Top 5 Winter Cocktail Recipes

When winter has settled in, there’s no better time to try one of these warm-you-up cocktail recipes. Host a cocktail party to try these festive recipes and complete the menu with matching appetizers and desserts.

White Cosmopolitan:

Ingredients:

• 1 oz. of white cranberry cocktail juice
• 1 oz. of white crème de cacao
• ½ oz. of white chocolate liqueur
• Cranberries
• Shaved chocolate 

Preparation:

1. Put ice in a cocktail mixer and combine cranberry cocktail juice, white crème de cacao and white chocolate liqueur
2. Shake the mixture and strain it into a martini glass
3. Wet the rim with water and dip in sugar. Pierce cranberries on a cocktail toothpick and place in the glass as a garnish
4. Add sprinkles of shaved white chocolate to the top of the drink
   
    

The Blizzard

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz. Irish whiskey or rum
• ½ oz. hazelnut liqueur
• ½ oz. Irish cream liqueur
• Hot coffee
• Dollop of whipped cream

Preparation:

1. In a glass coffee mug, stir together Irish whiskey or rum, hazelnut liqueur, and Irish cream liqueur
2. Top with hot coffee and a dollop of whipped cream

Irish Coffee

Ingredients:

• 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 ½ oz. Irish whiskey
• Heavy cream, slightly whipped

Preparation:

1. Combine ingredients and shake with ice in a cocktail shaker
2. Strain into a chilled martini glass
3. Garnish with a lemon twist

White Russian

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz. vodka
• ¾ coffee liqueur
• ¾ oz. light cream
• 1 sprinkle nutmeg

Preparation:

1. Pour the vodka and coffee liqueur over ice cubes in an old-fashioned glass
2. Gently top with the cream
3. Garnish with a sprinkle of nutmeg

Berry Little Cocktail

Ingredients:

• ½ cup sugar
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 cup fresh cranberries
• 2 oz. champagne
• 1 oz. ruby red grapefruit vodka
• 1 oz. cranberry juice
• 1 oz. black currant juice
• Candied cranberries

Preparation:

1. Dissolve ½ cup sugar into 1 ½ cups water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat
2. Add a cup of fresh cranberries and simmer for 5 minutes or until softened
3. Remove from the stove and let it cool
4. Strain your berries and place them on a tray in the freezer for at least 2 hours
5. Mix together champagne, ruby red grapefruit vodka, cranberry juice, and black currant juice in a champagne glass
6. Garnish with a skewer of 4 or 5 frozen candied cranberries