I try not to make fun of my Catholic upbringing often but this time of the year is difficult for me. At Christmas time, everyone points out that consumerism has taken over Christmas and I’m busy stuffing my face with cookies. Easter has a guy that came back from the dead and invited his friends to poke his open wounds, a Monty Python musical to reference and a marshmallow candy that is begging to be microwaved.

For many Easters I tried to come up with the perfect dessert to name Sweet Jesus. No store bought cross cake or communion wafer shaped, raspberry jam filled cake would do. This year I decided to try Sweet Jesus, the alcoholic beverage. It came to me on the elliptical, dreaming about being out and drunk instead of watching the guy in front of me splatter sweat on the Stairmaster.

A Zombie and sangria mix. What better to represent the Easter Jesus?

I modified a basic sangria recipe and the zombie recipe on Wikipedia.

I don’t remember exact amounts for everything but the sangria contained:

1 orange

1 lemon

1 lime

1 bottle of red wine

1/3 cup sugar

some white rum

some orange juice

I let the fruit soak in the rum and sugar and then added the wine and juice. The the zombie:

about a cup and a half of white rum

about a cup and a half of dark rum

papaya juice

pineapple juice

orange juice

a little Triple Sec

You are supposed to add 2 more types of rum but I’m just not that fancy.

I created the drinks in two separate containers, mixed a glass of the two for myself and exclaimed

SWEET JESUS!

Add ice, encourage friends to drink, taking the rest to Easter at the parents. It is a really strong drink, strong like the power of Jesus!

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