Festive Cocktails To Make For You And The Family This Christmas

 

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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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