# Need some tropical drink recipes!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-tropical-drink-recipes/491973>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 4, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-tropical-drink-recipes/491973 "2009-04-04T15:12:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-tropical-drink-recipes/491973/1 "2009-04-04T15:12:27Z")

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My mother-in-law’s 80th birthday is this weekend. Since she always wanted to go to Hawaii and is now too old and frail to make the trip, we’re having a Hawaiian-themed birthday party for her, and we’re looking for recipes for some tropical drinks (preferably alcoholic) that we can serve. Please share your favorites!

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-tropical-drink-recipes/491973/2 "2009-04-04T21:47:52Z")

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[hawaiian drink recipes](http://www.hawaiiforvisitors.com/recipes/tropical-drinks.htm)😃

I will admit I am very fond of the sweet/sour stuff, like mai tais and singapour slings  
🙂

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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-tropical-drink-recipes/491973/3 "2009-04-05T12:15:00Z")

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Send your MIL my best wishes for her birthday. Don’t forget the little umbrellas for the drinks.

As a long-running joke between me and my husband, I tell him he’s waiting until I get senile, then he’ll take me out in the back yard, give me a drink in a coconut shell and tell me I’m in Hawaii!

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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-tropical-drink-recipes/491973/4 "2009-04-05T15:51:59Z")

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It’s not Hawaiian, but my favorite tropical drink is the Painkiller:[ul]  
[li]4 parts pineapple juice[/li][li]1 part orange juice[/li][li]1 part cream of coconut[/li][li]Rum to taste (3 parts or so for me)[/li][/ul]Combine over ice, and then top with freshly grated nutmeg. For a party, I’ll usually mix the fruit juices in a pitcher ahead of time to make things easier.

Use a darker rum. I like Mount Gay or Appleton Estates. In a pinch, you can use coconut-flavored rum (like Malibu) if you don’t have the cream of coconut, but the texture won’t be the same.

Serve in a large styrofoam cup while in a ramshackle bar on the west end of St. Croix watching the sun go down.

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**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-tropical-drink-recipes/491973/5 "2009-04-05T16:02:47Z")

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I like [this](http://www.ozols.com/margarit.htm) margarita recipe. So does everyone I’ve fed it to. Margarita purists may be shocked, however.