Your Holiday Drink Guide

Tis the season for wonderfully flavorful drinks! I find the most fun in creating yummy drinks to keep you warm on the chilly winter evenings. I'll keep the chatting part down, the important part is the drinks!

My personal favorite. One time Harrison and I were alone at the bar, I was working and he was visiting and we wanted to make a festive drink. Little did I know this was actually a pretty popular drink! We started with just the vodka, peppermint liquor and milk, but decided it needed a little lightness to it and added the sprite and grenadine.

Candy Cane

.5 oz Vodka
1.5oz Rumple Minze (or any peppermint flavored liquor)
Milk
splash of Sprite
splash of Grenadine

Make sure you stir or shake this drink due to the milk content. But serve on ice.

Something about the touches of grenadine and sprite will literally remind you of the red coating on the candy cane. So perfect for the holidays!


Chocolate Mint Eggnog


A friend asked advice on some yummy eggnog recipes. Now, I prefer not to make eggnog at home, I think Wawa makes the perfect version of it. However, sometimes you can make it more delicious than just adding rum.

1 oz of your new Peppermint infused vodka (remember, from the last entry?) Or, like before, any peppermint flavored liquor
Eggnog to fill
and a nice helping of Hershey's Chocolate Syrup.

Oh yeah, deliciousness!

Peppermint Hot Chocolate


Our little indulgence tonight.

Warm up 8oz of milk (or rice, help, almond milk if you are a vegan household) with 4 tablespoons of hot chocolate mix. We chose Ghirardelli's double hot chocolate mix, oh it is sooo delicious.

stir while warming, and add 1.5oz of your new peppermint infused vodka to your mugs. Pour hot chocolate in and enjoy. It is enough to make you taste the peppermint, but not enough to struggle through a heavy drink. And oh-so scrumptious.

Peppermint Patty


Rim your shot glass in chocolate syrup
chill and pour your peppermint infused vodka into shot glass
lick and drink!

You could even put an additional squirt of syrup in the bottom of the glass for an added treat. I owe half of this one to Bridget. We tested it the other night with just the syrup in the bottom of the glass, but you still have the harsh taste of vodka. The rim of the glass helps make the shot actually enjoyable.

Peppermint Mocha


1oz Peppermint Infused Vodka
1oz Pinnacle Double Espresso Liquor
.5oz Godiva Chocolate Liquor (Or any chocolate flavored alcohol)
Add milk, shake and strain into martini glass. Prior to serving, you can have some fun with the chocolate syrup and add a design to your glass like you see in the magazines. The more chocolate the better, right?



These are just some of my favorites. I am actually enjoying the flavor of the infused vodka over any schnapps or flavored liquor because it's less sugar and thus making it taste more like peppermint rather than a peppermint flavoring, if that makes any sense. Plus, it really is just fun to pour out of a mason jar!



Here's hoping we get snow pretty soon!