The Candy Girl cocktail is an easy drink to make. It presents beautifully and tastes wonderful. The flavor is like summer in a glass; strawberry fruit with just a hint of citrus and a bit of fizz at the nose. The Candy Girl cocktail would be an excellent drink to include in your summer entertaining plans. The base drink could be multiplied to pitcher size for quick use at party time.

Candy Girl Cocktail Recipe

Candy Girl Cocktail with sugared rim and layed garnish technique. Garnishing drinks adds visual appeal to cocktails - recipe and photo by Mixologist Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist — Candy Girl Cocktail with sugared rim and layered garnish technique. Garnishing drinks adds visual appeal to cocktails – recipe and photo by Mixologist Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

Candy Girl – recipe by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

2 ounces Bacardi Dragon Berry Strawberry Rum

3/4 ounce Fresh Lime Juice

1/4 to 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup – according to preference

1-1/2 ounce Ginger Ale

2 Fresh Strawberries – quartered

2 Fresh Lime Slices

Sugared Rim

Garnish the Candy Girl cocktail by placing layer of ice, lime slices and strawberries. Repeat. - photo by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist — Garnish the Candy Girl cocktail by placing layer of ice, lime slices and strawberries. Repeat. – photo by Cheri Loughlin, The Intoxicologist

Dress the glass

Swirl lime slice around lip of large rocks glass. Dip lip into sugar to frost the rim. Place layer of ice in glass. Add lime slice and a few fresh strawberry slices. Top with another layer of ice. Add another layer of lime and strawberry slices. Add one more layer of ice and remaining strawberries.

Make your drink

Place strawberry rum, lime juice and simple syrup in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into prepared glass. Top with ginger ale. Stir gently

Enjoy!

How the Candy Girl Cocktail Got Its Name

The name might say candy, but it doesn’t really have anything to do with the sweetness of the drink.

During the creation process I write notes in the margin of my recipe book. Sometimes the notes relate to tasting. It might have to do with specific brands and why their flavor profile is a good match to the recipe. In the case of the Candy Girl cocktail it was about a song my oldest daughter mentioned earlier in the day. As I mixed and sipped, the song “Sugar, Sugar” kept playing in my head. “Sugar, Sugar” topped the charts in 1969. It was a one hit single by fictional characters The Archies, written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim, produced by Jeff Barry.

Add your comment: What cocktails and songs do you think of together?