Fun Holiday Cocktails
Spice up your holiday festivities with some fun cocktail concoctions. Create a Thanksgiving specialty house drink, or bring a specialty cocktail as your hostess guest. Here’s a fun selection, like the pumpkin martinis, the cranberry cosmo, an apple margarita, and a hot spiced rum toddy.
SAPPHIRE SPICE
2 parts Bombay Sapphire gin
1 large heaping spoonful of Pumpkin Puree and/or Pumpkin Pie Mix
1 tsb. Dark Brown Sugar
A dash of Vanilla Extract (7 drops)
2 dashes of Ground Cinnamon
Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice and strain into chilled martini glasses, then top with nutmeg.
APPLE CIDER MARGARITA
2 oz Tequila
2 oz Apple Cider (1/2 pressed apple)
2 oz Be Mixed Zero-Calorie & Sugar Free “Margarita” Cocktail Mixer
3 slices muddled fresh ginger
Dash ground cinnamon
pinch of salt
Shake all ingredients over ice until well chilled. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass. Garnish with apple wedge.
CALICHE SPICED HOT TODDY
2 oz Caliche Rum
3/4 oz lemon juice
3/4 oz apple juice
1/2 oz honey syrup
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/4 oz orange juice
Shake all the ingredients and strain into a toddy glass and add hot water garnished with a cinnamon stick and a slice of orange with 3 cloves.
¾ part DISARONNO
1¼ parts Vodka
1 part Cranberry juice
¾ part Lime juice
Shake all ingredients with ice. Garnish with a lime slice and cranberry.