RC Cola and The Really Christmassy Cocktail

For me, being a chef is all about trying out new recipes, tweaking tried and tested recipes to make them my own, and most of all enjoying the end result. Those lovely people at RC Cola have asked me to try out their new recipe, "The Ice Cream Float.... With A Festive Twist"

I wonder what Robert Green, The soda shop owner from Philadelphia who according to legend created the first Cola float back in 1874 would make of me tinkering with his recipe in a family home in Lincolnshire over 130 years later?

The Cola Float is a great treat for the kids and grown ups alike all year round, but the warm fragrant cinnamon really makes this one taste quite Christmassy. I opted for the Virgin RC^® Really Christmassy Cocktail as this one was for the children. (More about the grown up version later on!)

First things first, the ingredients (Thanks for the Cola guys BTW)- I was thrilled to actually hold a can of the iconic Cola that until now I'd only ever seen in "The Green Mile" with Tom Hanks and also in the original  1963 version of "The Nutty Professor"  film with Jerry Lewis.

Virgin RC^® Really Christmassy Cocktail

Ingredients:

Pinch ground cinnamon

150 mls RC Cola

2 scoops of vanilla ice cream

Ice:

Cubed

Garnish:

2 cinnamon sticks

2 cherries

Method:

Fill the tall glass with ice and add all the ingredients apart from the ice cream putting the RC Cola in last. Add the ice cream scoops at the top and garnish with the cinnamon sticks and cherries.

Following the ingredient list above, and the simple method we made this very festive treat in around 30 seconds! 

Achieving the same results with both Diet and Original RC Cola, and arming the children with a glass each (And a spoon!) they quickly devoured this Christmassy take on a classic drink with the following feedback....

Now just remember they are my children, aged 14, 11 and 7 -  Not Gregg Wallace and John Torode!, the following verdicts were recorded:

#1 Loved it "It definitely tastes like Christmas" and "Can we have another?"

#2 Asked immediately "Can we put the tree up, It feels like Christmas" and virtually polished the glass off too! 

and 

#3 (Once he had realised actually eating a cinnamon stick was NOT required) polished it off and also asked when we can have them again!

Sleigh Bells Ring, Are you listening??....

All in all a fair result I'd say! Minimal effort for maximum results, and a treat I'd recommend you all to try out. 

Now, hard work done, and time to relax I feel Mrs F and I may have to try the grown up version!! See below....

 RC^® Really Christmassy Cocktail

 (Please enjoy responsibly. Not suitable for persons under the age of 18)

Ingredients:

12.5mls Kahlua

37.5 mls cinnamon-infused vodka

150 mls RC Cola

2 scoops of vanilla ice cream

Ice:

Cubed

Garnish:

2 cinnamon sticks

2 cherries

Method:

Infused the vodka with cinnamon sticks by leaving the cinnamon in the vodka for 4 days

Fill a tall glass with ice and add all the ingredients apart from the ice cream putting the RC Cola in last. Add the ice cream scoops at the top and garnish with the cinnamon sticks and cherries.

Now there is a a treat for Mum and Dad alike, I may even have to leave one out for Santa this Christmas Eve! Please try it out, leave your comments for others to see, or tweet me @TfgRobFletcher and let me know your thoughts!

RC Cola has been Launched in the UK by Cott Beverages Ltd. and available exclusively in Asda stores nationwide, just visit rccola.co.uk for your local stockist.