If you follow PC on Facebook, you’ll recall awhile back we posted a link to Dan Shannon, of the Chicago Division Ghostbusters, and his as-good-as recreation recipe for Ecto-Cooler. Well, that recipe is getting a lot of attention lately.
For starters, the CDGB’s posted a video how-to on the drink, which ended up on Fark, which in turn put it basically on everyone general interest pop culture webblog out there.
Earlier in the week, Dan sent in this clip of Brad Jones of Cinema Snobs trying their recipe out at Flashback Weekend.
What can I tell you – more and more the verdict on the recipe is coming in as “Holy crap, that’s perfect!” So, try it out for yourself before the Summer weather packs it in entirely.
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I remember my Mom (no shame here) buying me this drink to put in my lunchbox before I could even understand the best jokes Ghostbusters had to offer (“I want you inside of me.” The wordplay was lost on me).
The minute I saw this I hit the store.
It is so, so close, I can’t believe it.
Let’s face it, taste memory is not exactly as high on the list as visual or the olfactory, but there are some tastes that get burned in there. Props to Hi-C for making a Ghostbusters product, but there’s still some… eh hem, ‘unmatural’ items mixed in there that most likely ultimately contributed to the final taste of our beloved boxed drink.
Regardless of that, this is probably the closest off the shelf possible recipe I can imagine and I really thank you guys for putting it together.
Add a shot of vodka and cheers!
HOLYYYYYYY….I remember years ago Ecto Cooler hit the market again as some other flavor. X-Entertainment had a big post about it. I hunted. I found it. I immediately remembered the taste. It was so good. Sadly that flavor didn’t last long. But now I can make my own!?!?! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Sad that this group had to be the ones to find the recipe. Guys are a group of dicks. Speaking from personal experience.
@Dr.D why do you say that? What did they do to earn your ire?
How are they dicks?
So nice of Grandma to let him film in her house.
Clearly DrD has not met anyone of us… Or he must be the same person that decided to tell us was joining our group.
It was a team effort, major kudos to my fellow team mates who were able to do the research. The Ecto Cooler, I would agree that its just as good as we had years ago. As for the GB:CD team, I know there are a few of us who are a little “rough around the edges” but there are a handful that are very down to earth individuals.
I’m going to buy the items needed and whip some up this weekend. Thanks so much to those involved!
Very nice. Maybe I can whip up a batch to give out for free at my next comic book convention. It’s more about my self-published comics than about our Ghostbuster fan group (now mostly retired due to waning interest sadly), but it would probably be a nice touch, especially if we Central North Carolina GB were representing at con as well.
Did anyone catch how much sugar got dumped into the mix here? I don’t recall an amount being declared …
@serfmonkey
We used about a cup and a half of sugar. We can see a fully printed out recipe on our website.
that stuff tastes fantastic. My friends, my boyfriend, and I made the stuff last weekend. It turned out fantastic.
Whoa the dude from Power Rangers. Might have to try this and make it mostly sugar free. Cool stuff.
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