New holiday drink recipes!
Winter Candy Apple
1 1/2 oz Pinnacle Whipped
3/4 oz sour apple schnapps
3/4 oz cranberry juice
3/4 oz Jose Cuervo Strawberry Margarita mix
1/4 oz grenadine
Also needed: mini candy canes
I know I've been a little heavy on the apple flavor lately, but this drink is basically a combination of everything I had left over from past events. It's named after my favorite sweet smelling Bath and Body Works lotion.
First, crush up two mini candy canes and use the pieces to rim a chilled cocktail glass. Be careful with this -- after several minutes, the candy cane pieces become sticky and form a sticky mass. Once this happens, the pieces will no longer adhere to the glass. Rim no more than two glasses at a time, then throw away the crushed candy canes and begin again, if making multiple drinks.
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into rimmed glass. Optional: hang an additional candy cane on the side of the glass for garnish.
This drink has a sweet & sour flavor, but basically tastes like candy. The peppermint aroma on the rim adds a festive, wintery touch.
Snowflake Shake
1 1/2 oz Absolut Vanilia
3/4 oz Baileys Irish Cream
2 scoops chocolate chip ice cream
4 oz milk
dash of Whipped Lightning German Chocolate Whipahol
Scoop ice cream into a highball glass. Continue to build Baileys, vodka, and milk. Stir together with a long spoon and top off with Whipahol. (Whipped Lightning is "the world's first alcohol infused whipped cream". It comes in nine flavors and is deserving of its own entry sometime in the near future).
Mistletoe Martini
1 1/2 Malibu coconut rum
3/4 oz Midori
1 3/4 oz pineapple juice
This is my favorite recipe from last Christmas, but I drink it year round. Combine ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Throw in a cherry for garnish.
Candy Cane Cosmo
1 1/2 oz peppermint vodka
3/4 oz Cointreau
1 1/4 cranberry juice
splash of Sprite
Peppermint vodka is not that common and may be extremely hard to find. Try Tamoborine Mountain Distillery's Australian Native Peppermint. Combine vodka, cointreau and cranberry juice in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top off with chilled Sprite. Hang a mini candy cane from the glass for garnish.
