How To Make a Shirley Temple

  • April 8, 2009
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Make dinner time a special occasion by offering your kids a “mocktail” – a non-alcoholic cocktail – named after one of history’s most famous child actresses.

You Will Need

  • An 8-ounce glass
  • Ice
  • 3 oz. lemon-lime soda
  • 3 oz. ginger ale
  • 2 to 3 tsp. grenadine syrup
  • A stirrer
  • A straw
  • Maraschino cherries
How To Make a Shirley Temple: Fill glass with ice

Step 1: Fill glass with ice

Fill the beverage glass with either crushed or cubed ice, depending on your preference.

How To Make a Shirley Temple: Pour the soda and ale

Step 2: Pour the soda and ale

Next, pour the soda and ginger ale into the glass, leaving some room at the top.

You can mix a simpler variety of this drink by doubling the lemon-lime soda content and skipping the ginger ale.

How To Make a Shirley Temple: Add grenadine and stir

Step 3: Add grenadine and stir

Add the grenadine, stirring well to disperse the syrup evenly.

If you stir too forcefully, you’ll make the soda foamy and increase the amount of melted ice. Instead, stir slowly and smoothly.

How To Make a Shirley Temple: Add garnish and serve

Step 4: Add garnish and serve

Garnish with 1 or 2 (or 10!) maraschino cherries and serve with a straw. You might consider extra cherries to celebrate a child’s accomplishment!

Shirley Temple led the box office in popularity from 1936 to 1939. As an adult, she served as an ambassador to Ghana and the former Czechoslovakia.

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Comments (2)

Twillian

One of my favorite drinks of all time &;lt;3

over 2 years ago by Twillian

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Yimata

Mine too, I love them!

about 1 year ago by Yimata

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