Recipe: Fire Apple Latte

This just hit the streets in our September newsletter, but we thought we’d share it with you over in this ‘hood, too. It’s a little bit of a twist on the Frozen Apple Pie recipe we posted a couple weeks back, but we incorporated a fiery element and espresso to kick it up two notches.

Ingredients

• 1/2 oz. Monin Caramel Apple syrup
• 1/2 oz. Monin Spicy Red Cinnamon syrup
• 2 shots of espresso
• 8 oz. steamed milk (or to taste)

Directions

Combine the syrups into your serving mug, pull shots and mix in. Pour steamed/frothed milk over it and garnish with a splash of cayenne pepper (if you know how to rock it right, that is).

Recipe: Blueberry Parfait Mocha

We’re trying to hold onto summer with our bare teeth, but the weather is not cooperating. The iced drinks have been front and center for awhile, so here’s a warm concoction for you to enjoy if chillier weather is nipping at your toes.

Ingredients

• 1 oz. Monin White Chocolate Sauce
• 3/4 oz. Monin Blueberry Syrup
• 2 shots of espresso
• Steamed milk to taste

Directions

Mix sauce, syrup and espresso in a cup; stir while filling with steamed milk. Garnish with whipped cream and fresh blueberries if you have ‘em.

Recipe: Frozen Apple Pie

It’s hot! It’s sultry! It’s so deliciously summery here in the Pacific Northwest, we need something icy sweet to help us cool off. But you know we always have to have a little bit o’ spice with our sweetness, right?

Ingredients

• 2 oz. Monin Caramel Apple syrup
• 1/2 oz. Monin Cinnamon syrup
• 4 oz. vanilla ice cream
• 2 cups of ice

Directions

Combine everything in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into serving glass and garnish with caramel sauce and cinnamon-dusted apple slice.

Recipe: Neapolitan Cooler

While perhaps not authentically from Naples, the long-adored combo of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla found in Neapolitan ice creams, cakes and other assorted desserts is the inspiration for this lovely iced drink. It’s coffee-free, but you could experiment with it, perhaps — although, it may make it a very different concoction indeed.

Ingredients

• 1/4 oz. Monin Dark Chocolate syrup (not sauce)
• 1/2 oz. Monin Strawberry syrup
• 1/4 oz. Monin Vanilla syrup
• Cold milk
• Ice

Directions

1. Fill a serving glass with ice.
2. Add syrups.
3. Fill with cold milk
4. Serve with spoon for mixing
5. Garnish with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and a strawberry slice — if you want.

Recipe: LemonPomStraw

Lemonade is surely the hallmark of summer and there’s something very special about lemonade + strawberry. But can you take a great thing and make it even greater? We’d like to think so! Watch Jess whip up a couple glasses of lemonade with the sweet accents of strawberry and pomegranate. Supermeowyum!

Recipe: Blood Orange Sangria

We’re huge fans of sangria and since we just added Monin’s Blood Orange syrup to our repertoire, we had to try out this recipe and found it very tasty. It was originally for a single serving, but we know how you do and we kicked it up to a full pitcher. Perfect for summer weekend libations!

Ingredients

• 16 oz. chardonnay
• 2 oz. orange/citrus-flavored vodka
• 2 oz. Monin Cherry syrup
• 2 oz. Monin Blood Orange syrup
• 4 oz. orange juice
• Ice
• Lemon lime soda

Directions

1. In a large pitcher, combine wine, vodka, syrups and orange juice, stir well to mix. Add ice to fill.
2. To serve, pour out in individual pint glasses and top with a splash of lemon lime soda — perhaps garnish with an orange or a cherry.
3. Toast the sunshine and drink on up!

Recipe Video: Snake Bite

In follow-up to the Snake Bite recipe we posted last week, here is a how-to video showing this delicious concoction in action! If you haven’t tried it yet, we don’t know what you’re waiting for — it’s seriously delectable.

Recipe: Snake Bite

Summer is finally rearing its sassy little head here in the Pacific Northwest of the US and nothing is more refreshing than…chipotle? Sure, let’s go with that! This delicious drink is great blended or shaken and served up (with a little vodka, perhaps?) — sweet, tart and little bit o’ spice to finish things off.

Ingredients

• Ice (to taste)
• 5 oz. lemonade
• 3/4 oz. Monin Strawberry syrup
• 1/2 oz. Monin Chipotle Pineapple syrup
• Splash of lemon lime soda

Directions

Combine all ingredients except soda into the blender and blend until smooth. Pour out into serving glass and top with a splash of soda. Enjoy!

How to Make a Chai Tea Latte

There are a variety of Chai tea mixes available on the market — some are pre-made and you just add milk to taste, some are powders that you dissolve into water or milk and some are concentrated syrup. We often get asked how to make one of these and so we decided we’d whip one up using Monin’s Chai Tea concentrate. Mmmmmmmginger!

Recipe: Sunkissed Caramel Latte

Oooooo muy delicioso! You know that we dig orange, which we usually pair up with chocolate when adding it to an espresso-based drink. However, a life left unexamined is not worth living, so sometimes it’s time to stretch our wings and try something new — and, in this case, our quest for self-actualization has led us to caramel. Look, it could be worse, right?

Watch Gail whip up a smooth blended summery drink with a creamy caramel base and a hint of orange. Change never tasted this good!