Whiskey Slushes

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3 cups Bourbon whiskey

1 ½ cups sugar

12 oz. frozen orange juice

12 oz. frozen lemonade

5 cups water

Directions:  Combine all ingredients.  Mix well and place in the freezer overnight.  

To serve, add two tablespoons of this mixture to a glass. Add 7-Up, ginger ale, squire 

or your choice of soda.  To make them stronger, add more mixture.

Comment:  The only time we can drink early in the day at Grandma & Grandpa 

Romer’s house is when we celebrate the holiday with a Whiskey Slush.  Merry 

Christmas!

Tom & Jerry Mixture

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3 eggs      6 oz. powdered sugar

6 drops vanilla      dash nutmeg

pinch of baking soda      Rum

Whiskey      boiling water

Directions:  Separate eggs into whites and yolks.  Beat egg whites and sugar until 

very stiff.  Beat egg yolks stiff.   Fold the yolks into the egg whites.  Add vanilla, 

baking soda.  

Place 1 jigger each rum and whiskey in a coffee cup.  Add 2 T. of mixture.  Then, 

add boiling water slowly and dash of nutmeg.

Comment:  The adult temptation at all of Grandma Bendele’s Christmas gatherings.

Hot Chocolate

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1 12-ounce bag semisweet chocolate chips

1 cup heavy cream

¼ tsp. salt

2 T. vanilla 

Directions:  Microwave chocolate, cream and salt in a large bowl, stirring 

occasionally, until smooth, about 2 minutes.  Once melted smoothly, add vanilla and 

stir again.  Refrigerate until firm, about 2 hours.  Roll 3 tablespoons chilled chocolate 

mixture into 2-inch balls.  Individually wrap balls in plastic wrap and transfer to 

zipper-lock bag.  Refrigerate for 5 days or freeze for up to 2 months.

To make cup of hot chocolate, combine 1 unwrapped chocolate ball and 1 cup whole 

or low-fat milk in a large mug.  Microwave or heat on stove until hot and smooth, 

stirring as needed.

Comment:  Excellent hot chocolate.  I love vanilla, so feel free to add a dash of vanilla to your cup.