Orange Creamsicle Cocktail
What’s more fun than revisiting our youth occasionally…and doing it with a drink from the past that appeals to the kid in us but in a grownup version. This Orange Creamsicle Cocktail is fantastic!
With warmer weather I often hear a faint sound in the distance. It starts as a faint tinkling sound that you might confuse with the wind chimes across the street but it doesn’t take long to realize it’s a sound from my childhood that signals the arrival of the ice cream man. It always reminds me that my favorite was an Orange Creamsicle…and I was inspired to make this adult version, the Orange Creamsicle Cocktail!
I hadn’t heard that sound in years until I moved to a new neighborhood filled with kids and it takes all the willpower I have to not run outside in my bare feet with my quarter (kidding, probably need $5!) and stand in a line that must be 10 kids deep, just to get my favorite cool and creamy treat; an orange creamsicle.
I never wavered; it was always the same thing. Something about the combination of creamy vanilla ice cream and the bit of tang from orange sherbet always did it for me.
Is it any wonder that as an adult I would have to kick it up a notch and make an adult Orange Creamsicle Cocktail? I am reminded of that treat at least a couple of times a week and decided it was time to make my own. Barb Style. You know what that means right? Booze. In this case, Vodka and orange liqueur.
Not a lot but a little kick was fun and I now have a favorite summer treat with this Orange Creamsicle Cocktail that is not for kids but for their parents!
My taste tester was my neighbor Rick who lives across the street. He guzzled it down like it was a mocktail, he said he could not help himself. I said remember that in a few minutes when you’re back to working on your deck. 🙂
I used a new to me vodka for this Orange Creamsicle Cocktail. VDKA 6100 Vodka is backed by Australian casino mogul James Packer and actor Robert De Niro.
De Niro is quite the entrepreneur and has significant investments in Nobu Hospitality Group, Tribeca Grill, Locanda Verde, and the Tribeca Film Festival (which served as the launch event for VDKA 6100 in 2014).
He is known for taking an active role in his investments, which may help keep VDKA 6100 from being yet another celebrity spirit.
An interesting note to this vodka is the use of whey as source material. While vodka can be made from any number of materials including wheat, corn, potatoes and rye there aren’t a ton of restrictions on the source materials you can use
Distillers can use pretty much anything that can be broken down into fermentable sugar as the source for vodka, as long as it’s distilled to near neutrality. While whey isn’t a very common vodka source it can be transformed into alcohol with the right kind of yeast.
Although it has an Australian inspired name from the country code 6100 for Perth, Australia (Packer has major properties in Perth), the vodka itself comes from New Zealand, where the whey is sourced from grass-fed cow’s milk.
These Orange Creamsicle Cocktails were perfect; cool and creamy and tangy with orange and just enough vodka and orange liqueur to elevate them from ice cream bars to cocktails. Easy too. What are you waiting for…bet you can hear that same music I did and these are a fun way to take a trip back in time with an updated adult treat. Cheers!
More of Our Favorite Ice Cream Treats
Boozy Favorites
- Chocolate Gelato with Bourbon and Chocolate Chips
- Spiked Thin Mint Shake
- Broncos Orange Crush Cocktail
- Adult Mocha Shake with Strawberries
Beer Float and Milkshakes
- Guinness Float with Irish Cream Liqueur
- Guinness Vanilla Malted Milkshake
- Boozy Salted Caramel Milkshake
- Bourbon Milkshake with Hot Fudge
- Gin and Strawberry Milkshake
Favorite Ice Creams
- Old-Fashioned Butter Brickle Ice Cream
- Black Forest Ice Cream Sundaes
- Blueberry Mojito Ice Cream
- Chocolate Chunk Coconut Ice Cream
- Strawberry Ricotta Gelato Fizz
Sauces/Toppings
PIN IT! ‘Orange Creamsicle Cocktail’
Orange Creamsicle Cocktail
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ounces Vodka
- ½ ounce orange liqueur
- 4 ounces Orange Juice
- ¾ cup vanilla ice cream
- ¼ cup orange sherbet
- 2 ice cubes
- 4 ounces orange soda chilled
- orange slices and maraschino cherries for garnish optional
Instructions
- Put your glass in the freezer 15 minutes before preparing the cocktail. (This fills a large glass; if you have smaller ones it will equate to two servings)
- Combine vodka, orange liqueur, orange juice, vanilla ice cream, orange sherbet and ice cubes in a blender and blend until smooth.
- Fill chilled glass(es) 3/4 full and top off each glass with orange soda.
- Garnish with orange slices and cherries.
I make mine with Turkey Hill orange creamsickle icecream/vanilla and orange sherbert. ice cubes, orange vodka, vanilla liquer, and orange juice.
delicious!
What do you do with the juice? It’s in the ingredients, but not in the instructions. Just blend it with everything else?
Yikes! Yes, it gets blended with all the other ingredients; thanks for the catch, I’ve fixed it now. Enjoy!
Can you please write a cocktail cookbook? 🙂
Would probably be the only thing I would even consider but them even better? I’m going to soon as I can have a cocktail blog!
Oh wow, this sounds too good! You have outdone yourself with this! We have an ice cream van that comes daily. Lately (we are having quite a hot summer, for a change) he has had some competition and up to 3 different ice cream vans have been driving down our street in a day!
It is so good Jane; hot summer day and this treat and you can almost feel like a kid again! 🙂
Oh this might be my favorite cocktail of yours yet– creamsicles are my all-time favorite ice cream truck treat and I haven’t had one in ages. I love this grown up version!
Oh, my! This looks wonderful! You are soooo tempting me, thanks 🙂
That is my job Pat…glad it’s working! 🙂
When I was a kid, our house was near the end of the ice cream man’s route and on too many occasions, the only thing he had left were creamsicles. I did without because I didn’t like them. I’ve grown up since then and I’d love this creamsicle cocktail.
fyi. The ice cream man in Australia is called Mr. Whippy. 🙂
Funny about that huh? My mom went to Mexico with a friend and came back to St. Louis eager to share this thing with us called avocado. Ewww…NO! Ah…all the good years of guacamole I missed! 🙂
A drink called a “spider” was popular here in Oz when I was growing up and was basically just soft drink with a scoop of ice cream. One of my favourites was the orange version using Fanta, an orange soda pop. This looks like a much more adult and sophisticated version of that – and has me wishing for hot, summer afternoons and a big glass! Actually, it’s been a tough week for me – I think I’ll take two.
I mean this with all my heart; wish I was there to make you some cocktails and keep you fed; I know hard weeks and how comforting it would be to have someone to help…particularly when you don’t. Take care of yourself too…the caregiver has to stay in good shape. And I think a cocktail every now and then is a must. XOXO
I’m a creamsicle fan, too. But this looks much better than the stuff on a stick! Love this idea — very original. Thanks.
Yes the stuff in the glass is even better than the stuff on a stick. 🙂
What a beautiful summertime dessert drink. I need one or five after the week I’ve had!
Seems a lot of folks had tough weeks and this libation might just help.
Ah, for me it was orange push ups!!! Like you, I never wavered either – had the same treat each time!!! Wow, Vodka made from whey – that’s amazing and a great solution to the glut of whey all this greek yogurt is creating! This sounds like the perfect indulgence for a hot, steamy afternoon – and you know, how are you gonna get any work done anyway???
I had to be careful with this one…it went down VERY easy! When I know I’ve made an indulgence that might be like that I make a point of remembering to down a big glass of water first so my thirst is quenched and I don’t guzzle!