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Sunset Slushie Recipe

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This kid-friendly Sunset Slushie recipe is a perfect beverage for sharing with family and friends. Make it as a layered sunrise drink for breakfast too.

I made this recipe as part of a sponsored post for BAILEYS® Coffee Creamers.

Sunset Slushie in cup

Sunrises and sunset are one of life’s little pleasures. I have hundreds of sunrise/sunset pictures. I’m not sure what I am ever going to do with them, but the gorgeous colors in the sky compel me to take pictures.

And then the sky changes with every minute, every second and I want to take another photo. Don’t worry, cause I can hear you all the way in the middle of Minnesota telling me to put down my camera and enjoy the moment, I do that too!

So, today I am sharing a recipe for a Sunset Slushie that captures some of those beautiful colors of the setting sun.

There are a couple of reasons this drink works. First, the blended ice helps keep the layers separate and second, each layer has a different sugar content.

The layer with the least amount of sugar is on top and the one with the most is on the bottom. To get the soft colors and creamy flavor, I used BAILEYS® Coffee Creamers.

For this recipe, I chose The Original Irish Cream, but many of the other 14 flavors would taste great too.

Blue Slushie in blender

Start with the blue slushie layer. Blend together ice, diet citrus soda, BAILEYS® Original Irish Cream and powdered, unsweetened blue drink mix.

Orange Slushie in blender

Next, blend the pulp-free frozen orange juice concentrate, water, ice, and BAILEYS® Original Irish Cream.

add grenadine to cup

Put the orange slushie in cups. Tilt the cups and slowly pour cherry grenadine syrup down the side of the cup.

tilted cup

Since the cherry grenadine syrup has the most sugar, so it will slowly settle on the bottom of the cup.

Sunrise Slushie in cup

Carefully spoon the blue slushie on top of the orange slushie.

pink yellow and blue layered drink in cup

I made a double batch of these sunset slushies to share at my sister’s birthday party. Everyone thought they were so pretty and so delicious!

And there was even some leftover BAILEYS® Original Irish Cream to put in our coffee. This kid-friendly Sunset Slushie recipe is perfect for sharing with family and friends on hot, summer evenings.

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Sunset Slushie Recipe

Yield: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

This kid-friendly Sunset Slushie recipe is a perfect beverage for sharing with family and friends. Make it as a layered sunrise drink for breakfast too.

Ingredients

Blue Slushie:

  • 2 cups ice
  • 2 cups diet citrus soda
  • 1/4 cup BAILEYS® Original Irish Cream
  • 1/2 packet powdered, unsweetened blue drink mix (about 1/2 tsp)

Orange Slushie:

  • 6 ounces pulp-free frozen orange juice concentrate
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 cups ice
  • 3/4 cup BAILEYS® Original Irish Cream

Pink Layer:

  • Cherry grenadine syrup

Instructions

Blue Slushie Layer:

  1. Blend together ice, diet citrus soda, BAILEYS® Original Irish Cream and powdered, unsweetened blue drink mix.
  2. Pour into a container and set it in freezer while making the next layer.

Orange Slushie Layer:

  1. Blend the pulp-free frozen orange juice concentrate, water, ice and BAILEYS® Original Irish Cream.

Assembly:

  1. Put the orange slushie in cups.
  2. Tilt the cups and slowly pour cherry grenadine syrup down the inside of the cup.
  3. Since the cherry grenadine syrup has the most sugar, it will slowly settle on the bottom of the cup.
  4. Use the end of a straw to gently stir the cherry grenadine into the bottom of orange slushie to turn it pink.
  5. Carefully spoon the blue slushie on top of the orange slushie.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 406Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 28mgCarbohydrates: 62gFiber: 1gSugar: 58gProtein: 1g

Nutrition data is calculated automatically by Nutritionix and isn't always accurate. I am not a certified nutritionist and make no claims to the contrary. Each individual’s dietary needs and restrictions are unique to the individual. You are ultimately responsible for all decisions pertaining to your health.

