{"id":910375,"date":"2019-03-04T11:22:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T11:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=910375"},"modified":"2025-03-09T14:39:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:39:03","slug":"new-orleans-hurricane-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/new-orleans-hurricane-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a New Orleans-Style Hurricane Cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"[dam-video dam-id=\"47717\" type_of_player=\"jw\" \/]\r\n\r\nMardi Gras is French for \"Fat Tuesday,\" a day when people eat and drink in excess before fasting for Lent begins. New Orleans<\/a> is famous for its Mardi Gras carnival, with days of parades and celebrations with plenty of food and drink. The most legendary Mardi Gras recipe<\/a> in New Orleans? It's easily<\/em> the hurricane drink.\r\n\r\nWant to bring the spirit of the Big Easy to your kitchen? Indulge in our best Fat Tuesday recipes<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[dam-video dam-id=\"47717\"]\r\n

What Is a Hurricane Drink?<\/h2>\r\nThe very first hurricane was concocted at Pat O'Brien's<\/a> in New Orleans in the 1940s. Due to a scotch shortage in America during World War II, bar owners purchased rum to compensate. The bartenders at Pat O'Brien's invented the fruity drink and mixed them in bulk in an attempt to reduce their overwhelming surplus of rum. It turns out, patrons couldn't get enough of the cocktail!\r\n\r\nThe fruity elixir was eventually served in a hurricane glass<\/a>\u00a0and the name stuck.\r\n

How to Make a Hurricane Drink<\/h2>\r\nThe recipe below makes one cocktail.\r\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\r\n