Orange Creamsicle Cocktail

Long Winded Instructions

It's delightful. It's delicious. You like it. It's like a popsicle you can drink that didn't melt on you while you were waiting for your pants to dry.

Why were you waiting for your pants to dry? Fair question. You probably spilled something on them. Maybe it was the popsicle. Yeah... that's it. The popsicle started to melt because you were taking your sweet time eating it. Some got on your pants and you had to take them off and run water over the spot. Now you've got wet pants. You throw them into the dryer and you come back to discover that what was left of your popsicle is now a puddle on the counter.

Not to make you feel any worse, but you probably should have just finished the popsicle. The damage was already done, right? You could have enjoyed the rest of the popsicle before you took off your pants and got them wet. Sure, maybe you would have spilled more. I mean, it's not like you have a great track record with these things so far. You just would have more spots to run under water. We learn these things the hard way.

Perhaps you can assuage your disappointment by having a similar tasting cocktail. For example, you could make an Orange Creamsicle Cocktail. That’s certainly what I would recommend. And, it’ll give you something to do while your pants dry.

Start by making a nifty batch of orange zest simple syrup and another possibly even niftier batch of orange whipped cream. Have them standing by.

Combine your vodka, syrup, vanilla extract, and heavy cream in your mixing glass and stir. The stirring part is to dissolve the cream into the rest of the liquid so that it won’t glob on you during the next step, which is… shake with ice! If Bond, James Bond had been really serious, he would have asked for his martini shaken and stirred.

Now go ahead and strain that all into a nice glass and top it with your orange whipped cream garnish.

Ding! Ding! Oh it sounds like your pants have finished drying! What timing!