I’ve been catching up on a lot of household chores this weekend, and our new place only has an AC unit in the living room so I’ve reallllly been feeling the heat wave we’ve had in Southern California. To combat this, I decided to make a wine cooler beverage that my Hawaiian friend had made a few years back. It’s just perfect for hot weather: fruity, cool, sparkling, and with that nice citrus kick. I was able to use the glass straws I’d gotten from Glass Dharma in the drinks too, so incredibly beautiful! They add a really fun and elegant touch to the drinks when you serve them, plus they’re reusable so it’s good for the environment. They come in a bunch of different styles and sizes, I’m super excited to make boba tea again sometime soon so I can use the big glass boba straw! And to make it even better, the nice people over at Glass Dharma have volunteered to give away a $25 gift certificate to a lucky reader! To enter, please leave a comment on this post about your favorite beverage. For extra entries, you can:
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Hawaiian Wine Coolers with Frozen Pineapple
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Sliced Pineapple Per Intended Serving
- Equal Parts of the Following:
- Orange Juice
- Sparkling Lemonade or Sprite with a squeeze of lemon juice
- Chilled Red Wine I used Syrah
Instructions
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First, place the pineapple slices in the freezer on a plate lined with parchment paper and remove them 2 hours later once they're frozen. Remove the pineapple from the parchment paper and line each glass with the pineapple slices.
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Then pour in the sparkling lemonade, orange juice, and wine. Place a decorative straw in the glass and serve.
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What a delicious cooler. Those glass straws are so beautiful! Yes, they add an elegant touch to the drinks. š I would make Strawberry Meyer Lemonade Spritzer and serve with these gorgeous glass straws.
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Yum that looks and sounds so refreshing! I would have to say my favorite drink is a mojito. I don't like them too sweet though. Cool straws!
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At this moment, my favorite beverage is cold-brew iced coffee with cinnamon, vanilla and a splash of plain soy milk… drunk from a straw! I've been looking for something to replace my dollar store-throw away straws to keep from continually purchasing and adding to the landfills. These are perfect!
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It looks delicious!
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This looks so simple, yet still elegant enough for company! One of my favorite beverages is Thai iced tea- creamy, spiced goodness!
Awesome giveaway! My fav beverage is iced tea with hibiscus flowers.
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I liked your Facebook page a few weeks back, and just started following you on Twitter and Pinterest today. I love your blog! I listed it on my own food blog as a blog I follow. Cheers!
Love limeade mojitos!
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my faaaaaavorite beverage right now is KOMBUCHA:) It's such a treat from my usual water or coconut water. I'm also pretty pumped w/Vega's electrolyte hydrator — the Pom-Berry flavor is meeeeeeean!!
My favorite drink is almond milk tea with boba š
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My favorite drink in the world is a frozen mango margarita!
My favorite beverage is orange juice and seltzer! Yum! š
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First of all, this drink looks and sounds amazing and I just so happened to have a pineapple sitting on my counter at home! Yum! One of my favorite drinks is Grape or Raspberry Chia Kombucha. Obsessed with the texture of that stuff! I've had my eye on Glass Dharma straws for a whole, so it'd be awesome to win this giveaway! š
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Wow, such pretty straws!
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My favorite beverage is thai iced tea….but my favorite big girl beverage is a dark and stormy š
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Martinelli's sparkling apple cider, mmm!
Red wine with sprite on lots of ice and adash of lemon!
Mmm I love gin rickeys in the summer š
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These drinks look scrumptious! And I love a good summer tea. Yum.
MmmMM. Can't wait to make these š
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my favorite summertime drink is probably white sangria with fresh fruit or melon slushies!!
Fabulous! My favorite beverage (lately) has been a Vodka Collins!
I'm not much of a sangria type drinker, but this drink looks so tempting because of the frozen pineapples. Looks great to sip on a sunny afternoon. Thanks for sharing!
Caipirinha is one of my favorite drinks. š
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My favorite drink is Turkish coffee.
favorite drink…St. Germain cocktail, yum!
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My favorite beverage is homemade lemonade!
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I've recently stopped drinking soda, and also recently turned 21, so I have to rethink my favorite beverage on multiple levels! I really like lemonades of any variety, and I'm also a big fan of woodchuck cider.
I love the idea of frozen pineapple chunks! pineapple is my favorite fruit!
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LOVE the idea of using frozen pineapple chunks to chill the drink :-). I am pinning this to share the joy, and not because of the giveaway (but if it increases my chances to win, why not?)
And I also wanted to say that I made Ravani from your cook book (I was trying to find the recipe on the blog, but could not, so I am saying it here). It is really really good! Thanks for the recipe. I have never heard of a cake like that before, so that's a double thanks :-). And, of course thanks for the cookbook, so that's a triple thanks š
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P.S. Ravani is my Dad's favorite dessert, with all that syrup and cake it really couldn't be more tasty. I love the citrus accents in it too, such a great treat!
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as of late my favorite beverage has been Campari and soda, or Vietnamese lotus tea. So delicious!
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My favorite summertime drink is the Mojito. There are so many variations, too. I love adding a little cherry juice to make an adult version of a Cherry Limeade!
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Looks wonderful. I love homemade lime-ade on a hot day here in Alaska š Oh I have made your raspberry cheesecakes cupcakes— they were delicious! Thanks
My favorite drink is plain old raspberry lemonade. Its amazing how good it can taste if you make it right. Those glass straws are a really nice touch.
Love the straws — hoping to win!!!
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<3 Sangria!!!
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Do you have to put red wine in it!??? How bout cranberry juice instead? ??
The red wine is not a necessity, so definitely put the cranberry juice in there! I bet it will be delicious š
That sounds and looks gorgeous!
I bet a Spanish Tempranillo would work well in it too, might just have to go check that out now š
Oh yes, that does sound like a lovely addition!
I just always love the wine coolers with frozen pineapple slices as they have a unique taste.
Me too! It adds a nice sweet zing š
Sounds yummy! I love a quick sangria, but a margarita is pretty hard to beat!
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