★ cocktail ★

BUBS Skull Margarita

Name: BUBS Skull Margarita
Total time: 5 minutes
Yield: Makes 2
Ingredients: 120 ml (4 oz) blanco tequila; 60 ml (2 oz) fresh lime juice; 30 ml (1 oz) agave syrup; 30 ml (1 oz) orange liqueur (optional); Ice cubes — enough to fill a shaker; 6 BUBS Cool Cola Skulls (or any sour skull); Lime wheels, to garnish

Tequila, lime, agave, and three sour BUBS skulls bobbing on top. The sourness re-frames the drink.

★ Makes 2★ 5 minutes

A classic margarita with sour BUBS skulls swapped in for the salt rim. The candy melts a little, the drink takes on its tang, and the skulls float — half decoration, half desert at the bottom of the glass.

Method

1
Drop two BUBS skulls into a shaker, muddle gently — just enough to release the sour coating, not pulverise the candy.
2
Add tequila, lime juice, agave, orange liqueur (if using) and a scoop of ice. Shake hard for 15 seconds.
3
Strain into two chilled coupes or rocks glasses over fresh ice. Float a lime wheel and 2 more skulls on top of each. Drink while the skulls are still bobbing.

★ Tips from the kitchen ★

Skip the salt rim — the sour coating on the skulls does that work.
For a non-alcoholic version, swap tequila for lime soda and skip the orange liqueur. Same skulls.
Eat the bottom-of-glass skulls last. They'll have absorbed tequila and lime and turned into a small reward.