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Homemade Slurm drink from Futurama

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Author: Dini K.
Posted: 7/8/2016
Updated: 7/17/2023

If you’re a fan of Futurama, then you don’t need a description of SLURM! Here’s my rendition of the Slurm drink – a sweet, tart, refreshing sparkling limeade with the spicy warmth of ginger! Kids will love the bright green shade and the sweet and tart ginger limeade, or spike it with some vodka for the adults. If you’re planning a Futurama marathon, then you’ve got to have some SLURM!

Homemade Slurm Drink from Futurama - sweet, tart, refreshing sparkling limeade with the spicy warmth of ginger! Kids will love the bright green shade and the sweet and tart ginger limeade, or spike it with some vodka for the adults.

So I assume you guys know by now that I’m a food geek. After all, you’re on a food blog, where I talk about things that excite me to no end – like the nitty gritty of choux pastry, or hot dog buns, or donuts. The other thing that you guys may or may not know about me by now is that I also am… a geek. A straight-up, no-qualifiers-required, geek.

So what do I love to watch as a geek and a fan of all kinds of TV shows? All kinds of TV shows. And in particular, animated shows! I love most things from classic cartoons to ones that are more adult-oriented (like Archer, Family guy, and certain Anime shows like Fullmetal Alchemist, TriGun), and of course any kind of animated movie. Especially anything from Pixar, or Hayao Miyazaki (or Studio Ghibli).

So when my food blogger friend Matt from Nomageddon, came up with the idea for a recipe post inspired by one of our favourite cartoons for #ToonFood, I had an idea right away. Well, I had about a 100 ideas, and it was just a matter of picking one.

Homemade Slurm Drink from Futurama - sweet, tart, refreshing sparkling limeade with the spicy warmth of ginger! Kids will love the bright green shade and the sweet and tart ginger limeade, or spike it with some vodka for the adults.
“Slurm Concentrate”

Fun fact – my blog name was also inspired by my favourite animated show – The Last Airbender (a story where the protagonist Aang and his friends live in a world where people can “bend” and manipulate elements like water, earth, fire and air, and the Avatar being able to bend all four).

Another fun fact – every time, I see another food blogger refer to my blog as The Flavor Blender, I chuckle. Which is pretty much every other time that someone mentions my blog name.

Today, I’m paying homage to another one of my favourite animated cartoonists – Matt Groening. He’s the creative force behind the wildly popular The Simpsons. I’ve already done a couple of Simpsons-themed recipe posts – Homer Simpson cake pops and Homer Simpson donuts (doh’nuts). Today, I’m recreating the “highly addictive” and popular drink SLURM from another one of his cartoons – Futurama!

Homemade Slurm Drink from Futurama - sweet, tart, refreshing sparkling limeade with the spicy warmth of ginger! Kids will love the bright green shade and the sweet and tart ginger limeade, or spike it with some vodka for the adults.

So what’s a SLURM drink?

It’s a soft drink that’s popular in the Futurama universe, and it’s Fry’s favourite drink that’s distributed by the “Bureau of Soft Drinks, Tobacco, and Firearms”. I absolutely loved the episode where we find out more about the slurm drink. That episode combined one of my favourite books from childhood (Charlie and the chocolate factory) with the Futurama universe, in which we discover the many secrets behind Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, Fry (along with Bender and Leela) and how the SLURM drink is actually produced (you don’t wanna know).

Spoiler Alert!

Futurama Slurm Drink - How Slurm is made!

I even created slurm labels to go on the bottles, with a few easter eggs hidden on the label! Can you guess what they are? 🙂

Homemade Slurm Drink from Futurama - sweet, tart, refreshing sparkling limeade with the spicy warmth of ginger! Kids will love the bright green shade and the sweet and tart ginger limeade, or spike it with some vodka for the adults.

Homemade Slurm Drink from Futurama - Printable Slurm Label for your Futurama Parties!

GET YOUR HIGH RES PRINTABLE SLURM LABEL HERE!

The base of this slurm is my homemade ginger limeade! If you haven’t checked it out yet, you definitely should. It’s a sweet, tart, refreshing drink with the striking flavour and spicy warmth of ginger. I coloured it with yellow and green food colouring to get the same bright green shade of the slurm drink in this sparking limeade, and I added some vodka for good measure too. If you’re ever planning on a Futurama marathon, the vodka will help numb your emotions for the Jurassic Bark episode. Trust me – you’ll need it.

