5 Cocktails To Make This Holiday Season

Whether you’re looking for something to serve your friends at your holiday party or just looking for a way to spice up the festivities with your relatives, there are plenty of fun cocktails to choose from. No matter your drink of choice, we have you covered. What’s great about these cocktails, besides being delicious, is how relatively inexpensive and super easy they are to serve up.

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• Raspberry Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail
  • 8 tbsp pomegranate juice
  • 1 pint raspberry sorbet
  • 4 tbsp pomegranate seeds
  • chilled champagne 

  Directions

  1. Freeze serving glasses until they are frosty. This step isn’t necessary but just adds to the overall look of the drink.
  2. Add 2 tablespoons of pomegranate juice to each glass.
  3. Add a few small scoops of the raspberry sorbet and top with 1 tablespoon of pomegranate seeds in each glass.
  4. Top with chilled champagne.

  Prep time: 5 minutes

  Serves: 4



• Cranberry Sangria
  • 1 bottle red wine
  • 1 cup cranberry juice
  • 1 cup fresh cranberries
  • 1/2 cup brandy
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 2 persimmons, cut into small wedges
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 orange, cut into wedges

  Directions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a large pitcher and refrigerate for 2-3 hours, or overnight before serving.
  
  
• Peppermint White Russian
  • peppermint schnapps
  • Baileys Irish Cream
  • half and half
  • candy canes (crushed)

  Directions

  1. Fill glass with ice
  2. Combine 2 parts peppermint schnapps with 2 parts Bailey’s.
  3. Add 1 part half and half.
  4. Add crushed candy canes to the rim of the glass. To get them to stick, use honey.

  Bonus step: Add a peppermint stick to the drink for added flavor.

  Serves: 1



• The Grinch
  • 3 oz peach schnapps
  • 3 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
  • 12 oz orange juice
  • 4 oz Sprite® soda
  • 3 oz Blue Curacao liqueur

  Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients in a large pitcher and it’s ready to be served.
• Santa’s Naughty Hot Chocolate

  • 8 oz almond milk

  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder

  • 2 tsp sugar

  • 6 oz Bailey’s Hazelnut Liqueur

  • 1 oz chocolate vodka (recipe recommends Godiva chocolate-infused vodka)

  Directions

  1. Combine the almond milk, cocoa powder and sugar in a sauce pot.
  2. Bring the mixture to a simmer while stirring to dissolve the cocoa powder.
  3. Add the Bailey’s and vodka, and then remove from the heat.
  4. Pour into glasses and garnish with marshmallow skewers.

  Serves: 2

  BONUS: Marshmallow Skewers

  • 2 large marshmallows
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Cocoa powder

  Directions

  1. Cut each marshmallow in three equal sizes
  2. Using the cinnamon and cocoa powder, dust the marshmallows.
  3. Arrange marshmallows on skewer and add to the top of the drinks.

(Feature Photo via A Beautiful Mess)