Beverages American

Traditional Shirley Temple

Orange juice, ginger ale, lime soda and grenadine are layered over ice and finished with lime and cherries. Fancy enough for a banquet, harmless enough to let the designated driver have three.

Traditional Shirley Temple

What It Is

Orange juice, ginger ale, lime soda and grenadine are layered over ice and finished with lime and cherries. Fancy enough for a banquet, harmless enough to let the designated driver have three.

Origin

The Shirley Temple is an American non-alcoholic mixed drink named for the child actor Shirley Temple.

Fun Fact

Shirley Temple herself reportedly disliked the overly sweet drink that carried her name, which is an impressively specific form of fame.

Prep
5 min
Cook
—
Total
5 min
Servings
1 tall glass
(assuming no one present is secretly a moose)
Difficulty
easy
Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Nut-Free
Diet
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Nut-Free
Away Mission
95 min walk
(Scotty says she cannae take much more of this, Captain)
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Ingredients

  • ½ cup orange juice
  • ½ cup ginger ale
  • ½ cup lime soda
  • 2 tbsp grenadine
  • Lime slices, for garnish
  • Maraschino cherries, for garnish

Steps

  1. Fill a large glass halfway with ice.
  2. Add orange juice, ginger ale, lime soda and grenadine.
  3. Garnish with lime and cherries. Serve layered or stir before drinking.

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Notes

Taste before the final adjustment. A recipe should guide dinner, not bully it. If it needs a little more acid, sweetness, salt or heat, make the change in small steps instead of launching the whole spice rack into orbit.

Nutrition Facts
Per 1 tall glass
Calories 430
Burning this off: one Tragically Hip song, played loud, on a treadmill.
% Daily Value*
Fat 1.5 g 2%
Saturated + Trans 0 g 0%
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 20 mg 1%
Carbohydrate 110.0 g
Fibre 7.0 g 25%
Sugars 75.0 g 75%**
Protein 4.0 g
Potassium 890 mg 19%
Calcium 85 mg 7%
Iron 1.7 mg 9%
*5% or less is a little, 15% or more is a lot. Sodium levels calculated in a country with universal healthcare — and it's free, so don't worry about it too much.
**This dish means well. Some numbers above are having a bit of a moment. Delicious? Absolutely. A daily habit? Let's not. Eat it, enjoy it, then maybe take the stairs.

Substitutions

Use equivalent ingredients where needed for allergies or availability, but keep the main sweet/sour/salty/spicy balance intact. This is cooking, not a hostage negotiation.

Storage

Keep covered and chilled. Fresh-fruit or dairy drinks are best used within 1–2 days; fizzy drinks are happiest served the same day before the bubbles file for retirement.

Freezing

Freeze still fruit bases or concentrates if useful, but add carbonation after thawing. Dairy-heavy drinks are better made fresh.