I came across the Coco Loco drink about a year ago when entertaining some friends on Memorial day, and now it's one of my favorite tropical drinks to make. This is a great drink to try in the coconut drink cups I posted earlier. There are a few different recipes out there, but I decided to come up with one of my own renditions. The main ingredients behind the Coco Loco is the use of coconut (or cream of coconut), rum, and milk. There are several different recipes I came across that add everything from pineapple juice to whole bananas. In the recipe I developed I used different ingredients that I felt enhanced the coconut flavor but didn't turn it into a different drink. I tried using pineapple juice but this made the drink seem to much like a pina colada. I also tried adding a whole banana but this over powered the coconut flavor and made it taste like a banana daiquiri. Although I did use creme de bananas in my recipe, this was more to bring out the flavor of the coconut. I also used a small amount orgeat in my recipe, just enough to enhance the coconut flavor, but not too much to overpower it with the almond flavor.
Coco Loco
2 oz. light rum
1 oz. creme de bananas
1/2 oz. cream of coconut
1/2 oz. orgeat
1/2 c. milk
2 c. ice
In a blender, add the ice and remaining ingredients. Blend well until the ice cubes are crushed to the consistency of shaved ice.
