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Best Festive Cocktails
Sugar Cookie Martini
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If you’re wondering what a sugar cookie would taste like as a martini, then we’ve got the perfect recipe for you! This is an excellent seasonal favourite for this festive season. Get the full recipe here!
Ingredients:
1/2c. Whole milk
1/4c. Baileys
2 oz. Vanilla vodka
2 oz. Amaretto
Ice
How to make:
Combine milk, Baileys, vodka, and amaretto in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until cold. Pour into the glass and garnish the rim with a cookie of your choice!
Peppermintinis
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These peppermintinis are an excellent addition to any festive occasion!
Ingredients
6 oz. White chocolate liqueur
4 oz. Vodka
2 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
2 tbsp. Heavy cream
Ice
Candy cane
How to make:
Add the white chocolate liqueur, vodka, peppermint schnapps, and heavy cream to a cocktail shaker. Fill to the brim with ice and shake until cold! Divide between 3 glasses and serve with a candy cane as a garnish. Find the full recipe here!
Cranberry Mulled White Wine
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Mulled wine can be a little too heavy for some people during the festive season, if that sounds familiar, try this excellent adaptation!
Ingredients:
750ml. Dry white wine
1 c. Fresh cranberries
1/3 c. Pure honey
1 Sliced lemon
2 Sprigs of fresh rosemary
2 cinnamon sticks
2 Star anise
1 tsp. Cardamom pods
How to make:
Combine the white wine, cranberries, honey, lemon, rosemary, cinnamon, star anise, and cardamom in a large saucepan. Simmer over medium/low heat until warm, 20-25 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Serve with lemon slices. Check out the full recipe here!
Best Festive Mocktails
Celebration mocktail
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This celebration mocktail is the perfect choice for Christmas with the family! Featuring a gorgeous blend of fruit juice and more.
Ingredients:
50ml Non-alcoholic spirit
25ml Lemon juice
25ml Orange juice
15ml Cranberry juice
1 tsp Caster sugar
1 Egg white
A grating nutmeg
Orange peel garnish
How to make:
Put the non-alcoholic spirit, lemon juice, orange juice, cranberry juice, sugar and egg white in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until cold. Strain into a glass and grate over a small portion of nutmeg and garnish. Find the recipe here!
Passion fruit martini mocktail
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If you’re a huge fan of the regular Passion fruit martini, then you’ll love this mocktail version! Excellent for anyone who loves a blend of tropical flavours.
Ingredients:
1 Passion fruit, plus an extra 1/2 to garnish
50ml Sparkling or cloudy apple juice
15ml Passion fruit syrup
15ml Lime juice
A few drops of vanilla extract
How to make:
Slice open the passion fruit and scoop out all the seeds into a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the rest of the ingredients and shake well. Strain into a glass and garnish! Check out the full recipe here!
Toasted Marshmallow Campfire Mocktail
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If you’re keeping warm by the fire this festive season, we’ve got the perfect mocktail idea for you!
Ingredients:
Marshmallow fluff
Splash of vanilla extract
2 tsp. Simple syrup
2 oz. Hot espresso
1 0z. Non-alcoholic spirit
Ice
Toasted marshmallow for garnish
How to make:
Place 3 spoonfuls of marshmallow fluff in a glass. Add vanilla and simple syrup. Pour the espresso over the marshmallow mixture and stir thoroughly until completely combined. Add the non-alcoholic spirit and ice with toasted marshmallows on top!
Other popular mocktails
Watermelon Slushie
Not only will this delicious slushie go down a storm, but it’s also a super healthy alternative to traditional ice slushies that are packed with sugar!
Ingredients:
One small watermelon, cubed
400ml unsweetened almond milk
A few mint sprigs to decorate
How to make:
Simply blend your watermelon cubes with your almond milk and pour into a fancy glass… don’t forget to add your mint sprigs for a sophisticated decoration!
Sparkly Strawberry Lemonade
This one’s also great for those after a little bit of fizz… the non alcoholic kind!
Ingredients:
115ml ginger ale
115ml lemonade
Three strawberries
How to make:
Remove the tops of two of your strawberries before cutting them into fine pieces. Then, pour your lemonade and ginger into your glass before sprinkling the strawberries on top. Use your third strawberry as a garnish and enjoy!
Shirley Temple
Named after the famous curly-haired child film star this is a refreshing and sweet drink.
Ingredients:
100ml ginger ale
30ml grenadine
30ml fresh lime juice
Fruit for garnish (optional)
Ice
How to make:
Add the ginger ale into a glass over some ice, followed by the lime juice and then the grenadine, which should sink to the bottom. Add fruit of your choice to garnish!
Pineapple Orange Mocktail
Ingredients:
Crushed ice
200ml pineapple juice
25ml fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon of honey
How to make:
All you need to do to make this fresh and healthy mocktail is combine pineapple juice, orange juice and a dash of honey before pouring over crushed ice. The perfect colourful and fruity treat!
Virgin Mojito
I had to find a non-alcoholic version of my favourite, you can choose your mixer with this recipe but I personally use soda water.
Ingredients:
15 mint leaves
2 tablespoons of sugar
1 lime, cut into wedges
1 tablespoon sugar syrup
1 tablespoon simple sugar syrup
Plenty of ice
Ginger ale/soda water/sparkling water/Sprite
How to make:
Add mint leaves and lime wedges to a cocktail shaker and crush them with a bar tool. If you don’t have one you can use the end of a wooden spoon! Next add sugar syrup and sugar before shaking the mixture well.
Pour the mixture into three glasses and top up with some ice and add your mixer, which in a traditional mojito is soda water, but if you fancy something different try sparkling water, Sprite or ginger ale.
Pina Colada Mocktail
Try making this much loved cocktail with no alcohol for little ones after something a bit more fancy!
Ingredients:
2 ripe bananas
A handful of freshly diced pineapple chunks
200ml pineapple juice
50ml coconut milk
Ice cubes
Pineapple wedges to garnish
How to make:
Blend your bananas, pineapple juice and coconut milk with ice cubes and then finish with a wedge of pineapple for a tropical decoration!
Mock Champagne
This is a tasty alternative to the real deal and great if you are celebrating. All in one easy step…
Ingredients:
2 litre bottle of ginger ale, chilled
350ml pineapple juice
1 bottle of white grape juice
How to make:
Just mix all the ingredients together into a large jug before serving. You could always serve with fresh strawberries for a treat!
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