Some cocktails are meant to be sipped slowly on a porch somewhere with nowhere to be. This is one of them. The ChoCoco-Nana Spritz takes everything you love about a classic blended banana cocktail. It's creamy, boozy, tropical, and gets a subtle pop of sparkle thanks to our go-to OOO sip, Coconut Mint Bubbles. Frozen bananas bring a natural sweetness, dark rum and coffee liqueur bring the rich depth, and that final pour of Coconut Mint Bubbles? That's the move that takes this from tasty to down right delicious. Make it for a slow weekend afternoon, a backyard hangout, or anytime you want something that tastes like a vacation.

What You’ll Need:

• 2 ripe bananas, peeled, sliced, and frozen
• 2 oz dark rum (or spiced rum for more depth)
• 2 oz banana liqueur (Crème de Banane)
• 2 oz coffee liqueur (Kahlúa or similar)
• 2 oz cream of coconut (not coconut cream, the sweet stuff)
• ½ cup ice
• 4 oz Coconut Mint Bubbles, freshly opened, divided
• Fresh mint sprigs and banana slices, to garnish
  
• Chocolate syrup drizzle to finish

What You’ll Do: 

1. Freeze your bananas ahead. This is the move that makes or breaks a Dirty Banana. Ripe, spotted bananas work best — more natural sweetness, better flavor. Freeze them at least 2 hours before making this, or overnight.
2. Blend everything except the Bubbles. Add frozen bananas, rum, banana liqueur, coffee liqueur, cream of coconut, and ice to a blender. Blend until completely smooth and thick. Taste it. Try not to drink it straight from the blender. (We get it.)
3. Pour into two chilled glasses. Tilt each glass and pour slowly so the frozen base fills about three-quarters of the way up.
4. Top with Coconut Mint Bubbles. Here's where the magic happens. Pour 2 oz of Coconut Mint Bubbles slowly over the back of a spoon into each glass — this preserves the bubbles and creates that gorgeous layered effect as the sparkling water meets the frozen blend. Give it just a gentle stir at the surface, not all the way through.
5. Garnish and serve immediately. A sprig of fresh mint, a banana slice on the rim, maybe a paper straw. Done. Beautiful. Drink it before it melts.