Theme parties are always popular...

...among the college crowd. We once had a party whose theme was 'Shaken not Stirred' where you were to either come as your favorite 007 character, or your favorite drink. I chose to go as a margarita, not because it was my favorite drink, but rather because I had a brilliant idea for a costume, or so I thought. I was wrapped in Saran-Wrap (the green kind) with a long strand of fake pearls around the top. Viola. Upon further review, I should have gone as Bond. And then maybe I also wouldn't have to pay taxes...

Anyways, I thought about this the other night when we had White Russians after dinner. You see, a couple of girls went to this party as a White Russian as a nod to their heritage (or because it was easy.) Matt and I both enjoy White Russians, but usually tend to drink Black Russians due to a lack of having heavy cream on hand. But alas Matt made lobster raviolis in a vodka cream sauce (Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's) earlier that week and had heavy cream left.

The recipe we used came from Esquire Drinks Database. We don't use Kahlua but rather Borghetti (we use to the Starbuck's Coffee Liqueur but have not been able to find it lately so we had to venture to BevMo to find a suitable alternative.) This particular night we decided to add both vanilla extract and ground cinnamon to the drink. We topped them off with some finely ground coffee beans.

 

I like how they turned out. Matt thought they could do with either the cinnamon or vanilla, but not both. Regardless, paired with Trader Joe's Chocolate Chip Cookie and Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwhiches it made a nice end to a nice day.