By Traditional Pina Colada
This recipe is found on the same page as “Gloria’s Rico Colada” within the OITNB cookbook, at the bottom of the page.
It’s actually quite simple – just a combination of pineapple juice, rum, sweetened cream of coconut, and ice. Toss it all in a blender, pour, and enjoy!
The recipe gives you the option of white rum, dark rum, or coconut rum. If I had coconut rum I would’ve used that, but I opted for white rum instead since it’s what I had on hand. I had dark rum on my shelf too, but it seemed wrong for a pina colada.
Taste: 9/10
Good, but not the best pina colada I’ve ever had. It was also far too liquidy, but that can be remedied by adding more ice.
Difficulty: Easy
Just throw it all into a blender, blend, and pour!
Cost: Average
The big cost here is rum of course, but you’ll also need pineapple juice and cream of coconut, which isn’t cheap.
A Note on Cream of Coconut:
Cream of coconut and coconut cream are not the same thing, so don’t get confused (like I did)! Cream of coconut typically includes coconut cream as one of the ingredients, but it’s sweetened while regular coconut cream is not.
I had some trouble finding cream of coconut, but ended up finally locating it in the “bitters” section of our grocery store next to the alcohol.
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