Enjoy Slurm - Make it at home with this Homemade Slurm Drink

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Homemade Slurm drink from Futurama

Author: Dini K.
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Ingredients:

  • Ginger Limeade Syrup about 2.5 -3 cups (chilled)
  • 1 ¼ cup vodka chilled
  • 1 ¼ cup club soda chilled
  • Yellow and green food colouring
  • 4 printed labels for Slurm
  • 4 x 12 fl oz empty glass bottles

Instructions:

  • Cut out the labels and stick them on 4 clean, dry glass bottles using regular glue.
  • Add a few drops of yellow and green colouring to the ginger limeade syrup to get the desired bright green shade of Slurm.
  • Pour into a jug and then mix in chilled vodka and chilled club soda.
  • Divide into four bottles (about 10 – 11 fl oz each) using a funnel to pour the drink in.
  • Serve chilled.

“This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.”

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  1. Jewel says

    August 31, 2022 at 18:48

    What ratio of food coloring did you use? I tried to make it and it turned this awful shade of brown so I definitely went wrong somewhere!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      September 6, 2022 at 17:21

      Hi Jewel
      Unfortunately I didn’t measure the food coloring, as I added as much as I needed to get the right color.
      I’m not sure what happened for the color to become brown, but yellow and green together should give a brighter green color to your nearly colorless (or slightly yellow-tinged) lime base.
      I hope that helps!

      Reply
  2. Victoria Wells says

    August 2, 2020 at 13:52

    What kind of vodka did you use?

    Reply
    • Dini says

      August 2, 2020 at 14:27

      Hi Victoria
      You can use any kind of vodka you like to drink. I used 42 below vodka here, but I now also like to use grey goose vodka for my cocktails.

      Reply
  3. Frank Bromley says

    May 4, 2020 at 11:07

    If i wanted a booze free version should i use something else or just double the soda

    ( i was thinking maybe gignerale)

    Reply
    • Dini says

      May 4, 2020 at 19:13

      Hi Frank!
      Absolutely! You can add soda, or flavored soda or even a flavored syrup too!
      You can customize the flavors in this drink however you like 🙂

      Reply
  4. Grunka Lunka says

    December 31, 2018 at 21:23

    5 stars
    [Grunka Lunka dunkity-do]
    We’ve got a friendly warning for you
    [Grunka Lunka dunkity-dasis]
    The secret of Slurm’s on a need-to-know basis

    Asking questions in school is a great way to learn…
    If you try that stuff here you might get your legs broke.
    We once found a dead guy face down in the Slurm…
    It could easily happen again to you folks.

    So keep your head down,
    And keep your mouth shut,
    Grunka Lunka lunka dunkity dot!

    Reply
  5. Marc says

    September 6, 2016 at 19:58

    Hey i absolutly love your creation of slurm cant wait to prove it <3
    And ive a question Do you want to be my smizmar? <3

    Reply
  6. Meghan | Fox and Briar says

    July 8, 2016 at 17:00

    5 stars
    OMG, DINI! I can’t even. I knew we loved some of the same shows, but Futurama <3 <3 <3. Also don't even talk to me about the Jurassic Bark episode, I just can't deal with it. I'm glad to read the recipe and find that this Slurm recipe is much more palatable than the actual slurm. Love love love, sharing everywhere!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      July 11, 2016 at 19:08

      YAAAY!! I’m SO glad you’re a Futurama-holic too!! 😀 When we actually meet, there should be some netflix bingeing with geek food for sure! 😀 The Jurassic Bark episode just gets EVERY TIME (even though I know Fry went back in time and changed history – I still bawl like a baby when I watch it!)

      Reply
  7. Peter Avanzino says

    July 8, 2016 at 14:03

    At first I thought Slurm was like a carbonated soda, but after watching that episode I picture it more like something with a Pepto-Bismol type texture. Thick and smooth.

    Reply
    • Dini says

      July 11, 2016 at 19:06

      You’re right Peter! It is more viscous in the show – but I decided it might be more appetizing as a soda! Although the Ginger Lime syrup is definitely more to the classic Slurm color and consistency 🙂

      Reply
      • Peter Avanzino says

        July 12, 2016 at 00:19

        Yours definitely sounds more appetizing.

        Reply
  8. Jennifer says

    July 8, 2016 at 11:20

    You are the ultimate geek!! I love all of your nerdy foods! They make me feel justified in watching all these crazy shows even though I am an adult (in age only) and are so much fun! Can’t wait to make this with the boys!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      July 11, 2016 at 19:05

      Thank you Jen! I feel justified about watching them too knowing there are others like me 😉 I don’t think we can EVER be too old for good cartoons! I hope the boys love this too 😀

      Reply
  9. cakespy says

    July 8, 2016 at 10:36

    I love you so much right now. More than usual!! Creative and so cool <3

    Reply
    • Dini says

      July 11, 2016 at 19:03

      Hahaha!! You know I love you! 😀 Especially since you love Futurama too! Thank you Jessie!

      Reply

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