Candela Mamajuana Brings You Fall in a Cocktail Glass

To celebrate fall's return, Candela Mamajuana — the first ready-to-drink premium spiced rum specialty drink from the Dominican Republic — is sharing 5 rum-my recipes to keep you toasty all season.

#1: PUNTA CANA
Named after a popular resort town in the Dominican Republic, a Punta Cana is a tropical resort escape in a glass (aka exactly what we need to get us through fall!) Mix 2 oz Candela Mamajuana with 2 oz passion fruit juice and 1 oz fresh lemon juice, then serve.

#2: TIGUERE
Can you handle the heat? To make a Tiguere, mix 3 oz of Candela Mamajuana with 2 oz fresh lemon juice and 1 oz jalapeño-infused syrup. There's no quicker way to warm yourself up than with a little kick.

#3: ORIENTE CALIENTE
Ready for some adult La Croix? Mix 2 oz Candela Mamajuana with 2 oz of prosecco and 2 oz Yuzu Liqueur (a citrus liqueur). This bubbly treat gives you a little taste of summer when you're snuggled up in your fall sweaters!

#4: HAPPY ENDING
With fall inevitably comes office sicknesses. Instead of downing Vitamin C, protect yourself with kombucha. Mix 3 oz kombucha with 3 oz Candela Mamajuana for a cold cure you'll actually want to drink.

#5: OLD FASHIONED, WITH A TWIST

Update this classic drink for fall by substituting rum instead of whiskey, bourbon, or rye. Muddle 1 sugar cube with 2 dashes bitters. Add 2 oz Candela Mamajuana, ice, and an orange twist on the side.

Candela Mamajuana is the first ready-to-drink Mamajuana drink sold in the U.S. Based on a secret Dominican family recipe, the Mamajuana ingredients are infused with premium aged rum and sweetened with organic honey.

Think Spring with These Refreshing Cocktails

We are thinking Spring with these cocktails!

Innocent One

INGREDIENTS

·                     3 oz of Prosecco

·                     1.5 oz of orange juice

·                     1.5 oz Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry

·                     Mint leaves (garnish)

DIRECTIONS

Combine all into champagne flute. Garnish with mint leaves.

Rough Around the Edges

INGREDIENTS

·                     1.5 oz of rye whiskey

·                     0.5 oz of lemon juice

·                     6 oz Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry

·                     Dash of Angostura bitters

·                     Lemon (garnish)

DIRECTIONS

1.                Add bitters, rye whiskey, and lemon juice to shaker.

2.                Add ice. Shake and strain into Collins glass with ice.

3.                Add Sparkling Ice Pomegranate Blueberry.

4.                Garnish with lemon twist.

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Get Your Veggies with Mocktails

Mocktails are non- alcoholic cocktails. They offer a wide range of ingredients like fruit juices, veggie juices, spices, herbs, mineral water, ice and sweetener. Also known as mock cocktails, they’re a delicious, refreshing alternative to an alcoholic drink. And for people who don’t want to broadcast that they’re avoiding alcohol, mocktails are the perfect answer. If you ditch the alcohol and choose healthy ingredients, including a healthy low-calorie sweetener such as stevia, you can avoid a boatload of calories not to mention a hangover.

So if you want to get rid of the winter “pudge” and that muffin top, add mocktails to your spring shape up plan. You should also feel a lot better when you wake up in the morning.

You may also want to try a short juice fast with mocktails before dinner. 

  

Icy Spicy Gazpacho
2 tomatoes, cut in chunks
1 cup fresh carrot juice (about 5–7 carrots)
1 lemon, juiced, peeled (if putting it through a juice machine)
1/4 cup cilantro, rinsed and chopped
1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 small jalapeño, chopped
3 radishes

Place the tomato chunks in a freezer bag and freeze until solid. This is optional.

Or you can use fresh tomatoes placed in the blender; then you would need to add ice cubes.

Pour the carrot and lemon juices into a blender and add the frozen tomato chunks, cilantro, salt, cumin,  jalapeño, and radishes. Blend on high speed until smooth but slushy;
serve immediately. Serves 2.

Lemon Sipper
With less than 10 calories, this is an ideal low-calorie, vitamin C–rich thirst
quencher.

1/2 lemon, washed or peeled if not organic
1 cup unsweetened mineral water
2–3 drops liquid stevia
4 ice cubes

Juice the lemon and pour the juice into a glass over ice. Add the mineral water and stir to combine. Sweeten with stevia to taste.

Cherie Calbom MSN holds a Master of Science degree in whole foods nutrition from Bastyr University. Known as “The Juice Lady” for her work with juicing and health, she is the author of 32 books including her latest The Juice Lady’s Guide to Fasting and Sugar Knockout.