Ho, ho, ho… The Holiday party season is here (news flash: it’s been snowing in our part of the world…). This year, we thought it would be cool to suggest some nonalcoholic cheer that will liven up your festivities. These are great ideas for designated drivers, or for those who have given up the pleasures of Bacchus, or for anybody just trying to avoid another holiday hangover. There are lots of GURU-based energy punch recipes… here are our 3 favorites.

1. MERRY ENERGY (hot) :

- Add 1 cinnamon stick and 1 star anise flower to ¾ cup of boiling water and infuse

- ½ can of GURU Original Energy Drink

- Leave the cinnamon stick and star anise flower as garnish

- Serve in a mug

2. APPLE DYNAMITE (cold)

- 2 oz sparkling nonalcoholic apple cider

- ½ can of GURU 2.0 Energy Drink

- 2 oz pomegranate juice

- Fresh cranberries to garnish

- Serve in a champagne flute

3. THE GURUNATOR (cold)

- In a shaker

- Crush pear wedges and add:

- 1 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice

- 2 teaspoons egg white

- 1 can of GURU 2.0 Energy Drink

- A few drops of vanilla

- Shake, shake, shake

- Strain through a sieve to remove small pieces of pear

- Serve in a chilled beer stein

Try them out and tell us your favorite. Or send us your own recipes!

We’re happy to present our brand new product: GURU 2.0. Organic and 100% natural, this latest addition to the GURU line-up features an instantly recognizable taste for millions of energy drink fans. They too can now choose a healthful alternative without letting go that taste they’ve come to know so well.

True to our pro-health, pro-environment ideal, we are proud to introduce an energy drink with a well-known taste that can really smooth the transition to ahealthier lifestyle and one that is better for the environment. Working exclusively with whole natural ingredients, we successfully reproduced that distinctive flavour known within the energy drink community. The result? A taste that explodes in your mouth, identifiable across the world, and available for the very first time in a version that’s 100% natural and certified organic. Fans of GURU Original and GURU Lite can rest assured: GURU 2.0 joins the family but its elders are here to stay.

We’d like to know what you think. Leave your comments at www.facebook.com/guruenergy and you could win a GURU T-shirt with a 24-pack of GURU 2.0. There will be one draw per week until Oct 1^st , 2010.