This Color-Changing Cocktail Is Pure Magic

Wow your friends with this fun party trick! Cabbage juice is a natural pH indicator and will change colors as you add ingredients that are either more basic or acidic - so this pretty cocktail changes from blue to pink in front of your eyes. Now, if you're worrying about the flavor, don't. We've taste tested this one extensively, and it tastes simply delicious. So chill a few glasses and get ready for your friends to be amazed.

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From Nicole Iizuka, POPSUGAR Food

Color-Changing Cocktail Ingredients

1 cup red cabbage, shredded

1/2 cup water

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1 ounce simple syrup

Ice

1 ounce vodka

1 ounce peach schnapps

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Club soda, for topping

Lemon peel garnish

Directions

1. In a food processor or using an immersion blender, blend together cabbage and water until a red liquid is created. Strain liquid through a mesh strainer into a glass. Add baking soda and stir to turn blue. Add simple syrup and mix to combine.


2. Fill cocktail shaker with ice and vodka. Cover and shake until chilled.


3. In a glass, add 1/2 ounce of blue liquid. Top with chilled vodka, peach schnapps, and lemon juice and finish with club soda. Garnish with a lemon peel and serve.

Information Category Drinks, Cocktails Yield Serves 1 Cook Time 10 minutes







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