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#CocktailHour: Peppermint Pattie

  Welcome back to #CocktailHour!  This week, I check out an easy and tasty drink called a "Peppermint Pattie" This is- like the previous two drinks I've discussed, a really easy drink to make.  All you need is ice, peppermint schnapps, Kahlua, and club soda.  For this particular one, I used McGuinness schnapps- though I must confess that I prefer Dr. McGillicuddy's.  In addition, you can also replace the club soda with Sprite as well to give it a bit of a citrus taste. As with the other two I'd talked about, a Peppermint Pattie is a sipping drink- though you're likely to down them a bit faster.  They're a nice little pub drink, though you may find that two or three are enough before the sweetness becomes a bit too much to handle. The peppermint taste of the schnapps is balanced nicely with the coffee taste of the Kahlua.  The sweetness of the two are cut and diffused a bit by the club soda.  The combination of three give the drink a solid mint cho...