Freaky Fruits Cocktail in a Kiwano Horned Melon Cup

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I was so excited when Melissa’s Produce sent me a box of freaky fruits!   I am all about fruit but I can’t get too many different kinds in my rural town.   When I received my box I was excited to find strawberry papayas, Dragon Fruit, and Passion Fruit,  to Horned Melons and Chayote Squash.   I couldn’t wait to get creating!

The first thing I wanted to make was a cocktail.  I figured I could put a few of the tropical fruits together along with vodka or rum and serve it over ice.  I haven’t had several of the fruits before so I needed to try them before I could decide what to use in my drink.

I knew I wanted to use the passion fruit in my cocktail and I tried the strawberry papaya, horned melon, Dragon Fruit, and Rambutans. I was surprised by the flavor of some of the fruits.  They were more tart than sweet but I thought that would actually work better in my cocktail.

I ended up using the horned melon, Dragon Fruit, strawberry papaya, and Passion Fruit.   I scooped out the middle of all of them, including the seeds of the horned melon and Passion Fruit.   I chose vodka over rum because I feel like vodka doesn’t have any taste so I would really be able to get the flavors from the fruits.   While I know you can eat the seeds from some of the fruits I strained the mixture and took them out after blending them together.

I tasted my cocktail and it was super tart!  I liked it but I thought it needed a little sugar to help it out.  The resulting cocktail is a frothy, fruity, sweet and tart cocktail that is a creepy green color.   The creepy green color along with the froth got me thinking it would be a really fun Halloween cocktail.

While looking for a glass to put it in my eyes fell of the horned melon.  I scooped out the remaining membranes and then stood it up.   I poured the cocktail into the melon along with ice cubes and served it with a straw.   It was freaky and creepy and totally delicious.  I would love to serve these for a fun Halloween cocktail!

Freaky Fruits Cocktail

A combination of tropical freaky fruits, vodka, and sugar served in a horned melon glass.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 cocktails

Author: Hezzi-D

Ingredients

• 1 Kiwano horned melon
• 1 strawberry papaya
• 2 passion fruits
• 1 Dragon fruit
• 1 lime
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 4 oz. vodka

Instructions

• Cut the Kiwano horned melon in half. Scoop out the middle, including the seeds, and place the seeds and pulp in a blender. Save the two halves of the melon for later.
• Cut the papaya in half and scoop out the seeds. Remove the fruit and place it in the blender.
• Cut the passion fruit in half and scoop the seeds and pulp into the blender.
• Blend the fruits for 1 minute.
• Strain through a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds.
• Place the strained mixture back in the blender. Cut the dragon fruit in half and scoop out half of the inside and place in the blender.
• Juice the lime into the blender and add the sugar and vodka.
• Blend the mixture until frothy.
• Clean out the inside of both halves of the horned melon. Stand each upright so it looks like a cup. Add several ice cubes to each. Pour a quarter of the frothy cocktail into each cup and serve with a straw.
• Serve the remaining cocktail in two short glasses filled with ice.

Notes

A Hezzi-D Original recipe

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