If TikTok has done anything for the public, it's helped them get through the quarantine period with fun and entertaining viral trends. From the great minds who give you dance challenges and whipped coffee now comes one of the best things they can give you: White Claw slushes. That's right — TikTok just gave you a way to enjoy your favorite hard seltzer drink in the form of a smoothie cocktail. This is the drink you need in the summer (even if you're spending it alone in a lawn chair in your backyard).
White Claw drinks have become extremely popular over the past few years as social media users have pushed the brand to imitate different groups of people as part of memes. Overall, White Claw is used to symbolize the alcoholic beverage of choice among upper-class, trendy Millennials. But it doesn’t matter what the meme is about who’s drinking White Claw. Sales grew 250% between 2018 and 2019, so clearly everyone is drinking it.
Now, thanks to TikTok, the ultimate drink for millennials is growing up and turning into a fun summer cocktail.
Like the design of the White Claw can, the popular TikTok slushie is simple. It only requires four ingredients: white claw of your choice, frozen fruit, ice, and liquor. People usually choose vodka as their hard liquor.
This recipe is easy to make by putting all the ingredients in a blender. Using a high-speed blender and crushed ice can help you get better results. But all in all, making the smoothie is the easy part—the most complicated aspect of the recipe is figuring out which flavor combination to use.
The drink's official website offers 11 different White Claw flavors: black cherry, mango, natural lime, ruby grapefruit, raspberry, lemon, watermelon, tangerine, plain hard seltzer, and two 70-calorie options— —Pineapple and Clementine. While this gives you a lot of options, it can also complicate the process of finding the perfect combination. TikTok users recommend finding a flavor that goes with the frozen fruit you choose. One popular combination is Mango White Claw, frozen mango, and vodka. Of course, given how creative users are on TikTok, there are plenty of other combinations you can try.
Food Network recipe developer Amanda Neale suggests some combinations you can try at home: Black Cherry White Claw with Frozen Cherries and Strawberries, Ruby Grapefruit White Claw with Frozen Banana and Dragon Fruit, Natural Lime White Claw Claws with frozen mango and pineapple chunks, and Raspberry White Claws with frozen blueberries and raspberries. She also recommended other spirits, including tequila, rum and gin.
Whether you're looking for a new drink to add to your virtual happy hour with friends or just want to add a new option to your solo drinking sessions during quarantine, White Claw Smoothies are a must-try. You might even want to follow TikTok to see more combinations and maybe even the next hot trend.
