Have Some Christmas Cheer

Angel’s Delight will make you dream about Christmas angels. This is a delightful mix of sloe gin, triple sec, half and half or cream, and grenadine, Combine, shake, and serve.

Easy Rum Eggnog is easier than making a whole punch bowl; you make it by the glass. By the glass, the recipe calls for rum, port wine, simple syrup, egg, and nutmeg. Pour ingredients into a shaker and shake them up then pour into glasses. Sprinkle with nutmeg and put in cinnamon sticks.

Christmas Margarita is a taste treat for tequila drinkers or even for the curious. It is a mix of tequila, lime, and orange liqueur stirred well, then add coconut milk and white cranberry juice and shake and pour.

Christmas mimosa is a refreshing drink for the holidays with pomegranate and cranberry juices and topped with sparkling wine. Garnish the drinks with fresh cranberries and a sprig of pine or rosemary.

The Christmas mule is a warm cocktail that is mixed up with two ingredients: pear vodka and steaming ginger beer. Add a cinnamon stick and enjoy.

Coquito is a lightly spiced, eggnog-like drink made with three different kinds of milk (evaporated, condensed, and coconut).  Along with rum, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg to combine.

Eggnog Martini: add ready made eggnog, vanilla vodka, amaretto for added flavor, and vanilla extract shake up real well and strain into martini glasses, sprinkle with nutmeg for garnish.

The Grinch is a delightful green cocktail just like the creature it is named for. This is a simple melon liqueur sour with vodka, lemon juice, lime juice, and club soda. To make it even greener, add a few drops of green food coloring.

Holiday Punch is a tasty punch made with sparkling Lambrusco wine and rosemary-infused simple syrup. Served in a punch bowl with cranberry-studded ice cubes.

La Vie En Rouge is a beautiful-looking crimson-colored cocktail. It is a mix of brandy-based orange liqueur and cranberry juice. (pictured above)

Peppermint Martini will remind you of all those candy canes you used to lick during the holidays as a child. Decorate the glasses decoratively by crushing a candy cane on a plate, then take a chilled glass and coat the rim with white chocolate liqueur and roll the rim in the candy cane. Fill a shaker with white chocolate liqueur, vodka, and peppermint schnapps, shake well, and strain into a martini glass.

Pumpkin Spice White Russian is prepared with sugar and pumpkin spice mixed together. Honey in a shallow bowl, Dip the rim of the glass into honey and twist in spiced sugar. Mix up vodka, Kahlua, and a pinch of pumpkin spice. Add ice cubes, top with heavy cream, and stir.

Even Santa needs to relax, so join him and have Santa’s Whiskey Flip. Shake it up with cinnamon-infused bourbon whiskey, amaretto liqueur, an egg, and heavy cream and pour frothy into glasses and sprinkle with nutmeg.

Spiked Hot Chocolate is for true chocolate lovers. Combine coca powder and granulated sugar in a saucepan. Add milk and stir with cinnamon sticks. Simmer then add chocolate chips until melted and finish off with bourbon. Don’t forget the toasted marshmallows.

Let it snow, let it snow while you sit back and sip on a White Christmas Dream. This is a dessert drink combined with vodka, amaretto, and whipped cream. Shake until smooth and pour into a martini glass.

White Christmas Mojito is as white as freshly fallen snow. This cocktail is a mix of white rum, coconut rum, and coconut milk. It all comes together with muddled mint and zesty lime. Enjoy.

While outside the snow is falling, make a White Cosmo. This drink is a mix of citrus vodka, elderflower liqueur, and white cranberry juice. Garnish with cranberries.