‘Liquid Cookies’ Nectar | Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
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Percy Jackson’s ‘Liquid Cookies’ Nectar
What looks like apple juice ends up tasting of Percy Jackson’s mom’s blue chocolate chip cookies. The taste of her warm buttery recipe is Percy’s demigod healing drink, helping his injuries heal after a battle with a Minotaur.
So how do you create a drink that looks like cold apple juice, but tastes like buttery chocolate chip cookies? This is one drink you’ll have to make for your next Percy Jackson birthday party to try out for yourself!
Quote
“On the table next to me was a tall drink. It looked like iced apple juice, with a green straw and a paper parasol stuck through a maraschino cherry.”
-Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
What is Nectar?
What does Nectar taste like?
Like ambrosia, the taste of nectar is unique to each person. Nectar might look like apple juice, but when Percy takes his first sip, it tastes exactly like liquid comfort food: his mom’s blue chocolate chip cookies. So make your own personalized nectar– the flavor is completely up to you!
In classical Greek mythology and the Percy Jackson series, both ambrosia and nectar are known as the food and drink of the gods.
In classical Greek mythology, nectar is drunk to sustain the gods’ immortality and youthfulness, while ambrosia, when eaten, has the same effect.
In the Percy Jackson series, both nectar and ambrosia are used as healing tools, which Percy discovers after his encounter with a Minotaur.
There are also differences between the classics and the Percy Jackson series. In the classics, it is said that a sip can make a human immortal. However, in the Percy Jackson series, if a mortal were to drink any, it would “burn [them] up.” Very different outcomes!
Quote
“If you weren’t like us, you couldn’t have survived the Minotaur, much less the ambrosia and nectar.”
“Ambrosia and nectar.”
“The food and drink we were giving you to make you better. That stuff would’ve killed a normal kid. It would’ve turned your blood to fire and your bones to sand, and you’d be dead. Face it. You’re a Half-blood.”
-Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
‘Liquid Cookies’ Nectar | Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup white chocolate syrup
- 1 1/2 cups soda water divided
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over low heat, add cinnamon to warm for 1 minute.
- Add the butter and stir until melted and combined with cinnamon.
- Stir in the vanilla, brown sugar, and salt until combined, then stir in the white chocolate syrup. Turn off the heat and let the flavors infuse for 1 hour. The color will be a murky brown. at this stage.
- Pour in 1/2 cup soda water and stir to combine to make straining easier.
- Place a clean cotton tea towel in a sieve over a measuring cup and pour mixture through the towel to separate the spices. You’ll end up with an apple juice-colored liquid.
- Top with remaining 1 cup soda water and serve between 4 glasses.
Could I do regular water to avoid carbonation? Would that still work? Can’t wait to try it!
Good question! I haven’t tried it with just regular water, but you can let me know how it goes. 🤗
Does regular chocolate syrup work?