Koolaid!

So I asked my boyfriend for what to write about tonight, and he said 'Koolaid!'  So, I said 'Sure!' and said he was kidding.

I'm not.

So here's my amazing post all about the wonders of the cheap, tasty drink packets called koolaid.

Vintage Koolaid advertisement from 1937

Preparation

Currently, I use the Rubbermaid 3.8L pitcher, similar to this one:

Except mine is purple.

 In order to fill the entire pitcher, I use 2 koolaid packets, approx. 2 cups of sugar ( sometimes I skimp just a little ), and then fill it with water up to just under where the bottom of the lid sits when it's on.  Mix it good, cool it or add ice cubes ( add a little less water to compensate ), and serve, simple as that!

When you're making the koolaid, do not be afraid to mix and match flavors!  Trial and error is always the way to go to find out which flavors you like the most together, but from personal experience, I've always loved mixing a basic fruit flavor with basic lemonade.  Grape lemonade, orange lemonade, and my personal all-time favorite, black cherry lemonade.  Yum!

Flavors

Original ( 6 )

Cherry, Grape, Lemon-Lime, Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry

Singles ( 9 )

Black Cherry, Tropical Punch, Lemonade, Pink Lemonade, Rhubarb, Cherry, Watermelon, Orange, Summer Punch

Sugar-Free ( 8 )

Double Double Cherry, Triple Awesome Grape, Lemonade, Soarin' Strawberry Lemonade, Tropical Punch, Raspberry, Watermelon, KiwiLime

Water ( 5 )

Jamaica, Mandarina-Tangerine, Mango, Tamarindo, Piña-Pineapple

Worldwide or No Longer Available ( 68 )

Apple, Berry Blue, Bunch Berry, Blastin' Berry Cherry, Blue Berry Blast, Candy Apple, Cherry, Cherry Cracker, Chocolate, Cola

Eerie Orange, Frutas,Vermelhas, Golden Nectar, Grape, Grape Blackberry, Grape Tang, Melon Mango, Strawberry Splash, Great Blueberry

Great Blue-dini, Groselha, Guaraná, Ice Blue Raspberry Lemonade, Incrediberry, Kickin-Kiwi-Lime, Kolita, Lemon, Lemonade, Lemonade Sparkle

 Lemon-Lime, Lime, Man-o-Mangoberry, Mango, Mountainberry Punch, Oh-Yeah Orange-Pineapple, Orange, Orange Enerjooz, Peach, Pina-Pineapple

Pink Lemonade, Pink Swimmingo, Purplesaurus Rex, Rainbow Punch, Raspberry, Roarin' Raspberry Cranberry, Rock-a-Dile Red, Root Beer, Scary Black Cherry, Scary Blackberry

Sharkleberry Fin, Slammin' Strawberry-Kiwi, Soarin' Strawberry-Lemonade, Strawberry, Strawberry Falls Punch, Strawberry Split, Strawberry-Raspberry, Sunshine Punch, Surfin' Berry Punch, Tangerine

Tropical Punch, Watermelon-Cherry, Shaking Starfruit, Watermelon, Solar Strawberry-Starfruit, Arctic Green Apple, Swirlin' Strawberry-Starfruit, Lemon Ice

Top 5 Things To Do With Koolaid

1. Drink it

Obvious, but it had to make the list since it's the most basic and well known thing to do.

2. Clean Your Dishwasher

Found this handy tip that I was quite surprised with.  Take a packet of unsweetened lemonade kool-aid, dump it into the soap compartment, and run the washer.  Haven't had a chance to test it out myself, but apparently when you open that sucker up after its cycle, it'll be sparkly and clean.

3. Dye Your Hair

Choose your color, preferably a bright one, preferably non-sweetened since it works better with your hair.  Mix enough water with it to make into a sticky paste, and with a tip I didn't know until now, mix a few drops of hair conditioner with it to help it stick to your hair when applied.  Thoroughly coat the desired sections of hair, wrap in plastic, and wait one century.  AKA, the longer you wait, the more dense and bright the color will be!

4. Freeze It

Whether you put toothpicks inside the water before putting it inside the freezer to make popsicles, or just freeze them for some drink flavor altering, tasty ice cubes, freezing the koolaid you made can make everything tasty.

5. Make Lip Stain

All you have to do here is moisten your finger, dip it in the respective koolaid color packet you have, and rub it on your lips!  Once they're coated, gets a q-tip damp and run it over the koolaid to even out any bumps or clumps of powder and to really set the color in.  Then go kiss someone so they can enjoy it too!

Try and make sure they're willing though, it always helps.