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[Anticitizen One]

So I just went on retrojunk for the first time in years and the very first thing I see is an article on how to make homemade freshly squeezed grade A bone fide Ecto-Cooler!

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/1813/

Ah, yes. The classic case. One of the most popular drinks of our generation. Aside of Crystal Pepsi, this is one of the most sought out drinks on eBay in all it's incarnations, but face it: You just can't get this again. At least, not in mass produced form.

Worry not, though. You've been dying to get some Ecto-Cooler to mix with your Crystal Head Vodka, and we at Ghostbusters: Chicago Division do believe we found the solution! Get those drink pitchers ready, we're gonna make some sweet, sugary awesomeness!

Ingredients List for 1 US Gallon:


1 Packet Kool Aid/Flavor Aid Orange
1 Packet Kool Aid/Flavor Aid Tangerine
3/4 Cup Orange Juice (No Pulp)
3/4 Cup Tangerine Juice/1 can mashed Mandarin Oranges
1/3 scoop Countrytime Lemonade (Reg or Pink)
1 1/2 Cups Sugar
Green and blue food coloring for color.

Most of these items are easy to find. To find the Kool Aid, visit Kraft's Product Locator and search for both the orange and tangerine flavors. For the Flavor Aid, I suggest here to find both flavors: Mix-And-Match Any 2 flavors of Flavor Aid - MyBrands.com

For the Tangerine Juice (If you don't wanna mash the tangerines yourself) Check Noble Juice's locator site to find the juice in your area: Where to Find Noble Juice at NobleJuice.com

1) In a 1 Gallon pitcher, start by putting in your orange juice and tangerine juice. If you happen to be using the Mandarin oranges as a juice source, be sure to strain the pulp out unless you so wish it.



2) After your juices are in, put in the packets of Flavor Aid and the 1/3 scoop of Lemonade mix and mix up the concentrate. The Lemonade is used to make the mixture slightly more bitter to give it the zing the original Ecto-Cooler had. You may have to adjust to get it to your taste.



3) Add water, put in your sugar and stir until dissolved. Again, if you're using Countrytime Lemonade, sugar is already added to the mixture so you might have to adjust for your personal taste by adding more sugar than the stated 1 1/2 cups.

4) Add your food coloring. The red in the Flavor Aid is deep enough to skew the color of the green, but with enough drops, you can make it green. It won't be that happy bright green we remember, but at least it'll be green. You also want to add a few drops of the blue in the mix to get it a more even green.


And that's it! We will admit, this is a bit of a pain to get it like this, but it is at least as close to Ecto-Cooler as we can get. Then again, even the ugly can have sophistication and taste.


Our team leader would know.

Now all we need is a recipe for Crystal Pepsi!

 

[confused]

What's ecto-cooler ? Something from Ghostbusters ?

 

[JetBlackPanda]

What's ecto-cooler ? Something from Ghostbusters ?

Someone make this and let me know how close it is to the original.

 

[Anticitizen One]

What's ecto-cooler ? Something from Ghostbusters ?

Ecto-Cooler was the beverage of choice for children growing up in the 80s and 90s. It made us who we are today.

 

[WedgeX]

And then you slap on the label:

 

[Poyunch]

This was the only reason I ever drank Hi-C. Oh man.

 

[sangreal]

And then you slap on the label:

Why did they use a thought bubble? Slimer can talk

 

[Wheeljack539]

I remember loving this way way back when it was on shelves and was dismayed when it was discontinued.

It wasn't until I had autoshop class in college in the late 90s and my instructor brought it up (never said the name but we all knew what he was talking about) and mentioned there had been issues because it was the same color as Anti-Freeze and didn't want the chance that kids would get the two mixed up.

 

[abstract alien]

Nice. Now I can add tequila and triple sec for Ecto-Genocide

 

[Trigunner]

Why did they use a thought bubble? Slimer can talk

How can he talk and drink at the same time?

 

[SystemShock2]

I remember seeing a gallon of ecto cooler in a Walmart once The bottom had this thick fog in it, and it looked like swamp water. I don't remember what that drink tastes like, never had much of it. I was always about that blue flavor with the hammer on the box.

