water, sugar, cassia bark, pecan flavor, lemon, citric acid, potassium sorbate (preservative)

Lundi Gras

Named after the day before Mardi Gras, this riff on the classic breakfast milk punch will set you up for whatever your day has in store.

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 oz milk (2% or coconut recommended)
• .5 oz Cocktail & Sons King Cake
• 4 drops almond extract (optional)
• 4 dashes aromatic bitters (optional)

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Top with ice and shake briskly for 5-10 seconds. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with grated cinnamon.

Zombie

Our friend Matt Pietrek, aka the Cocktail Wonk and author of Minimalist Tiki, created this one to get through his leftover King Cake syrup (as if that's a thing). He started with Jeff "Beachbum" Berry's 2007 Zombie, swapping out our King Cake syrup for the cinnamon.

• 1 oz dark Jamaican rum
• 3/4 oz lime juice
• 1 oz white grapefruit juice
• 1/2 oz Cocktail & Sons King Cake
• 1/2 oz Bacardi 151 rum
• Sliced fruit and mint for garnish

Shake all ingredients well with ice cubes. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Garnish with fruit and a mint sprig.

Down in the Bayou

• 2oz agricole rhum
• 1 oz white grapefruit juice
• 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
• 3/4 oz C&S King Cake syrup

Combine all of the ingredients in a shaker tin.  Fill the shaker 2/3 of the way with ice.  Shake vigorously for 5-10 seconds.  Fill a snifter glass with crushed ice.  Strain the contents of the shaker over the crushed ice.  Garnish with a lemon slice, lime slice, cinnamon stick, and cake baby.

Twelfth Night

• 1 1/2 oz bourbon
• 4 oz brewed coffee
• 1/2 oz Cocktail & Sons King Cake syrup 
• lightly whipped heavy cream

Pour the bourbon and syrup into an Irish coffee mug.  Add in the coffee, leaving about a quarter-inch of space to the top.  Stir gently.  Slowly pour the lightly whipped cream on top of the coffee.  Garnish with a cinnamon stick and a lemon peel.

Let Them Eat King Cake 

• 1 oz heavy cream
• 1 oz brandy
• 1 /2 oz creme de banana liqueur
• 1/2 oz Cocktail & Sons King Cake syrup 

Combine all of the ingredients in a shaker tin.  Fill the shaker 2/3 of the way with ice.  Shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.  Strain the contents of the shaker into a coupe glass.  Garnish with a pecan half. 

Parade Float

• 1 1/2 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz Cocktail & Sons King Cake syrup
• 1/4 oz creme de violette liqueur
• 1 pinch butterfly pea powder
• club soda
• vanilla ice cream

Combine the vodka, creme de violette, butterfly pea powder, and king cake syrup in a shaker tin.  Fill the shaker 2/3 of the way with ice.  Shake vigorously for 5-10 seconds.  Strain the contents of the shaker into a tall glass. Top off with club soda, leaving some space in the glass for ice cream.  Add as many scoops of ice cream as your heart desires.  Serve with a straw and spoon.

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