Winter is here and what better way to celebrate a new decade then with winter cocktails! I am bringing you my top ten favorite winter cocktails to serve for your New Year festivities this winter.
Red Wine Hot Chocolate
14 servings
Ingredients
Slow Cooker (stove will work in a pot just be cautious on heat)
1 bottle of red wine
8 cups of whole milk
1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
1 12oz package of dark chocolate chips
1 teaspoon of nutmeg
4 cinnamon sticks
Directions
- Place all ingredients in the slow cooker
- Cook one hour on high or until chocolate is melted and mixture is heated all the way through stirring every 15 minutes
- Reduce heat to slow and serve fright from slow cooker
Christmas Martini
1 Serving
Ingredients
Martini Glass
Cocktail Mixer
25ml Cointreau
25ml amaretto
15ml vodka
50ml cranberry juice sugar
1 orange peel (decorative)
1 lemon
Directions
- Cut a lemon wedge and run it around the rim of the martini glass
- Pour sugar onto a plate and dip the lemon edge of the glass into the sugar
- In a cocktail mixer, add the Cointreau, amaretto and vodka followed by the cranberry juice and a handful of ice
- Shake for 20 seconds and then pour into the glass
- Add the orange peel for decoration
S’mores Kahlua Please
1 Serving
Ingredients
Cocktail Glass
Cocktail Mixer
3oz of Coconut Milk
1.5oz of vodka
1.5oz of Kahlua
½ teaspoon coco powder
2 dashes of embitterment chocolate bitters
rim chocolate graham crackers
garnish roasted marshmallow
Directions
- In a small dish mix a dash of Kahlua and cocoa powder to create a thick chocolate liquid
- In a different dish crush the graham crackers
- Dip the cocktail glass lips in the liquid mixture and then dip in the crushed graham crackers
- Add the rest of the ingredients into the cocktail shaker with ice
- Shake for 20 seconds then pour the mixture into the glass
- Top with coconut milk
- Place a marshmallow on a piece of tinfoil and place it in the oven on broil for 30 seconds
- Remove and let cool
- Add the marshmallow into the cocktail, brown side up
Cranberry Moscow Mule
1 Serving
Ingredients
Copper Moscow Mule Cup
Cocktail Shaker
4oz Ginger Beer
4oz Cranberry Juice Cocktail
2oz Dark Rum or Vodka
1 lime, cut in half
Crushed Ice Cubes
Fresh or Frozen Cranberries
Directions
- Put crushed ice into the copper mug
- Add ginger beer, cranberry juice, rum and the juice of a squeezed ½ lime in a cocktail shaker filled with ice
- Shake well for 20 seconds and then pour into the mug
- Top with cranberries and a lime wheel
Salted Caramel Martini
1 Serving
Ingredients
Martini Glass
Cocktail Shaker
2oz Caramel Vodka
2oz Rum Chata
Caramel Syrup
Coarse Salt
Directions
- Put the coarse salt on a plate
- Rim the martini glass with the caramel syrup and dip in the coarse salt
- Drizzle caramel sauce inside the martini glass
- Add vodka, rumchata and ice into the shaker
- Pour mixture into the martini glass
Peppermint White Russian
1 Serving
Ingredients
Cocktail Glass
Cocktail Shaker
3/4oz Kahlua
3/4oz Vodka
3/4oz Peppermint Schnapps
3/4oz half and half (or almond milk for those dairy free like me!)
Candy Cane Crushed
Clean Corn Syrup
Directions
- Place a few ice cubes in a cocktail glass
- Rim the glass with Clean Corn Syrup and dip into a plate of crushed candy canes
- Pour Kahlua, Vodka and peppermint Schnapps into a shaker with crushed ice
- Pour into martini glass and top with milk
Bailey’s Boozy Hot Chocolate
1 Serving
Ingredients
1 Packet of Hot Cocoa Mix (and water to make)
2oz Bailey’s Irish Cream
Whip Cream
Marshmallows
Hershey’s Chocolate Sauce
Directions
- Make the hot chocolate in a mug with water
- Once hot stir in the Bailey’s Irish Cream
- Put marshmallows into the mixture to melt
- Add whip cream on top
- Add chocolate sauce on top of the whip cream
Hot Fireball Apple Cider
1 Serving
Ingredients
Mug
Spoon
1 Cinnamon Stick
1 cup of Apple Cider, Hot
2oz of fireball whiskey
Directions
- Place apple cider in a mug and heat up for about 1 minutes or as needed
- Pour in the fireball whiskey and mix with a spoon
- Add a cinnamon stick in for flavor
Warm Winter Sangria
14 Servings
Ingredients
Crockpot
Mug
1.5L Merlot
1 Large Orange
1.5 Cups Fresh Cranberries
2 Cinnamon Sticks
10 Whole Cloves
1 Cup Cranberry Juice
4 Packets of Sweet ‘N Low
Directions
- Pour the wine and cranberry juice into the crockpot
- Slice the orange and add it into the pot
- Add cranberries, cinnamon sticks, cloves and Sweet ‘N Low
- Stir well and add the cloves in
- Cook on high for 2-3 hours and then turn it down to warm
- Feel free to keep it on the warm setting if you are serving for a party or dinner
- If you are enjoying it right away you can turn it off right away
Chocolate Peppermint Martini
1 Serving
Ingredients
Martini Glass
Cocktail Mixer
1.5oz Chocolate Liquor or Crème De Cocoa
1.5oz of Peppermint Vodka
2.5oz Light Cream or Almond Milk for those who are dairy free
.5oz Chocolate Syrup
.5 brick chocolate bark
1 candy cane smashed
Directions
- Crush the candy cane into fine pieces and put on a plate
- Place the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds
- Stir then reheat for another 30 seconds
- Dip your martini glass into the melted chocolate then immediately dip into the crushed candy cane
- In a cocktail shaker fill with crushed ice, chocolate liquor, cream, peppermint vodka, cocoa powder and chocolate syrup
- Shake for about 20 seconds to create a holiday flavor
- Pour the cocktail into your martini glass
- If you want to add whip cream on top with chocolate shavings for a holiday feel do so!
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right.” –Mark Twain American Author