This recipe comes with a golden surprise for every moscow mule drinker who attends your party–golden ice cubes and a golden rimmed mug!

After all, what’s St. Patrick’s day without a little leprechaun gold?

HISTORY OF THE MOSCOW MULE

The Moscow Mule has various origin stories. Most cocktails do. One story claims that in 1941 John G. Martin of the Heublein Drinks company (which owned Smirnoff vodka) invented the drink with Cock n’ Bull owner Jack Morgan. One needed to sell more vodka and the other was trying to sell his own brand of ginger beer. Another story adds a Russian immigrant named Sophie Berezinski, into the mix. The Moscow Copper Company credits her with developing the cocktail in conjunction with Morgan and Martin. Sophie, it seems, immigrated from Russia to the United States with 2000 copper mugs from her father’s copper factory. She needed to sell them, so she approached the pair and together they concocted the famous cocktail.

Irish Mule Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day Or Any Day

The best part…adding a gold shimmer to your cocktail is easy to do! Oh, and don’t worry, gold is an inert metal, meaning it isn’t absorbed by the digestive system and is safely passed through.

Ensure your party is a hit and discover how to add a little gold to your mule with the golden mule cocktail and gold leaf ice cube recipe below!

Here’s the recipe…

Golden Irish Mule Recipe

Irish Mule Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day Or Any Day
Irish Mule Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day Or Any Day

Ingredients:

  • Irish whiskey
  • ginger beer
  • limes
  • Edible Gold Leaf
  • silicone ice cube trays (bonus points for fun shapes!)

Instructions:

Step 1: Make your golden ice cubes. For larger ice cube trays, place one sheet of gold at the bottom of each mold and gently fill with water. For smaller trays, fill with water first and place the gold sheets on top of the water so that the gold grabs on. Place trays in the freezer until thoroughly frozen.

Step 2: Prepare your copper mugs by using a moist paper towel to dampen the rims then gently place flakes of the edible gold leafing on them.

Step 3: Once the ice has frozen, add a few of those golden ice cubes to a copper mug. Over the ice, pour one oz. Irish whiskey. Fill with ginger beer and squeeze in half a lime. Garnish with a lime wedge. As the ice melts, expect to see lots of golden flecks floating around in your cocktail!