Sorbet Champagne
Whether you’re a novice bartender or looking to spruce up your typical hot toddy or old fashioned, make a lasting impression at Thanksgiving or your next dinner party with these far-from-basic cocktails. Discover how you can add a twist to pumpkin, apple, cinnamon, cranberry, and all of your favorite holiday season indulgences.
PUMPKIN PIE COCKTAIL
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INGREDIENTS
- 2 parts Kahlúa Pumpkin Spice
- 1 part hazelnut liqueur
- 2 1/2 parts heavy cream
- 1 part pumpkin puree
- 1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- Ice
DIRECTIONS
- In a martini shaker combine all ingredients
- Shake to combine, and then pour into martini glass.
SPICED WINE
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INGREDIENTS
- 750-ml bottle medium-bodied red wine
- 1⁄2 cup sugar
- 8 whole cloves
- 4 lemon wedges
- 4 (4″-sticks) cinnamon
DIRECTIONS
- With a 4-qt. saucepan, bring ingredients to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and discard cloves.
- Ladle wine into 4 glasses and garnish each with 1 of the cinnamon sticks and 1 lemon wedge.
RED VELVET CAKE MARTINI
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- Whipped cream cheese frosting
- Red Sugar
- 2 tsp. chocolate syrup
- Crushed ice
- 1/4 cupcake flavored vodka
- 1/4 cup creme de cacao
- 6 tbsp. buttermilk
- Red food coloring
- Dip rims of 2 martini glasses in frosting, then dip in red sugar. Drizzle a teaspoon chocolate syrup in the bottom of each glass. Refrigerate.
- Fill the cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Then add vodka, crème de cacao, buttermilk and a drop of food color.
- Cover and shake until well mixed.
- Pour mixture into chilled martini glass.
PUMPKIN SPICE WHITE RUSSIAN
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INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie sauce
- 1 oz. heavy cream
- 2 oz. vodka
- 1 oz. coffee liqueur
- Whipped cream
- Chocolate syrup
DIRECTIONS
- Shake together pumpkin pie spice and heavy cream.
- Fill a rocks glass with ice and pour in the mixture of vodka, coffee liqueur, and heavy cream.
- Top with whipped cream and chocolate syrup if desired.
CHAMPAGNE SORBET
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 1/2 cup of champagne
- Sorbet
- Whipped cream
DIRECTIONS
- Add a scoop of your favorite flavor of sorbet to a glass
- Top it with champagne
- Serve with whipped cream if desired
CARAMEL APPLE MIMOSA
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INGREDIENTS
- 2 tbsp. Caramel
- 2 tbsp. cinnamon sugar
- 1 cup apple cider
- 8 oz. caramel vodka
- 1 bottle champagne
- Apple slices
DIRECTIONS
- In one dish, pour caramel, and in another dish, pour cinnamon sugar.
- Rim the champagne flutes with caramel, then dip in cinnamon sugar.
- Pour 1/4 cup of apple cider and 2 ounces of caramel vodka into each flute.
- Top it with champagne.
- Garnish with an apple slice.
PECAN OLD-FASHIONED
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INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup toasted pecans
- 1 1/2 cups whiskey or bourbon
- 1 sugar cube (or 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar)
- 4 dashes Angostura bitters
DIRECTIONS
Pecan Whiskey
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Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place the pecans on a baking sheet, and transfer to the oven.
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Toast the pecans for 10-15 minutes, or until browned.
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Remove from the oven, and let cool to room temperature.
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Transfer the cooled pecans to a mason jar, and pour the whiskey on top of them.
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Let the pecans and whiskey infuse for 3-4 days.
Pecan Old Fashioned
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Measure the sugar cube or loose sugar, and dash in Angostura bitters in an Old Fashioned glass.
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If using a sugar cube, break it down with a muddler, and combine it with the bitters.
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Coat the sides of the glass with the mixture.
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Place whiskey stones or a large ice cube. Then pour the Pecan Whiskey over the cubes, swirling it to mix with the bitters and sugar mixture.
CRANBERRY SAUCE FROZEN COSMOPOLITAN
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INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 cup cranberry sauce
- 1 1/2 ounces vodka
- 1/2 ounce Cointreau
- 1/2 ounce lime juice
- Ice
DIRECTIONS
- Combine all of the ingredients and mix until smooth in a blender.
- Transfer to a martini glass.
CALVADOS HOT TODDY
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INGREDIENTS
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. cinnamon, plus more for garnish
- 6 oz. apple cider, plus more for rimming glass
- 1 1/2 oz. fine calvados
- 4 oz. heavy cream
- 1 stick cinnamon, for garnish
DIRECTIONS
- Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl the size of a double-walled glass.
- Pour apple cider into another similar-sized bowl.
- Dip the rim of the glass in apple cider and then cinnamon-sugar mixture.
- Whip cream and 1⁄2 oz. calvados.
- Refrigerate.
- Heat 6 oz. apple cider in a 2-qt. saucepan.
- Add remaining calvados and pour into glass
- Top with whipped cream, and garnish with ground cinnamon and cinnamon stick.
9 comments
Well…I do have a lot of apples in my pantry – but I have to admit that I’ve never heard of pumpkin spice cocktails 🙂
YUM! These look absolutely fantastic! I did need some ideas for some cocktails for the Christmas period and these are ticking the list!
Wow, thee awesome drinks are definitely worth a try because they are new to my drinks collection. Actually i never heard about the PUMPKIN PIE COCKTAIL.
Oh my God! these are so tempting. Although its winter season in this part of the world where I live but watching these images I feel so tempted to try these out. Pumpkin Spice White Russian would be the first to go for 🙂
I have never heard of this before but one thing i must say , all the pictures look so attractive and delicious 🙂 Thanks for sharing !
These look absolutely amazing here. I would really love to try out several of those. They just look too delicious.
Well! The cranberry frozen one looks amazing and the caramel, apple thingy! Just say no to pumpkin spice however!
Oh This is so perfect for parties! I will try this on my aunt’s birthday. Thanks for sharing.
Great looking holiday cocktails can’t wait to try these soon…X-mas just got a lot better!