Shirley Temple (drink)

A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic mixed drink traditionally made with ginger ale and a splash of grenadine, and garnished with a maraschino cherry.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Modern Shirley Temple recipes may substitute lemon-lime soda or lemonade and sometimes orange juice, in part or in whole.^[6][7] Shirley Temples are often served as an alternative to alcoholic cocktails.

Shirley Temple

Cocktail
A Shirley Temple
Type	Non-alcoholic mixed drink
Standard garnish	Maraschino cherry
Commonly used ingredients	Ginger ale Grenadine

Origin

The cocktail may have been invented by a bartender at Chasen's, a restaurant in West Hollywood, California, to serve then-child actress Shirley Temple. However, other claims to its origin have been made.^[8] Temple herself was not a fan of the drink, as she told Scott Simon in an NPR interview in 1986:

The saccharine sweet, icky drink? Yes, well... those were created in the probably middle 1930s by the Brown Derby Restaurant in Hollywood and I had nothing to do with it. But, all over the world, I am served that. People think it's funny. I hate them. Too sweet!^[9][10]

In 1988, Temple filed a lawsuit to prevent the sale of a bottled soda version using her name.^[11][12] In October 2024, American soft drink brand 7 Up introduced a limited release Shirley Temple-flavored variety.^[13]

With alcohol

Adding 1.5 US fluid ounces (44 ml) of vodka or rum produces a "Dirty Shirley".^[14]

See also

• Queen Mary, a beer cocktail with grenadine and maraschino cherries