Alyssa
This Christmas why not try something a little different to drink?
Why stick with the usual festive drinks such as Eggnog and Mulled Wine when you could have a go at making these 16 festive and booze infused cocktails.
Be sure to click on the links to find the full recipes and whatever you get up to over this holiday season, please drink responsibly!
Merry Christmas.
Berry Merry Christmas Martini
Courtesy of I’m Bored Let’s Go
What you will need…
- 1 shot vodka
- 1 shot Chambord
- ½ shot Lemoncello
- ¼ shot Grenedine
- Club soda*
Sex on a Snowbank
Courtesy of Nellie Bellie
What you will need…
- 1 1/2 ounces Malibu rum
- 3 tablespoons coconut cream
- 6 large ice cubes
Gin & Appletiser Christmas Cocktail
Courtesy of Full of Flavours
What you will need…
- Cranberries – I used frozen
- Filtered water
- 50 ml / 2 shots of gin – chilled (use a branded label, but no need to splash out on premium)
- 250ml Appletiser original – chilled
- 3 Cranberry ice cubes
- Cinnamon stick
- Slice apple
- Wedge of lime
Cranberry Mojito
Courtesy of Nutmeg Nanny
What you will need…
For cranberry simple syrup:
- 8 ounces fresh cranberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
For each drink:
- 10 mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 ounces cranberry simple syrup
- 2 ounces rum
- Seltzer water
Peppermint White Christmas
Courtesy of Freutcake
What you will need…
- 1 bottle chilled Champagne
- White Creme de Cocoa
- candy canes
Salted Caramel White Russian
Courtesy of Bloglovin
What you will need…
- Salted caramel sauce
- Ice
- Salt flakes
- 25ml (one shot) Salted Caramel Irish Cream
- 25ml Amaretto
- 75ml (3 shots) of half and half (milk and cream)
Cider Pomegranate Smash
Courtesy of Clara Persis
What you will need…
- 2.5 oz bourbon
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 6 oz sparkling apple pomegranate cider (Martinelli’s make this)
- 1/2 tablespoon pomegranate seeds
Christmas Sangria
Courtesy of Cakenknife
What you will need…
- 2 bottles Pinot Grigio
- 3/4 cup sparkling apple cider
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cranberries, halved
- 3/4 cup cranberries, whole
- 1 Granny Smith apple, chopped
- 3 rosemary sprigs
Sparking Clementine Thyme Cocktail
Courtesy of Heatherchristo
What you will need…
- 4 ounces chilled vodka
- 12 ounces sparkling clementine juice (I used Izze)
- 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds
- 2 clementine or orange slices
- two sprigs lemon thyme
- ice
Jack Frost Cocktail
Courtesy of Homemade Hooplah
What you will need…
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup vodka or light rum
- 1/2 cup Blue Curacao
- 1/2 cup cream of coconut (not coconut milk)
- 3 cup ice cubes
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp water
- shredded coconut for garnish
Perfect Christmas Peppermint Shake Cocktail
Courtesy of A Worthey Read
What you will need…
- 1 single serving Strawberry Häagen-Dazs ice cream
- 1 single serving Vanilla Bean Häagen-Dazs ice cream
- 1 ounce Smirnoff Peppermint Twist
- 1/2 teaspoon Mint Syrup
- 2 squares Ghiradelli Peppermint Bark, chopped
- 1 Candy Cane, crushed
Blackberry Ombre Sparkler
Courtesy of The Cookie Rookie
What you will need…
- 1 cup fresh blackberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 1 bottle champagne
Christmas Coffee Cocktail
Courtesy of Ecletic Everyday
What you will need…
- 4 oz strong coffee
- 1 1/2 oz amaretto liqueur
- 1 1/2 oz coffee liqueur
- 1 oz butterscotch schnapps
- 1 oz creme de cocoa
- fresh whipped cream
- grated chocolate, for garnish
Bombay Sapphire Christmas Martinis
Courtesy of Fuss Free Flavours
What you will need…
- Vanilla Syrup
- Cranberries
- Orange – Strip of Zest
- Cinnamon Stick
- Gin – I used Bombay Sapphire
Berry & Rosemary Juniper Gin Fizz
Courtesy of Jamie Oliver
What you will need…
- 500 g frozen blackberries
- 4 lemons , chopped into little pieces
- 2 sprigs of rosemary , leaves picked
- 10 juniper berries
- 5 tbsp honey
- 500 ml Bombay Sapphire gin
- 1 litre soda water
The Grinch
Courtesy of Mix That Drink
What you will need…
- 2 ounces Midori
- 1/2 ounce lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon simple syrup
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