From the author of  “The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook”  comes another fun exploration of the Disney culinary experience — this time with drinks! Ashley Craft recreates beverages found all around the various parks, including this “Night Blossom” in Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Make this whimsical concoction for your Disney super-fan.

She writes: The Night Blossom has quietly risen in the ranks to become one of the most beloved beverages in all of the Disney Parks. Guests make their way to the tiny window at Pongu Pongu in Pandora just to get one. Lines for the shop tend to get exceptionally long, and a designated Cast Member has to manage the queue with an “End of Line” sign, just like for a popular attraction. One nice thing about making this at home? No line! Strawberry watermelon juice can be found in the juice section of most grocery stores.

Night Blossom

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Servings 2 people

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups limeade
• 1 ⁄2 cup frozen apple juice concentrate
• 1 cup strawberry watermelon juice
• 2 drops pink gel food coloring
• 1 drop purple gel food coloring
• 1 cup lime sherbet
• 1 ⁄4 cup lemon-lime soda
• 1 ⁄2 cup passion fruit popping pearls, drained

Instructions

 

• Mix together limeade, apple juice concentrate, and strawberry watermelon juice in a pitcher or large mixing bowl. Pour mixture into an ice cream machine and run according to manufacturer’s instructions 8 minutes or until slushy. Drop in pink and purple food coloring and run machine 1 more minute.
• In a blender, blend together lime sherbet and lemon-lime soda.
• Set aside half of the pink limeade mix, and divide the other half evenly into the bottoms of two tall drinking glasses. Divide green sherbet mix evenly and layer on top of the pink mix in the glasses, then layer on the remaining pink mix. Top with popping pearls and add large gauge straws.

Excerpted from The Unofficial Disney Parks Drink Recipe Book by Ashley Craft. Copyright © 2021 by Ashley Craft. Photography by Harper Point Photography. Used with permission of the publisher, Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.