Christmas is a time for celebration, and whether you're keeping things low-key this year with a virtual festivities or going all out with your social bubble, there's no denying that an appropriately seasonal co*cktails is a great way to get everyone in a merry mood. Here are some festive recipes for your next Christmas soirée.
Mistletoe Christmas Martini
Ingredients
1.5oz vodka
.75 oz cherry brandy
Juice of 1 lime
Raspberries
Rosemary
Sugar
Instructions
Rim a Martini glass with sugar. Fill your co*cktail shaker halfway with ice and pour in the ingredients. Shake until chilled and strain the mixture into the glass. Garnish with two raspberries and sprig of rosemary.
From Davio's NYC
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S'mores-tini
Ingredients
2 oz Stoli Vanilla
1 oz Crème De Cacao
.5 oz heavy cream
Instructions
Shake all ingredients in iced co*cktail shaker and strain into a martini glass. Add preferred chocolate syrup down edge of glass and coat rim with chocolate syrup and graham crackers.
Santa Spice
Ingredients
1.5 oz Captain Morgan Oakheart rum
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup
1 strawberry
Instructions
Muddle strawberry in the bottom of a shaker tin. Add all other ingredients and ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnished with cranberry and mint sprig.
From Katsuya in Los Angeles.
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Cranberry Sauce Margarita Martini
Ingredients
2 oz tequila
1 lime
1.5 tbsp chunky cranberry sauce
1 tsp honey
Cranberries, fresh or frozen
Instructions
Rim a margarita glass with brown sugar. Fill a co*cktail shaker with ice, tequila, the juice of one lime, chunky cranberry sauce, and honey. Shake, then strain mixture into glass. Garnish with fresh or frozen cranberries.
Courtesy of Delish
Peabody Peppermint Candy Cane Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz vodka
1 tsp Peppermint Schnapps
Candy Canes for garnish
Instructions
Mix all ingredients with ice in a shaker. Strain into a chilled co*cktail glass. Garnish with a small candy cane or create a candy cane "rimmer" with crushed candy canes.
Courtesy of Delish
Christmas Gin and Cranberry Sauced Martini
Ingredients
2 oz gin
.5 oz fresh lime juice
2 tbsp cranberry sauce (without whole berries)
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
Rosemary sprig
Instructions
Add cranberry sauce to a co*cktail shaker with the gin, lime juice, and bitters. Add ice, shake very vigorously at least 30 to 45 seconds and strain through a mesh strainer into a chilled coupe glass. Smack a sprig of rosemary between palms to release aromas and drop on top of the co*cktail.
Courtesy of the Cooking Channel
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Holiday Cosmo
Ingredients
1.5 oz Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka
1 oz orange liqueur
4 oz cranberry-pomegranate juice
Edible glitter for rim
Instructions
Rim a martini glass with water and dip into edible glitter. In a co*cktail shaker, add ice, Smirnoff No. 21 Vodka, orange liqueur and cranberry-pomegranate juice. Shake until chilled. Pour into martini glass and garnish with cranberries.
The Snow Cap
Ingredients
1.5 oz Baileys
1 oz vodka
1.5 oz coconut cream
Oreo dust
coconut wafer
Instructions
Add Baileys, vodka, and coconut cream to shaker and shake with ice. Strain into martini glass rimmed crushed Oreos. Garnish with coconut wafer.
From Conrad Cartagena
Santa Clausmopolitan
Ingredients
2 oz All American Corn Vodka
.5 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz white cranberry juice
Instructions
Prepare martini glass with a crushed peppermint rim. Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into martini glass. Garnish with mint leaves
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Snoop Noggy Nog
Ingredients
1 oz Aperol
1 oz Dolin Bianco Vermouth
.75 oz heavy cream
.75oz vanilla syrup
1 whole egg
Instructions
Add all ingredients to shaker without ice and shake for 30 seconds. Add ice and shake again for 30 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with an orange slice.
From Raised by Wolves, San Diego
Cranberry FiZZtini
Ingredients
2 oz vodka
.5 oz Cointreau
.5 oz. fresh lime juice
.5 oz simple syrup
2 oz white cranberry juice
Mezza di Mezzacorona sparkling wine
Rosemary and cranberries for garnish
Instructions
Combine all ingredients except sparkling wine in co*cktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass with a sugared rim and top with sparkling wine. Garnish with cranberries speared on a rosemary sprig.
Winter Wonderland
Ingredients
1.5 oz vodka
.75 oz peppermint schnapps
.75 oz white chocolate liqueur
Candy cane
Red sugar
Instructions
Mix and chill ingredients. Pour into a red sugar-rimmed martini glass. Garnish with a candy cane hanging on the rim.
From Morimoto Asia at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida
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Santa's Chocolate Snow Martini
Ingredients
1.5 oz RumChata
2.5 oz half and half
1 oz maple whiskey
Instructions
Build ingredients over ice in a shaker. Drizzle chocolate sauce to the inside of a martini glass. Shake, strain into a martini glass. Note: pre chill martini glass so chocolate sauce can cling to glass. Garnish with shaved white chocolate.
From the co*ck n' Bull Restaurant in Peddler's Village, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
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Lauren Hubbard
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Lauren Hubbard is a freelance writer and Town & Country contributor who covers beauty, shopping, entertainment, travel, home decor, wine, and co*cktails.
