What A Bright Time! And it’s definitely the right time to enjoy gatherings with family and friends! Share these lively libations as you jingle and rock the night away. Keep your holiday celebrations merry by trying these festive holiday cocktail recipes that are sure to warm your heart and fill your season with joy!
Under The Mistletoe
2 ounces pear vodka
½ ounce fresh lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup
Champagne to top
Rosemary sprigs
Cranberries for garnish
Place a sprig of rosemary in a champagne flute. Add vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup and ice to a shaker. Shake well until chilled. Strain into the champagne flute over the rosemary sprig, filling the glass halfway. Pour champagne to fill the glass. Garnish with cranberries.
The Most Wonderful Time
4 ounces ginger beer
4 ounces cranberry juice cocktail
2 ounces vodka
Juice of ½ lime
Crushed ice
Fresh or frozen cranberries
Combine ginger beer, cranberry juice cocktail, vodka and the juice of 1/2 a fresh-squeezed lime in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Pour into a glass tumbler filled with crushed ice. Top with cranberries and garnish with a lime wheel.
Holly Jolly Folly
1 ounce vanilla vodka
2 ounces hot chocolate, cooled
1 ounce half and half cream
½ ounce crème de cacao
1 ounce Irish cream
Marshmallows for garnish
Add vanilla vodka, cooled hot chocolate, half and half cream, crème de cacao and Irish cream to a shaker filled with ice cubes. Shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with marshmallows.
A Long Winter’s Nap
2 ounces unsweetened coconut milk
2 ounces silver tequila
1 ½ ounces triple sec
½ ounce lime juice
½ cup ice
Pomegranate seeds and mint for garnish
Combine coconut milk, tequila, triple sec, lime juice and ice in a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into an ice-filled glass. Garnish with pomegranate seeds and a sprig of mint.
Happy Holidays and enjoy safely and responsibly! For more holiday cocktail and food recipes from Sophisticated Woman, click here!
