Saturday Morning Cartoon Star (A Fruity Pebbles Pornstar Martini Riff) Recipe

The Pornstar Martini is a modern classic with a silly name and a serious following: Douglas Ankrah built it in 2002 for his Townhouse bar in London, vanilla vodka and passion fruit with a shot of champagne on the side to cut the sweetness. This is that drink with the vanilla vodka swapped for one that tastes like breakfast cereal.

Junction 35 is a distillery in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Bam Bam is their vodka that tastes like Fruity Pebbles. If you cannot find it, Three Olives Loopy, the Froot Loops version of the same idea, is the closest swap. Chinola, a passion fruit liqueur from the Dominican Republic, carries the fruit, fresh lime keeps it from turning into candy, and two barspoons of vanilla syrup stand in for the vanilla the vodka no longer brings. The sparkling wine sidecar stays, because that is the whole ritual of a Pornstar Martini: sip, sip, sip.

I made this one for my Junction 35 Bam Bam review, alongside a Cereal Negroni and a Cereal Milk Fizz. More passion fruit drinks live in my Chinola cocktails roundup.

Is this a Pornstar Martini?

It is a riff. The classic uses vanilla vodka and fresh passion fruit pulp. This one gets its vanilla from syrup and its passion fruit from Chinola, and the vodka is doing something the original never asked of it.

What sparkling wine goes on the side?

Anything dry and cold. Prosecco is the easy answer. A brut cava is the cheap answer, and it works just as well.

Can I skip the Chinola?

Passion fruit puree with a little extra vanilla syrup gets you most of the way. The drink will be less sweet and a touch sharper.