21 Holiday Drinks That Will Light Up Your Christmas Tree
The Christmas tree ain't the only thing getting lit this year.
1. Jingle Juice
What's in it: cran-apple Juice, red moscato, prosecco, vodka, frozen cranberries, mint leaves, and limes (sliced into rounds).
2. Santa Clausmopolitan
What's in it: vodka, cranberry juice, triple sec, fresh lime juice, and fresh cranberries.
3. Drunk Jack Frosties
What's in it: vodka, champagne, blue Curacao, lemonade, and ice.
4. Salted Caramel Eggnog
What's in it: caramel sauce (warmed), eggnog, spiced rum, kosher salt, toffee bits (garnish), pinch ground nutmeg (garnish), and flaky sea salt (garnish).
5. The Gingersnap
What's in it: ginger beer, ice, ginger juice, dark rum, cinnamon schnapps, egg white, cinnamon stick, crystallized ginger square, and finely ground gingerbread cookie (for rim).
6. Candy Cane Vodka
What's in it: candy canes (broken into small pieces) and plain vodka.
7. Christmas Cranberry Juleps
What's in it: water, sugar, fresh orange peel, fresh cranberries, Kentucky bourbon, and fresh mint.
8. Gingerbread People Jello Shots
What's in it: cream, vodka, gingerbread syrup, creme de cacao or Kahlua, pumpkin pie spice, and unflavored gelatin.
9. The Snowball
What's in it: tequila cream liqueur, vanilla, crushed ice, evaporated skim milk, Kahlua, cinnamon powder, and cinnamon stick (garnish).
10. Very Merry Ornamentini
What's in it: vodka, orange liqueur, cherry juice, cranberry juice, orange juice, and sugared cranberries.
11. Gingerbread Eggnog White Russian
What's in it: eggnog, vodka, Kahlua, molasses, ginger, and molasses drizzle (for topping).
12. Merry Manhattan
What's in it: bourbon, dry vermouth, angostura bitters, and spiced simple syrup.
13. Candy Cane Shooters
What's in it: peppermint chocolate truffle, half and half, white chocolate liqueur, marshmallow fluff, and crushed candy cane (garnish).
14. Christmas Cosmos
What's in it: vodka, pomegranate-cranberry juice, orange liqueur, fresh lime juice, and lime twists (garnish).
15. Mulled Wine Sangria
What's in it: red wine, cranberry juice, cranberries, orange-flavored liqueur, light-brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, strip orange peel, and green apples.
16. Pomegranate Santa Hat Martini
What's in it: pama liqueur, vodka, Cointreau, and cranberry juice.
17. Peppermint White Christmas Cocktail
What's in it: champagne, white Creme de Cocoa, and candy canes.
18. Reindeer Bubbles Cocktail
What's in it: champagne (or prosecco), pomegranate seeds, pomegranate syrup, and green sugar (for the rim).
19. The Grinch
What's in it: Midori, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
20. The Red Rudolph
What's in it: orange curacao, cinnamon schnapps, vodka, and cranberry juice, and sugar pearls (garnish).
21. Sugar Cookie Martini
What's in it: vanilla vodka, amaretto, and frosted sugar cookie coffee creamer.