Raise Your Spirits with PINK Drinks for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) and Hard Rock’s 15^th annual PINKTOBER campaign, Hard Rock Cafe locations worldwide are “raising the bar” for a cause that affects millions of people around the globe. Throughout September and October, Hard Rock is serving up sweet support with limited-time food and beverage offerings that benefit research and awareness-driving efforts for various breast cancer charities, and we would love for you to consider sharing Hard Rock’s PINK menu items with your readers.

Giving back never tasted so good as Hard Rock offers its new “Flight for a Cure” – guests can enjoy a sampling of Hard Rock’s pink margaritas (Monin Wildberry, Finest Call Watermelon and Monin Pomegranate) accompanied by a personal sized portion of PINK tortilla chips and pico de gallo.

Whether you’re hosting a fundraising event, celebrating the completion of a support walk, or simply looking to enjoy a meal that gives back, we would love your help to continue spreading awareness of Hard Rock’s PINK menu items for PINKTOBER:

• Red Berry Press – a delicious fruit-infused cocktail pressed tableside and great for sharing! Includes homemade lemonade, SVEDKA Clementine Vodka,fresh lemons, strawberries and raspberries
• Wildberry Smoothie – a non-alcoholic blend of fresh bananas, pina colada mix, orange juice and Monin Wildberry
• Red Velvet Cake – Hard Rock’s PINKTOBER cake for the cure is a decadent red velvet cake topped with homemade vanilla cream cheese frosting and finished with a pink sprinkle ribbon

Hard Rock’s Flight For A Cure – 3 mini samplings of PINK margaritas

Ingredients:

2 oz Avion Silver Tequila

¾ oz Cointreau Orange Liqueur

3 oz HRC scratch margarita mix – (for at-home mixing pick your favorite brand)

-        ½ oz Monin Pomegranate Syrup – (for at-home mixing you can use pomegranate juice)

-        ½ oz Finest Call Watermelon Puree – (for at-home mixing you can use fresh watermelon, puree the watermelon and add simple syrup)

-        ½ oz Monin Wildberry Syrup – (for at-home mixing, you can use any berry flavored syrup)

Directions:

Shake the first three ingredients together without ice and pour into three serving glasses filled with ice and ½ salted rims.  Top each mini margarita with ½ of one of the three flavors.  Garnish each mini margarita with a lime wedge.  Serve with your favorite brand of chips & salsa

Hard Rock’s Red Berry Press

Ingredients:

3 lemon wedges

3 whole strawberries (hulled and sliced)

3 fresh raspberries

3 oz Svedka Clementine Vodka

7 oz HRC scratch lemonade – (for at-home mixing, purchase your favorite brand)

7 oz Lemon –lime soda

Directions:

For at-home mixing get a large pitcher or container that will hold 20 oz. Add the fruit to the bottom of the pitcher and muddle about 5 times enough to break the berries apart and release the juice from the lemons. Add the remaining ingredients stir and serve into iced filled rocks glasses. This can be made several hours in advance. The longer the fruit is in the mixture the more flavorful it will be.

Hard Rock’s Wildberry Smoothie

Ingredients:

3 oz Monin Wildberry Syrup – (for at-home mixing, pick your favorite berry flavored syrup)

3 oz Orange Juice

4 oz HRC Scratch Pina Colada Mix – (for at-home mixing, purchase your favorite brand -- Skinnygirl!)

1 Ripe Banana

Directions:

Blend all ingredients together and pour into serving glass. Garnish with a pineapple leaf & pineapple wedge