 

[thetrin]

Ecto-Cooler was the beverage of choice for children growing up in the 80s and 90s. It made us who we are today.

I was born in 83, and I've never heard of this.

 

[2th]

i nostalgiaed... i lost. damn good find though.

 

[RoboPlato]

Holy crap I had totally forgotten about this and now I want to make a pitcher of it. So good.

 

[Ash Sparrow]

one of the best drinks ever

 

[oldschoolpinball]

Gaf constantly triggers memories of my childhood

 

[dark_chris]

Someone make this and let me know how close it is to the original.

oh gawd.. OH GAWD.
I nostalgia'd I lost.

 

[UFRA]

I saw the thread title and immediately knew what this was about.

Oh damn I can just imagine the taste right now thinking of it. So good. *tears up* Oh how I miss it.

 

[The Albatross]

Ecto-cooler was basically disgusting. But as a child obsessed with ghostbusters, I drank it every damn day.

 

[Marty Chinn]

I nostalgia'd I lost.

Ok, now I've seen this saying twice in this thread. This is a new one for me; I don't get it....

 

[RumblingRosco]

Ok, now I've seen this saying twice in this thread. This is a new one for me; I don't get it....

It's a play off of the "You laugh, you lose" topics. Basically, in those topics, someone posts a picture to try and make other people laugh, if they laugh, they "lose."

"If you feel nostalgia from this image, you lose."

EDIT: Oh yeah, Ecto-Cooler is awesome... I'm a late-80's born, and even I know it is awesome.

 

[Einbroch]

Ok, now I've seen this saying twice in this thread. This is a new one for me; I don't get it....

4chan has this "game" where people post pictures of nostalgic things. You're supposed to look at as many as you can before you feel nostalgic. Then you quote the post and say that you lost the game.

There are many variations, like "You rage, you lose", "you cry, you lose", "you laugh, you lose", etc etc.

 

[Anticitizen One]

Ecto-cooler was basically disgusting. But as a child obsessed with ghostbusters, I drank it every damn day.

There is nothing disgusting about the wholesome taste of tangerines mixed with ectoplasm

 

[Marty Chinn]

It's a play off of the "You laugh, you lose" topics. Basically, in those topics, someone posts a picture to try and make other people laugh, if they laugh, they "lose."

"If you feel nostalgia from this image, you lose."

4chan has this "game" where people post pictures of nostalgic things. You're supposed to look at as many as you can before you feel nostalgic. Then you quote the post and say that you lost the game.

There are many variations, like "You rage, you lose", "you cry, you lose", "you laugh, you lose", etc etc.

Cool, got it, thanks guys.

 

[distantmantra]

I was born in 83, and I've never heard of this.

I was born in 81 and I consumed tons of Ecto Cooler in my lunches during elementary school.

It was still being made in 2007 until finally being discontinued.
http://www.foodiggity.com/a-dose-of-ephemera-ecto-cooler/

 

[Neverfade]

Edit: Apparently I'm wrong, but Orange Lavaburst is ecto enough for me.

 

[distantmantra]

Edit: Apparently I'm wrong, but Orange Lavaburst is ecto enough for me.

Lavaburst isn't Ecto Cooler, check this out:

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0822/

 

[GavinGT]

If it doesn't come in a cardboard container with an aluminum circle through which I have to jam a straw, I'm not interested.

EDIT: After reading the above article (enthralling!) it seems Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen is the same as Ecto Cooler. I am so fucking excited right now.

 

[Talladega Knight]

I was born in 83, and I've never heard of this.

as was i, so i have no clue how you've never heard of this. and if you're a fan of ghostbusters, DOUBLE shame on you.

 

[antonz]

If it doesn't come in a cardboard container with an aluminum circle through which I have to jam a straw, I'm not interested.

EDIT: After reading the above article (enthralling!) it seems Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen is the same as Ecto Cooler. I am so fucking excited right now.

In 2006, Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen was renamed Crazy Citrus Cooler.[2]

In 2007, Crazy Citrus Cooler was discontinued.[2]

 

[hateradio]

^ It seems the Ghostbusters have been on the case to eliminate this drink for decades.

 

[jooey]

I was born in 83, and I've never heard of this.

Well just how sheltered were you?