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Cuisine: American / Category: Beverage

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Comments

  1. Elwyn says

    December 14, 2020 at 7:19 am

    This drink looks great.

    Is there a reason for using the diet citrus soda in the blue layer?

    I couldn’t find blue powdered milk. Will white powdered milk and blue food dye work?

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    • Tonia says

      December 14, 2020 at 12:07 pm

      Hi Elwyn,
      The reason for the diet citrus soda (aka diet 7Up or diet Sprite) is so that it has less sugar. The varying sugar content helps keep the layers separate. The layer with the most sugar goes on the bottom and the one with the least sugar on the top. As far as the powdered, unsweetened blue drink mix goes, I used a blue raspberry Kool-Aid packet. I did not use any powdered milk in the recipe.
      Enjoy,
      ~Tonia

      Reply
      • Elwyn says

        December 16, 2020 at 10:29 am

        Thanks.

        I was also assuming diet citrus soda meant Fanta or Sunkist. Diet Sprite is readily available.

        Is orange juice a good substitute for orange concentrate?

        Reply
        • Tonia says

          December 16, 2020 at 2:55 pm

          Orange juice concentrate is the frozen orange juice in comes in a cardboard or plastic can. It it concentrated until you add the water to it to make orange juice. So if you want to use ready made orange juice, skip adding the water.

          Reply
  2. Janette says

    May 23, 2017 at 1:07 pm

    For some reason this also reminds me of a unicorn! Looks awesome!

    Reply
    • Tonia says

      May 25, 2017 at 3:09 pm

      And probably tastes better than the Starbucks unicorn drink too! Hehehe

      Reply
  3. Stephanie D. says

    June 26, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    Very pretty! Will try. Where did you find those glasses?

    Reply
    • Tonia says

      June 29, 2015 at 10:04 am

      Thanks Stephanie! I found the at Target. You can see more in this post: https://www.thegunnysack.com/2015/05/very-berry-pretzel-salad-and-lemonade.html

      Reply
  4. Meg @ The Housewife in Training Files says

    June 15, 2015 at 7:14 pm

    I would have never thought to use coffee creamer in a drink such as this! Genius!

    Reply
  5. Jaren (Diary of a Recipe Collector) says

    June 14, 2015 at 3:39 pm

    I loved that you used creamer in this drink!! Perfection!

    Reply
  6. Justine | Cooking and Beer says

    June 13, 2015 at 4:42 pm

    I have seriously been ooohhhhing and ahhhhing over these all day! Seriously gorgeous!

    Reply
  7. Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says

    June 13, 2015 at 6:07 am

    This slushie is so pretty Tonia! I love all the fun layers and such a great idea to use the coffee creamers!

    Reply
  8. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    June 12, 2015 at 10:34 pm

    Tonia this is the prettiest drink EVER. And to use the creamers??? GENIUS!!

    Reply
  9. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says

    June 12, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    These are so pretty and totally fun!!

    Reply
  10. Amy @ A Healthy Life For Me says

    June 12, 2015 at 6:35 pm

    This is such a pretty slushie! Perfect for summer cool down!

    Reply
  11. Kathleen | HapaNomNom says

    June 12, 2015 at 2:40 pm

    Super cute and festive drink – perfect for the summer! Gotta love the Bailey’s too! 😉

    Reply
  12. Ashley | The Recipe Rebel says

    June 12, 2015 at 2:04 pm

    I just love the idea of using coffee creamer in slushies! Definitely trying this this summer!

    Reply
  13. Michelle @ Blackberry Babe says

    June 12, 2015 at 9:55 am

    This is so very beautiful, and much easier to make than I originally thought! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  14. Sara @ Bitz & Giggles says

    June 12, 2015 at 9:45 am

    What a BEAUTIFUL drink, Tonia! I would love to serve this to my family this summer. They would be so impressed!

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