I've eaten "bomb pops" since I was a kid, but yesterday was the first time I was served one as a garnish in a cocktail. And it was a visual delight.
The Bomb, which is currently on the drink menu at Fuel on 5th, is a mix of Champagne and Aperol (an Italian aperitif) served with the ever-popular red, white and blue Bomb Pop ice. It sells for $8.
The drink – even without the frozen treat – is refreshing and light, almost like a hard seltzer with a little bite that comes from Aperol's bitterness. Aperol is usually served before a meal to stimulate an appetite, but this could certainly be ordered as a dessert drink.
There are three ways to drink The Bomb: let the Popsicle melt into the cocktail, dunk the popsicle into the drink and eat it cookies-and-milk style or do a little of both. I recommend the little-of-both option.
In any case, The Bomb is creative and fun and really hit the spot on the first "hot" day of the year.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
