It’s 5 o’clock somewhere!
Aldi shoppers have found a creative way to have a great time this summer.
The Aldi Nerd Facebook group, a page with nearly 1.5 million members, all fans of the grocery store, have been posting photos of their latest invention: Adult juice pouches, or Capri Suns, made from 32-ounce bags of frozen fruit and bottles of Aldi’s fruity Pacific Fruit Vineyards wines.
According to Today, one member, Mandy Allen, and her sister, Melissa Mills, created the boozy drinks for a backyard barbecue. Allen said she used a bottle of peach wine, a bottle of pineapple wine, and two bags of frozen fruit.
“We legitimately pulled the fruit bags out of the freezer, opened the resealable package, dumped an entire bottle of wine in and resealed them,” she explained. “The best part was Melissa’s idea: stabbing the fruit with the straw and sucking up a surprise chunk of fruit. If you close your eyes and take a swig, you can smell the beach.”
Allen got the idea from another member, Tammy Hurt, who many group members credit inventing the drink. When she saw Aldi’s frozen fruit bags, she said she loved the idea.
“The coconut wine was just screaming for some pineapple for that summer beach vibe,” Hurt said. “I had a lot of comments that the at others (in the Facebook group) did not like the seeds from the berries.”
“Personally, it makes me feel like I am getting a little protein in so it’s healthy,” she joked.
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