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Nuclear Banana Daiquiri
To quote our friends at Hawksmoor, where we discovered this delicious and indulgent cocktail, "Our take on a drink that doesn't take itself too seriously...
Eva S.
19th September 2021 at 03:42
Wanted to like this but really didn’t. Definitely needed an overripe banana to sweeten it up, which we did not use. Doubt I’ll make it again.
9th April 2022 at 20:35
I used an overripe banana and both my wife and I really liked this cocktail. I think you are right that it is essential that the banana is overripe, otherwise you might have to compensate with creme de banane and/or sugar sirup. In my case I didn't search for an overripe banana for the cocktail, but instead searched for a cocktail to salvage an overripe banana that i was starting to get too mushy to eat.