoholic version because I’ve never made it. Let me know how it turns out if you try it! 🙂
Can I make this and freeze it? Then serve it later… I want to bring it to my office party but don’t want to have to bring everything there and make it.
Hi Laura, that sounds like a fun office party! 🙂 I’ve put the pitcher in the freezer for only about 15 minutes before serving. If you freeze it completely I would defrost it to the consistency that you desire before serving, and I don’t know how long that will take because I’ve never frozen it completely. I also can’t say with certainty how it will taste because I’ve never served it more than 15 minutes after making. Let me know how it turns out if you try freezing it and hope everyone enjoys it!