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Recipe by: [[:Category:Xana's recipes|Xana]] Uploaded by [[:user:Drimble Wedge|Drimble Wedge]][[Category:Abominations]][[Category:Easy]][[Category:Preserves]]

...a while back one of the roommates foolishly mentioned Kool-Aid pickles. 

Then last week dill pickles were buy one get one free...whatever shall I make?  
[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/dining/09kool.html | Link 1] [http://www.ibelieveicanfry.com/2011/01/koolickles-kool-aid-pickles.html |Link 2] [http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-Kool-Aid-Pickles |Link 3]

==The tools==
* Bowl
* Cutting board
* Knife
* Spoon

==The goods==
* 64oz jars of whole dill pickes
* Sugar/Splenda
* Kool-Aid packets

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==Step one: Unleash the pickles!==

Open jar and pour juice into bowl. Spill the pickles onto cutting board. Grab a knife and whack them all in half. Put them all back in the jar.

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==Step two: Sweeten the deal==

Stir just over 1 cup of granulated sugar or equivalent Splenda into the pickle juice.

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==Step three: Stirring up trouble==

Mix the Kool-Aid into the pickle juice. (Grape shown here)

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==Step four: Pour and store==

Pour Kool-Aid juice into the jar. Cap and put in the fridge for one week.

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While the cherry is so dramatic looking, I do so look forward to the lemonade ones...or prank pickles as I like to think of them.

They will be ready next week.

==Step 5: Pucker Up!==

The week is up and so taking our tastebuds and stomach for a joy ride, here are the results...

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From left to right:

* Double the fun (tropical punch and cherry - sugar for one)
* Prank pickles (lemonade- sugar)
* Thanks a bunch (grape-sugar)
* Bada Bing (cherry-Splenda)
* Oh pie! (cherry-sugar)

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'''Thanks a bunch''' (grape-sugar)<br>
Smelled like grape Kool-Aid, but tasted like dill pickles though it was slightly sweet. Noticed rubber texture to pickle.<br>
'''Verdict:''' Double the grape

'''Bada Bing''' (cherry-Splenda)<br>
Smelled like dill pickles, but it was all cherry taste with the barest pucker of dill. Roommate swears it tasted like tropical punch.<br>
'''Verdict:''' Good in a taste bud tripping way

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'''Prank pickles''' (lemonade-sugar)<br>
Very good, sweetish with dill coming through still, reminiscent of bread and butter pickles.<br>
'''Verdict:''' Liked, though I really want to chuck some habanero in there to make hot, sweet and spicy dills.

'''Oh pie!''' (cherry-sugar)<br>
Once again, sugar and Splenda are not the same. There was no cherry or dill smell! The dill taste was muted with a sweet cherry note. An oddly balanced sweetish dill was the conclusion.<br>
'''Verdict:''' Liked it better than cherry w/ Splenda

'''Double the fun''' (tropical punch and cherry - sugar for one)<br>
So very red, there was no green left. The whisper of dill was taken out by the one two of the tropical punch.<br>
'''Verdict:''' The sour came through in waves, but we couldn't stop eating it

...there is now talk of canning pickles using cucumbers and red wine or a sangria variant...what have the Kool-Aid pickles started??