Make the White Trash Margarita from KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF and More!

Children are the world's youngest bartenders. As toddlers, they mix and mash their food to slop-perfection. As soon as they're old enough to go out to eat, children begin to experiment. They whip up cloudy waters of every flavor using the salt, pepper, sugar, cheeses, hot sauce, and seasonings lined up along a table’s grab zone. As adults, we remember these genius food experiments from our youth, and crave to mix once again!

Some take our drink mixing professionally, tending to the (hopefully 21) college student’s cravings for a PB & J or Rainbow Shots. But the rest of us, left to our own devices, will experiment with items we find in the home. In a recent episode of KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF, it was revealed that Allison and Sam created an alluring concoction known as the “White Trash Margarita (WTM).” This consists of Lemon-Lime Gatorade and Tequila. Yes, you read that right.

Inspired by this low-maintenance cocktail, we present you an imagined WTM:

The “Basic” White Trash Margarita

  • One 20-ounce Lemon-Lime Gatorade
  • 1 cup of any Tequila you’ve got lying around

If mixing Gatorade and tequila throws you off, we can also imagine the WTM a bit less trashy and a bit more posh:

The “Posh” White Trash Margarita

  • 1 cup Tequila (Don Julio to get the complete “Posh” effect)
  • One 20-ounce Lemon-Lime Gatorade
  • 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • “Posh” Toppings (ex. Cherries, Lemon/ Lime slices)
  • Kosher salt for the Rim

Now, you may be wondering: how else can these cheap, vending machine-ready drinks be mixed to trashy-yet-enjoyable perfection? Well, you're in luck. Beyond Allison and Sam’s creation, the world wide web of drink mixing has proposed a variety of Gatorade mixed drink alternatives.

Food Network has their own fancy 7-ingredient Gatorade cocktail using the cool blue flavor.

Gatorade Margarita

  • 1/4 cup blue sanding sugar
  • 1/4 cup kosher salt
  • One 20-ounce bottle blue sports drink, such as Cool Blue Gatorade, chilled
  • 1 cup thawed frozen limeade concentrate
  • 1 cup silver tequila
  • 1/3 cup blue curacao

Florida Dancing Juice, a dedicated guide to “drinking local in Florida” gave another slightly upscale Gatorade cocktail recipe using the original orange flavor.

THE GATOR

  • 1.5 oz Florida Vodka
  • 1.5 oz Orange Gatorade
  • 1 oz Vanilla Simple Syrup
  • 0.75 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

Last but not least, we have a recipe from Made with Happy, coined the “Shark Bite Drink” using the fruit punch flavor.

The Shark Bite Drink

  • 1:1 Punch Gatorade and Lemon Lime Soda
  • 1-2 oz Vodka
  • A few shark gummies

All of these recipe’s sound great. But, let's be honest, Allison and Sam made the famed “White Trash Margarita” with whatever was available at the time. So check your pantries! Whatever you have, be that bourbon and root beer, or fruit juice and vodka, make your own crafty trashy drink.

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