

Swapping out Swedish fish for slices of starfruit (that look so much like star fish when stuck to the side of a fish bowl) is honestly too cute for words. I guess it’s the hallmark of any good tiki bar drink, huh? But what classes them up is a twist on the execution. The basis of these drinks is still a lot of rum. Fair warning – they’re still loaded with booze. These mermaid water fish bowl cocktails are the slightly classier, fairly grown adult version. Until today, because I’ve gone and made them even better. Usually tiki bar inspired and tropical flavored, there’s nothing quite like a good fish bowl cocktail. That bar has since closed their doors and I’ve since grown a bit older, but those cocktails still remain imprinted in my memory as legendary. And they made the rest of the cold walk up the hill to watch Syracuse basketball a whole lot more entertaining. They were loaded with booze, topped with twisty neon straws and feature Swedish fish floating in brightly colored liquid.

If the presentation is key for a party and you don’t want to be making individual drinks all night and you can create this in a punch bowl and then have people ladle their drink and add their own garnish to the top if you choose.There used to be a bar tucked into the hill on the walk up to the Carrier Dome where they served the most over the top fish bowl drinks. If you are worried about everyone walking around with glass fishbowls you can easily grab some plastic ones from the store. Traditionally these are served in a big ol fishbowl with a bunch of straws for everyone to share, but in this version we are using mini fish bowls for your very own drink.

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