Midnight Cocktails Recipe

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This variation on a mojito uses blackberry spreadable fruit, which gives it a deep purple color and a bit of sweetness in every sip.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Midnight Cocktails Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 2 Servings

10 5 15

Ingredients

1/3 cup seedless blackberry spreadable fruit
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
3 tablespoons lime juice
1/3 cup rum or brandy
1 cup club soda
GARNISH:
Mint sprigs

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine spreadable fruit and water. Cook and stir over medium heat until smooth; transfer to a small bowl. Refrigerate until chilled.
In a small pitcher, muddle mint leaves and lime juice. Add blackberry syrup and rum. Divide between two cocktail glasses. Stir in club soda; garnish with mint sprigs. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 203 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 29 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Midnight Cocktails in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2011, p16