10 Cocktails You Shouldn’t Go Without This Holiday Season
Espresso Martini
Ingredients:
2 oz Vodka
1/2 oz coffee liqueur (usually Kahlúa)
1 oz espresso, freshly brewed
1/2 oz simple syrup
Garnish: coffee beans
Directions:
Add vodka, coffee liqueur, espresso and simple syrup to a shaker filled with ice and shake until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with coffee beans.
Frostbite
Ingredients:
1½ oz Blanco Tequila
¾ oz. white chocolate liqueur
¼ oz. crème de menthe
1 oz. crème
½ oz.
Fresh lime juice
Directions:
Add all ingredients into shaker with ice. Shake the strain. Top with whipped cream and crushed candy canes.
Mulled Rosé
Ingredients:
1 Bottle Rosé Wine
1 Star Anise
1 Stem Ginger
5 Allspice Berries
2 tablespoons of Honey
1 Cinnamon Stick
1/4 of Grapefruit
Directions:
Combine 1 bottle of Rosé wine with anise, ginger, allspice, honey, cinnamon stick and grapefruit. Bring to a simmer of
medium heat, strain, store in a heatproof jug.
Bubbly Blossom
Ingredients:
2 oz Pear Vodka
1 oz St. Germain
Champagne
Directions:
Pour together in a champagne flute and enjoy!
Tequila Bells
Ingredients:
2 oz Tequila
1 oz Cranberry Juice
1 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
1/3 oz Luxardo Maraschino Liquor
Directions:
Combine tequila, cranberry juice, lime juice, simple syrup and luxarrdo liquor. Add ice. Shake. Strain. Garnich with cranberries.
Aperol Spritz
For all you haters, it is never not the time for a Prosecco Aperol Spritz
Ingredients:
Prosecco
Aperol
Blood Orange Soda - I got this tip from Celebrating Sweets at it’s GOLD
Directions:
Combine 3 parts Prosecco, 2 parts Aperol, 2 part Blood Orange Soda (linked above). Enjoy!
Champagne Punch
Ingredients:
Champagne
Serbert - my fav is raspberry with fresh frozen raspberries
Directions:
Combine and enjoy.
Cosmo-Mosa
(Cosmo Mimosa get it?! I didn’t come up with that. Lol)
Ingredients:
1 oz Champagne
1/2 oz Vodka
1 oz Cranberry Juice
1 Lime Twists
1 Orange Twists
Splash of Triple Sec
Directions:
Combine and enjoy!
Christmas Cookie Martini
Ingredients:
1/2 cup Whole Milk
1/4 cup Baileys
2 oz. Vanilla Vodka
2 oz. Amaretto
1/2 cup Vanilla Frosting
1/4 cup Sprinkles plus 1 tsp, divided
Pre-made Sugar Cookie Dough
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Roll sugar cookie dough out to about 4th inch thick. Using a cookie cutter, cut out desired shapes then place cookies on prepared baking sheet. Bake until just set and lightly golden around the edges, 12 minutes. Let cool.
Using an offset spatula, spread a thin layer of frosting onto rim of two martini glasses. Pour ¼ cup sprinkles onto a small plate then dip rims in sprinkles to coat. Use an offset to frost cookies with frosting then decorate with remaining 2 tablespoons sprinkles.
In a cocktail shaker, combine milk, Baileys, vodka, and amaretto. Add ice and shake until cold. Pour into glasses and garnish rim with a cookie.
Eggnog
Ingredients:
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon, plus more for garnish
1/2 tsp. Ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
6 Large Egg Yolks
1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Heavy Cream
1 cup Bourbon or Rum, I prefer Rum
Whipped cream, for serving
Directions:
In a small saucepan over low heat, combine milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla and slowly bring mixture to a low boil.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk egg yolks with sugar until yolks are pale in color. Slowly add hot milk mixture to egg yolks in batches to temper the eggs and whisk until combined.
Return mixture to saucepan and cook over medium heat until slightly thick (and coats the back of a spoon) but does not boil.
Remove from heat and stir in heavy cream and, if using, bourbon. Refrigerate until chilled.
When ready to serve, garnish with whipped cream and cinnamon.
All the credit for most of these amazing drinks goes to Cosmo! Find their whole listing below!
