What To Drink 20th December 2022 by Stellar Magazine

Festive Cocktails To Make For You And The Family This Christmas

Homemade cocktail, anyone?

Christmas time, mistletoe and cocktails…

Of course, drinking isn’t the end-all and be-all, but for those of us who do enjoy a tipple or two, we’ve got some festive drinks to sip away on this Christmas break.

Are you ready to perfect your cocktail-making skills? Here are ten cocktail recipes that definitely deserve a spot on the must-try list this year. Plus, if you fancy a mocktail instead, don’t forget you can revamp the recipes a little to do exactly that.

Christmas Miracle

via Martha Stewart

Ingredients:

  • 1 candy cane, crushed, for garnish
  • 2 ounces strawberry vodka
  • 4 dashes white creme de menthe
  • 2 1/2 ounces cranberry juice
  • Ice cubes

Check out the full recipe here.

Merry Christmas Cocktail

via The Spruce Eats

Ingredients:

  • 1 ounce Plymouth Gin
  • 1 ounce cranberry juice
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 6 ounces club soda (or enough to fill)
  • Garnish: fresh (or dried) cranberries

Check out the full recipe here.

Classic Snowball

via Good Food

Ingredients:

  • 10-15ml lime juice or lime cordial, (optional)
  • 50ml advocaat
  • 50ml sparkling lemonade
  • Ice, to serve
  • 1 maraschino cherry – for the garnish

Check out the full recipe here.

Christmas Margarita

via The Spruce Eats

Ingredients:

  • Cinnamon sugar (for rim)
  • 1 lime wedge
  • 1 1/2 ounces silver tequila
  • 1 ounce coconut milk
  • 1/2 ounce orange liqueur (triple sec or Grand Marnier)
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1/2 ounce white cranberry juice
  • Garnish: lime slice
  • Garnish: cranberries
  • Garnish: rosemary sprig

Check out the full recipe here.

Boozy Grinch Punch

via Delish

Ingredients:

  • 1 (0.13-oz.) packet Kool-Aid Lemon Lime mix
  • 4 c. water
  • 4 c. ice
  • 3 c. lemon-lime soda
  • 2 c. pineapple juice
  • 2 c. vodka
  • 1 c. ginger ale
  • Lime wedges, for rimming
  • Red sanding sugar, for rimming

You might have to source a few of these ingredients online, but it’ll be worth it! Check out the full recipe here.

Cider Hot Toddy

via Women’s Day

Ingredients:

  • 3 c. apple cider
  • 1 c. water
  • 1 lemon
  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 2 c. whiskey
  • Cinnamon sticks

Check out the full recipe here.

Irish Elf Cocktail

via Who Needs A Cape

Ingredients:

  • 4 C heavy whipping cream
  • 4 C milk
  • 2 1/2 C white chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 C Green Mint Liqueur
  • 1 C Jameson
  • Whipped Cream (optional)

Check out the full recipe here.

Bailey Salted Caramel Espresso Martini

via Creative Culinary

Ingredients:

  • 2.5 oz Baileys Salted Caramel
  • 2 oz Rum
  • 4 oz Chilled Espresso
  • 1 cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
  • Crushed Pretzels for Garnish

Check out the full recipe here.

Peppermint White Russian

via Inspired by Charm

Ingredients:

  • 3 ounces Peppermint Vodka
  • 1.5 ounces Peppermint Kaluha
  • 1.5 ounces half and half

For Garnish:

  • Crushed peppermints
    White chocolate syrup
    Red food dye
    Candy cane

Check out the full recipe here.

Irish Coffee

via Jameson

Ingredients:

  • 10ml Demerara and Muscovado sugar syrup
  • 35ml Jameson
  • 30ml lightly whipped double cream
  • 90ml medium roasted espresso coffee
  • 1 vanilla pod or cinnamon for garnish
  • Fresh grated nutmeg

Check out the full recipe here.

The Shelbourne: Soleir

via The Shelbourne

Ingredients:

  • 20 ml Gin Bertha’s Revenge
  • 20 ml Montenegro Amaro
  • 40ml Homemade cherry liqueur
  • 25 ml Milk
  • Pineapple
  • Citric acid
  • Dehydrated pineapple for garnish

Method:

  1. Mash two pineapple slices inside a pot with a muddler.
  2. Add a pinch of citric acid.
  3. 5 minutes later, add Gin, Amaro and Liquor into the mixture.
  4. Stir gently a couple times and let it sit.
  5. Pour the warm whole milk in a second pot.
  6. Fine strain the first mixture into the pot with the warm milk and stir gently.
  7. After 10 minutes strain it through a sifter and a coffee filter. Leave it filtrating in the fridge.
  8. The mixture is then ready to be served into a Nick and Nora glass. Serve with a spiced dehydrated pineapple slice and enjoy.

The Kingsley: Snow Martini 

via The Kingsley

Ingredients:

  • 35ml Vodka
  • 2 shots Cream
  • Half shot White cacao
  • Half shot Vanilla syrup
  • Fresh squeeze of orange juice

Method:

  1. Mix altogether in shaker with ice and strain.
  2. Grate chocolate on top to garnish.
  3. Serve in a martini glass.

Carton House: The Earl

via Carton House

Ingredients:

  • 50ml Bulleit bourbon
  • 35ml Guinness
  • 20ml sugar syrup
  • 2 dash angostura bitters
  • 1 egg
  • Chocolate powder to garnish

Method:

  1. Add all the ingredients to the shaker and dry shake for roughly 10-15 seconds.
  2. Add ice and shake again for 10-15 seconds.
  3. Double strain into a coupe glass and add chocolate powder to garnish.
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