Purple Rain Cocktail

This easy cocktail recipe for a purple rain cocktail is sure to please all the Prince fans in your life. This fruity drink is made with common bar ingredients; vodka, blue curacao, and grenadine mixed with cranberry, pineapple, and lime juices. Did I mention it’s gorgeous too?

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This purple rain cocktail is so delicious and easy to make!  Of course, a lot of people posted a Purple Rain cocktail as soon as Prince died, but I wanted to wait because I can be contrary like that.

Ask Christopher. He could tell you.

Dedicated to my sister Nancy

I lost one of my sisters to breast cancer over a decade ago.  I can’t believe it has been that long. Nancy was 41 at the time of her death and not a day goes by that I don’t think of her.  The reason I bring this up now is not only did she love the color purple, she also would have LOVED this cocktail.  I never had a chance to make it for her.  So, this post is for her!  Oh, and for Prince, too.

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How to make the purple rain cocktail

Pre-step

Get your cocktail shaker and fill it halfway with ice. Get a measuring glass and glassware.

After measuring out the ingredients, pour them into the shaker.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – vodka, blue Curacao, cranberry juice, pineapple juice and lime.

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Step two

Measure 2 ounces vodka. (1)

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Step three

Measure 1 ounce blue Curacao. (2)

Step four

Measure 1 ounce cranberry juice. (3)

The color of the cocktail is now becoming more purple.

Step five

Measure 1 ounce pineapple juice. (1-below)

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Step six

Measure 3/4 ounce grenadine. (2-above)

Step seven

Measure 1/2 ounce lime juice. (3-above)

Step eight

Cap the shaker and shake for 30 seconds.

Step nine

Add extra ice cubes in the glass and pour the contents in a Tom Collins glass.  See the recipe card below for two variations to this recipe.

I’ve pictured the three different ways I’ve mixed the Purple Rain.  The front cocktail in the tall glass is the main recipe below.

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Look at the deep purple color.  YUM!!  Notice that by the ice cubes the cocktail looks almost teal, but below the cubes, it’s a nice deep purple.

For a deeper purple color pictured in the double old fashioned glass below, use a full ounce of grenadine, as I call for in the two variations below.

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This third variation, pictured in the martini glass, looks almost black.  That’s because I left out the lime juice.  I wanted to see if there was a taste difference.  There is but it’s so slight, you probably won’t miss it.

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Which one of these purple rain cocktail variations do I prefer?  I can’t play favorites! They are my “babies”!

Other popular blue Curacao recipes

• Witches brew
• Blue margarita
• Jack Frost

I hope you enjoyed this recipe.  I enjoyed drinking it! 🙂

And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish!

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Purple Rain Cocktail

This deep purple cocktail is truly delicious.  The recipe below is the one in the tall glass.  The other two variations are in the notes section.

5 from 7 votes

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Course: Cocktail

Cuisine: Cocktails

Keyword: purple rain cocktail

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes

Servings: 1 cocktail

Calories: 306kcal

Author: Elaine Benoit

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Grey Goose vodka
• 1 ounce Blue Curacao
• 1 ounce cranberry juice
• 1 ounce pineapple juice
• 3/4 ounce Grenadine
• 1/2 ounce lime juice 1/2 lime

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Instructions

• Fill your shaker 1/2 way with ice
• Add the vodka, Blue Curacao, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, grenadine and lime juice
  2 ounces Grey Goose vodka, 1 ounce Blue Curacao, 1 ounce cranberry juice, 1 ounce pineapple juice, 3/4 ounce Grenadine, 1/2 ounce lime juice
• Cap shaker and shake 10 times
• Pour into a tall glass, I used a collins glass
• Lift glass
• Sip
• Sing Purple Rain song
• Smile
• Enjoy

Equipment

cocktail shaker

measuring glass

double old fashioned glass

collins glass

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Notes

Variation #1  – double old fashioned glass
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce blue curacao
1 ounce cranberry juice
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce grenadine
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

Variation #2 – martini glass
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce blue curacao
1 ounce cranberry juice
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 ounce grenadine

Nutrition

Serving: 8ounces | Calories: 306kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 36mg | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin C: 9.7mg

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*This recipe was originally published June 3, 2016.  All process shots are from the original post.