Shirley Temple Black Cocktail Recipe

The Shirley Temple Black Cocktail is an alcoholic, all-grown-up version of everyone's favorite fancy childhood drink, the Shirley Temple.

Shirley Temple Black Cocktail with a red and white straw in front of a bottle of homemade grenadine syrup.

Any Shirley Temple Black cocktail is good. But the secret to making this drink truly amazing? Homemade grenadine syrup.

Homemade grenadine in a glass bottle, surrounded by pomegranate seeds

Shirley Temple Black Cocktail

one ounce grenadine syrup (here's my homemade grenadine syrup recipe [1])
1 1/2 ounce regular rum (not spiced)
splash of fresh orange juice
sparkling water (or 7up or ginger ale) to fill the glass.
maraschino cherry [2] and orange slice, for garnish

Pour the rum and grenadine syrup in a glass with ice. Add a splash of orange juice. Fill to the top with sparkling water, lemon-lime soda, or ginger ale. Add a marashino cherry and an orange slice for garnish.

Shirley Temple Black Cocktail with a red and white straw in front of a bottle of homemade grenadine syrup.

Doesn't this sound like the perfect summertime cocktail?

Printable Shirley Temple Black Cocktail Recipe:

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