Whether you’re hosting a seasonal soiree or simply want to experiment with a few new seasonal cocktails, mix up the following 12 holiday cocktail recipes and you’ll get into the spirit of the season in no time:
Coconut Eggnog Martini
Recipe courtesy of Tommy Bahama
Ingredients
- 1 part Jim Beam bourbon
- 1 part Cruzan coconut rum
- 2½ parts coconut eggnog (see following recipe)
Method
Build all ingredients in a shaker. Add ice. Shake well until chilled. Strain into glass.
Coconut Eggnog
Ingredients
- 5 egg yolks, pasteurized
- ¾ c. sugar
- 1 c. heavy cream
- 2 c. coconut milk
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ½ tsp. nutmeg
Method
Whisk egg yolks with sugar until creamy and the sugar begins to dissolve. Add cream and coconut milk. Stir in vanilla, salt and nutmeg.
White Chocolate Candy Cane Martini
Recipe courtesy of Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House
Ingredients
- 1½ oz. Stoli Vanil vodka
- ¾ oz. Godiva White Chocolate
- ½ oz. peppermint schnapps
- 2 oz. half and half
- Crushed candy canes for garnish
Method
Combine all ingredients in a Boston shaker filled with ice and shake 10–15 times. Strain into a chilled martini glass.
Tiramisu Cocktail
Recipe created by Mickael Bellëc, Head Barman, Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo
Ingredients
- 0.68 oz. cocoa liqueur
- 0.34 oz. Kahlua
- 0.34 oz. vanilla syrup
- 1.01 oz. Grey Goose vodka
- Hint of vanilla liqueur cream
Method
Combine in shaker, shake and then strain into a cocktail glass. Dust with cocoa powder. Add chocolate piece for decoration.
Belvedere Toddy
Recipe courtesy of Belvedere Vodka
Ingredients
- 1 oz. Belvedere vodka
- 1½ oz. hot water
- 1 oz. Lillet Blanc
- ½ oz. lemon
- ½ oz. honey
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Fresh grated nutmeg
- Orange wedge
- Cloves
Method
Add hot water to heat-resistant glass mug, then honey to melt. Add remaining liquid ingredients. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and orange wedge, then top with freshly grated nutmeg. May add cloves to orange wedge, if so desired.
Truly Bitter
Ingredients
- ½ oz. Campari
- ½ oz. Cointreau
- 5 oz. Truly Spiked & Sparkling Grapefruit & Pomelo
- Juice from 1 lemon or orange wedge
- Orange or grapefruit peel as garnish
Method
Combine Campari, Cointreau and juice from a fresh lemon wedge in a rocks glass over a single large ice cube. Top off with Truly Spiked & Sparkling Grapefruit & Pomelo. Add orange or grapefruit wedge or twist for garnish.
Reyka’s Winter Solstice
Ingredients
- 1½ parts Reyka vodka
- ½ part lemon juice
- ¼ part simple Syrup
- 2 parts pear juice
- Champagne
Method
Combine all ingredients into cocktail shaker, except champagne. Shake, serve in a coupe, top with champagne and garnish with a lemon twist.
Spiced Plum Punch
Recipe courtesy of Beautiful Booze
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of elit
- 1 bottle of sparkling wine
- 1 c. of lemon juice
- 1 c. spiced plum simple syrup (see recipe below), or to taste
- 1 c. of mixed pitted and whole plums
- 4 sprigs of rosemary
- 2 lemons, sliced
- 1 bag of ice
Method
Add lemon slices, ½ of the plums and the rosemary to the punch dispenser. Add elit, sparkling wine, lemon juice and spiced plum simple syrup to the punch dispenser. Add ice. Stir mixture, then add the rest of the plums. Garnish with lemon slices and pitted plums. Yields 15 servings (depending on glass).
Spiced Plum Simple Syrup
Ingredients/Method
Combine 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of water, ½ cup pitted plums, 1 teaspoon of cloves, 1 teaspoon of allspice and 4 cinnamon sticks in a small pan. Bring to a boil until the sugar is dissolved. Strain mixture.
Cakewalk
Recipe courtesy of Pam Wiznitzer of Seamstress
Ingredients
- 1½ oz. Campari
- 1½ oz. vanilla syrup
- 1 oz. strawberry puree
- 1½ oz. lemon juice
- 3 oz. cognac
- 4 dashes orange bitters
Method
Build ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake generously. Funnel into cocktail bottle and enjoy with a side of Panettone. Makes 2 servings.
The Gingerbread Man
Recipe courtesy of Hilton West Palm Beach
Ingredients
- 2 oz. vanilla vodka
- ½ oz. gingerbread syrup
- 2 oz. half and half
- Dash of nutmeg
- Dash of cinnamon
- Dash of ground ginger
- Rim of crushed gingersnap cookies, brown sugar and molasses
Method
Combine gingerbread syrup, half and half, vanilla vodka with a dash of nutmeg, cinnamon and ground ginger. Rim the glass with crushed gingersnap cookies, brown sugar and molasses.
Magnum’s Espresso Martini
Ingredients
- 1 part Magnum
- 1 part espresso
- 1 part vodka
Method
Vigorously shake, pour into a martini glass and garnish with a peppermint stick.
CÎROC’s Mango Fizz
Ingredients
- 1½ oz. CÎROC Mango
- 1 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
- ½ oz. fresh lemon juice
- ¾ oz. cinnamon syrup
Method
Combine ingredients. Top with champagne and garnish with grapefruit wedge.
Drambuie’s Starry Sonata
Ingredients
- 1½ parts Drambuie
- ½ part Hudson Baby Bourbon
- ½ part Oloroso Sherry
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Star anise for garnish
Method
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir until well chilled and strain into chilled coupe. Garnish with star anise.
- Coconut Eggnog Martini photo: Tommy Bahama
- White Chocolate Candy Cane Martini photo: Del Frisco Double Eagle Steak House
- Tiramisu Cocktail photo: Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo
- Truly Bitter photo: Truly Bitter
- Reyka's Winter Solstice photo: Reyka
- Belvedere Vodka photo: Belvedere Vodka
- Spiced Plum Punch photo: Beautiful Booze
- Cakewalk photo: Pam Wiznitzer of Seamstress
- The Gingerbread Man photo: Hilton West Palm Beach
- Magnum photo: Magnum
- Drambuie Starry Sonata photo: Drambuie
- CIROC Mango Fizz photo: CIROC
