Five festive drinks for the holiday season.
Winter Mojito
Rockin’ Around Rose
Merry Moscow Mule
Gingerbread Latte Martini
Tiramisu Nog
Winter Mojito
If you love mojitos, this drink is perfect for the holidays. This cocktail still ensures the carbonation and sour nodes of the original mojito, but adds a twist of creamy coconut delight. The best part of all is that this fizzy and festive drink only requires ten minutes of prep time.
mint leaves 1 ounce lime juice ½ ounce simple syrup 1 ounce white rum 1 ounce coconut rum 2 ounces coconut milk 2 ounces club soda pomegranate arils
Muddle mint leaves with lime juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, coconut milk and rums and shake well. Pour over ice, top with club soda and garnish with pomegranate arils and mint leaves.
Rockin’ Around Rosé
This holiday punch is a quick and easy, and not to mention delicious, go-to. The concoction of sweet vodka and tangy soda are made festive once mixed with the tartness of raspberries and piney flavor of rosemary. This drink will make any holiday gathering all the merrier. 1 ounce whipped cream vodka 4 ounces sparkling rosé 4 ounces cherry 7-Up raspberries rosemary
Stir liquid ingredients. Serve over ice and garnish with raspberries and rosemary.
Merry Moscow Mule
If you love apple drinks but are tired of hot cider, this is the drink for you. The cinnamon and apple mix harmoniously with the ginger infused beer. This crisp and refreshing cocktail only takes five minutes to make and guarantees a boost of holiday spirit. 1 ounce apple vodka 4 ounces hard apple cider 4 ounces ginger beer 1 ounce lime juice ground cinnamon cinnamon sticks
Add liquid ingredients to mug and top with ice. Sprinkle ground cinnamon on top and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Gingerbread Latte Martini
What is more reminiscent of Christmas than gingerbread? This decadent martini has as much sweet as it does spice. The bitterness of the espresso helps to temper the sugar and mask the alcohol. Grandma will love it, but tell her to watch out for reindeer on the way home. 2 ounces Irish Cream 2 ounces whipped cream vodka 2 ounces half-and-half ½ ounce espresso ½ ounce gingerbread syrup vanilla ½ teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon brown sugar whipped cream fresh ginger, sliced
Stir first five ingredients together with a splash of vanilla. Top with whipped cream. Mix together spices and brown sugar and sprinkle over whipped cream. Garnish with slice of fresh ginger.
Tiramisu Nog
The tiramisu twist makes this drink stand out from the rest of the eggnog cocktails. The candied spice offered by the nutmeg and eggnog is perfectly countered by the bitterness of the coffee liquor. 8 ounces eggnog 2 ounces white rum ½ ounce coffee liquor ½ ounce chocolate syrup whipped cream cocoa powder nutmeg
Stir first four ingredients together. Top with whipped cream and garnish with a sprinkle of cocoa powder and nutmeg.
