12 Days Of Christmas Cocktails

Snow Day

1.5 oz Vanilla Vodka
1 oz espresso (or strong coffee)
1 oz Godiva Liqueur

.5 oz Bailey's Irish Cream
Add all ingredients in a shaker and shake with a generous amount of ice.

Pour into glass and enjoy!

 The Happy Holidays!

2oz Bourbon Whiskytes
.5oz Cointreau
.5oz Maraschino Liqueur
1.25oz fresh lemon juice
dash Angostura
Bitters
Shake with ice.
Strain into a cocktail glass (optional sugared rim).

 The Sleepless Christmas Eve
1.5oz Vodka
.25oz Kahlua
.25oz Grand Marnier (or other orange liqueur like Gran Gala)
Dash of orange bitters optional

Stir with ice and strain into cocktail glass, or double old fashioned glass filled with ice. Enjoy!

1oz Godiva Chocolate liqueur

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Enjoy.

 Daddy’s Home! V1

Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with a generous amount of ice. Shake for 10-20 seconds and pour into glass.

1-2-3 Time Out

1.5-2oz Apricot nectar (I use Looza brand)
.25 teaspoon lemon juice
.25 teaspoon grenadine
Dash of orange bitters (Angostura brand)
Prosecco or champagne

Bonus Prosecco drink! If you happened to make the grenadine we posted a few days ago, you can make a great drink by simply pouring a shot (1.5oz) of it into a champagne flute and adding Prosecco. Tastes great and super simple. Add a small amount of lemon juice if you want it less sweet.

Muddle raspberries in shaker (I used a wooden spoon — just get them all mushed up). Add remaining ingredients and shake with a generous amount of ice. Pour into glass and enjoy!

 The Ferberizer
1.5 - 2 oz Gin
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Sparkling Cranberry Juice

Add gin to a tall glass filled with ice cubes (lots of ‘em, not just one or two), add the lemon juice and fill with the sparkling cranberry juice.

A cocktail should be consumed quickly, “while it’s still laughing at you.”
Harry Craddock, famous cocktail barman from the 1920-30s.

Need sugar syrup for this recipe? Super easy to make.
Some recipes indicate that you boil water to make the sugar dissolve. Not necessary. Just take 2 cups of hot water and 2 cups of superfine sugar and mix. The sugar will dissolve and you’re done. Pour into a bottle, add about a shot of vodka (an anecdotal way to preserve the syrup) and store in the fridge.

Mommy’s Colic Relieve

.75oz Amaretto
.5oz fresh-squeezed orange juice
.5oz lemon juice
.75oz vodka

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Enjoy.

Bonus Amaretto drink! Like the flavor of Amaretto by itself but want a drink that’s less sweet? This is a good solution.

The Italian Nanny
1.5oz Amaretto
1.5oz vodka

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Pour into a double old fashioned glass filled with ice.

The Play date V3 2oz The Kraken Rum
Cola

Add rum to a double old fashioned glass full of ice (really full, not just a couple cubes). Fill with cola. No lime with this one — it doesn’t work as well with this rum.

Mom, Look!

2) After something a bit lighter? Pour this into a tall glass filled with ice and top off with club soda (Ms. Suburban Bliss’s preference).

Peppermint Overnight at Grandma’s

We had some friends over last night to put a stamp of approval this recipe. All agreed that the balance of peppermint and chocolate was right. You can vary the amount of peppermint schnapps to suit your taste.

2oz Godiva Chocolate liqueur
2oz vodka
1oz peppermint schnapps

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker.

Hazelnut Overnight at Grandma’s

Seems like the poor Francelico monk bottle gets passed by in the booze aisle more often than not. It's not a liqueur that gets a lot of attention.  I think folks might not know what to do with it, but it has a really good flavor (half vodka, half Frangelico on ice is delicious). I'm a fan of hazelnut coffee -- if you are too, you might really like this chocolate hazelnut drink.

1.5oz Frangelico
1.5oz Godiva Chocolate liqueur
1.5oz vodka

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker.

The 7 O'Clock Bedtime