
As an homage to surrealist artist René Magritte, guests sipped on "Magritte-Ahhs," a concoction of cotton-candy clouds, tequila, agave, and lime-kaffir salt at the Woman's Board and Board of Trustees gala in June 2014 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Photo: Cheri Eisenberg

The vintage ice cream parlor theme of Washingtonian magazine's annual AT&T's Best of Washington party, held at the National Building Museum in July 2012, inspired the blue rock candy drink stirrers in the signature cocktail, which was called the AT&Tini.
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For a sweet twist on a simple cocktail, BLT Steak Atlanta mixes Red Vine-infused Stoli vodka with club soda and garnishes the glass with a strawberry and strands of the licorice candy.
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For Halloween, the Lollipop Brew at the Sugar Factory American Brassiere in Miami Beach comes dressed up with gummy snakes, spiders, and brains, along with lollipops and a candy necklace. The cocktail, which is served year-round minus the extra creepy crawlies, contains a wicked mix of Monin cantaloupe syrup, Bacardi coconut rum, Ketel One Citroen, grenadine, and pineapple juice.
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