Pink Squirrel
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The Pink Squirrel is a frozen cocktail
made of
Blend with ice. Serve.
Invented at Bryant's Cocktail Lounge.
Cocktail
A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...
made of
- 1 oz Creme de NoyauxCreme de NoyauxCreme de Noyaux is an almond-flavored crème liqueur made from apricot kernels, which also flavor the better-known, brandy-based amaretto. It may also be made from the almond-shaped kernels contained within peach pits...
- 1 oz Creme de Cacao
- 1 oz Half and halfHalf and halfHalf and half refers to various beverages or liquid foods made of an equal-parts mixture of two substances, including dairy products, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks...
Blend with ice. Serve.
Invented at Bryant's Cocktail Lounge.
Pink Squirrels in Popular Culture
- The Pink Squirrel is the favorite drink of Crystal in the sitcom RoseanneRoseanne (TV series)Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
. - The drink, "Virgin Pink Squirrel" is the favourite drink of Audrey Penney from EllenEllen (TV series)Ellen is a U.S. television sitcom that ran on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, producing 109 episodes.The theme song, "So Called Friend" is by Scottish band Texas...
- In the The West Wing season 2 episode: "Bartlet's Third State of the UnionBartlet's Third State of the Union-Plot:The President addresses the nation for his Third State of the Union, and a group of DEA agents are taken hostage in Colombia. An invited guest to the speech has a questionable background, which C.J. tries to deal with. Capital Beat does a live extended show from the West Wing...
", the character Ainsley Hayes drinks a Pink Squirrel while wearing a bathrobe and dancing in her office. She throws it into the air and shrieks when the President walks into her office for the first time. - In the Broadway musical The Wedding SingerThe Wedding Singer (musical)The Wedding Singer is a musical with music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy. It is based on the 1998 film The Wedding Singer.-Synopsis:Act 1...
(based on the movie of the same name), George orders a Pink Squirrel. - In an episode of The NannyThe NannyNanny may refer to:* Nanny, a child's caregiver* A grandmother * A Cajun word for godmother * A female goat* Nanny , a 1981–83 British drama series starring Wendy Craig* Nanny of the Maroons...
Fran gets drunk from drinking Pink Squirrels. - In the stage play "At First Sight" by Anne Pie, both the lead character Julia and her sister Verna drink Pink Squirrels at the Ritz Carleton in Palm Springs CA.
- In King of the HillKing of the HillKing of the Hill is an American animated dramedy series created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, that ran from January 12, 1997, to May 6, 2010, on Fox network. It centers on the Hills, a working-class Methodist family in the fictional small town of Arlen, Texas...
, season 8 episode 11, Bill DauteriveBill DauteriveBill Dauterive, born Gillaume Fontaine de la Tour D'Haute Rive is a fictional character on the Fox animated series King of the Hill...
is pretending to be a gay hair stylist and orders a Pink Squirrel when out at a night club. - In Vagrant StoryVagrant Storyis a Japanese-developed console role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. The game was released in 2000, and has been re-released through the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles eleven years later...
, a treasure chest containing a mace named Pink Squirrel can be found in the wine cellar.