Shirley Temple cocktail

A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with ginger ale or Sprite/7 Up, grenadine syrup , garnished with maraschino cherries .^[1] It is often served to children dining with elders to let them share the experience of drinking a cocktail, which is why it is sometimes called a kiddie cocktail.

The Royal Hawaiian Hotel at Waikīkī in Honolulu, Hawaii claims to be the inventor of the Shirley Temple cocktail, from the 1930s.^[2] There are several other popularized claims as to the origins of the drink. One notes a bartender at Chasen's restaurant in Beverly Hills, California is the inventor^{[citation needed]}.The drink was named for the famous child actress Shirley Temple, who often visited the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and the Beverly Hills restaurant.^{[citation needed]}

Later, the popular beverage became available bottled in supermarkets as the first soft drink to include a cherry.^{[citation needed]}

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The original drink contains two parts ginger ale, one part orange juice, and a small splash of grenadine.
The ginger ale is often substituted with 7 Up, Sprite, or similar lemon-lime soft drink.
The orange juice is sometimes omitted.
A more typical, basic recipe involves a ratio of 8 oz ginger ale to 1 oz grenadine.
Alcoholic variations on the recipe exist, which are often served in bars under the original "Shirley Temple" name, or called "Shirley Temple Black", "Dirty Shirley", "Robert Morris", "Shirley Temple Midlife Crisis" and an "IZZY Temple". A "Shirley Temple Black" consists of a "Shirley Temple" mixed with either gin or Johnnie Walker Black Scotch whiskey; the name is a play on words involving the eponymous actress' married name.
"The Madonna" is another variation of the drink, which includes all the normal ingredients, but without a cherry.

This drink had been noted in Akon's song "Daydreaming" featuring Snoop Dogg and T.I.