Fish Bowl Drink

If you like tropical drinks, you will love our fruity and fun fish bowl drink with its coconut-infused flavors and bright blue color.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Fish Bowl Drink Recipe

Servings:

Calories: 473kcal

2 to 3 cups ice cubes, or enough to fill the glass
1 ounce blue curacao
2 ounces Malibu coconut rum
2 ounces vodka
½ fresh lime juice, about 1 tablespoon
12 ounces 7-Up or lemon-lime soda
Swedish fish jelly candies, for garnish
Lemon and lime slices, for optional garnish
large glass beads or marbles for the bottom of the goblet, washed and sterilized (optional)

Fill the goblet with ice and any beads/marbles you are using (see notes). Place two or three Swedish fish candies to rest on top of the beads along the sides of the glass.
In a shaker, combine blue curacao, coconut rum, vodka, and lime juice and stir or shake to combine.
Pour the liquor mixture over the ice. Top with 7-Up or lemon-lime soda to fill the goblet.
Garnish with lemon and lime slices.
Serve with fun drink umbrellas and straws.

The Swedish fish candy will sink to the bottom of the bowl. If you’d like them to appear to be swimming around the bowl, you have a couple of options. We used glass beads/vase filler. These work well to create a little lift on the bottom of the glass for the fish to rest on. You could also use clear rock candy, or some people pour a box of Nerds candy into the bottom of the fishbowl, though this may bleed the color and dissolve pretty quickly. If you use non-edible filler, thoroughly sterilize and wash/rinse before adding it to the drink. Also, be sure you are using larger marbles/beads, so they do not get sucked up in the straw or create a choking hazard.
Our “fish bowl” glasses were large drink goblets with a 1.3-liter capacity. After filling it with ice and some glass beads along the bottom, this drink filled the glass perfectly. To use a smaller glass, I recommend halving the blue curacao, coconut rum, vodka, and lime juice. Mix those together and pour into your serving glass, then top with soda to fill the glass. This will make a pretty standard drink as far as alcohol content goes. Our extra large drink would be considered “two drinks” worth with regard to alcohol content.
This recipe makes one fish bowl alcoholic drink. It can easily be doubled or tripled to share with friends.