Summertime Refreshments!
Summer is almost here! What better way to celebrate than enjoying some delicious and unique refreshments?
Luckily, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia has a variety of options to choose from to make the perfect drink creations.
Keep reading to learn how to make some all-time favorite soda shop-style drinks and mocktails to sip on this summer!
Soda-Shop Style Throwbacks
Drink: Roy Rogers
Ingredients:
1 cup Pepsi-Cola
1/2 to 1 ounce grenadine for taste
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Ice
Recipe:
Collect all ingredients
Pour grenadine into a glass filled with ice
Top off with Pepsi-Cola
Stir all ingredients together
Top off the drink with a cherry and enjoy!
Drink: Root Beer Float
Ingredients:
MUG Root Beer
Vanilla ice cream
Whipped cream and maraschino cherries for garnish
Recipe:
Place a glass in the freezer for 20-30 minutes to make it cold and frosty
Remove the glass from the freezer and fill it with 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream
Pour MUG root beer until the glass is ¾ full
Dollop whipped cream on top of the drink
Add cherry for garnish
Start enjoying immediately with a straw!
Drink: Shirley Temple
Ingredients:
1 cup of Starry
1-½ tablespoon grenadine
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Ice
Recipe:
Pour Starry and grenadine into a cup over ice
Stir ingredients together
Top off with grenadine and cherries and start sipping!
Mocktails
Drink: Ginger Ale Mimosa Mocktail
Ingredients:
Orange juice
Maple syrup
Schweppes Ginger Ale
Orange slices
Recipe:
Pour orange juice and maple syrup into a pitcher and stir
Add ginger ale to a pitcher and stir twice. Make sure to not lose the bubbles in the ginger ale!
Pour the mix into a glass and add an orange slice
Enjoy during brunch or at any time of day!
Drink: Blue Hawaii Mocktail
Ingredients:
Blue Gatorade
Schweppes tonic water
Pineapple juice
Ice
Maraschino cherries
Pineapple slices
Recipe:
Fill a glass with ice
Pour ½ cup blue Gatorade and ½ Schweppes tonic water into the glass
Top off with pineapple juice, maraschino cherries, pineapple slices
Enjoy your beverage on a hot summer day!
The only thing that can make these delightful drinks even more refreshing is the perfect assortment of snacks to go along with them!
Try making a fruit salad or fruit kabob—they’re the perfect pair for either mocktail or a Shirley Temple! On those hot summer days, mix in a popsicle to make sure you stay hydrated! For the soda-shop drinks, try mixing in a little salty with the sweet. Enjoy chips and dip, such as tortilla chips and guacamole, pretzels and cheese, or whatever else you’re craving.
If you’re looking for a solid serving of vitamins, why not try 100% Natural VIT•HIT? It is the perfect mix of tea, juice, and water with a “hit” of vitamins, and it would create a perfect, delicious mocktail mixer!
There are plenty of delicious, refreshing drinks and mocktails you can create this summer with Pepsi products. Looking to buy Pepsi products wholesale in Virginia? No need to research “Pepsi wholesale distributor near me”! Contact us to learn more and enjoy Pepsi products today!
