9 Holiday Cocktail Recipes
Most of these cocktail recipes are champagne or prosecco inspired cocktails, because you know I love the bubbly. Please let me know if you make any of these!!! Leave a comment, send me a DM on Instagram, a text, anything! I want to hear how it turned out!
COCKTAILS I'VE MADE + LOVE:
THE HUGO
ice
1 part elderflower liquor (i used st. germain)
4 parts prosecco
topped with sparkling water
fresh mint (pro tip: clap it to release the flavor)
lemon or lime wedge
Add mint leaves to wine glass. squeeze lemon or lime. Add elderflower liquor + prosecco. Top with sparkling water. Garnish with mint + lemon.
CHRISTMAS SANGRIA
2 bottles of pinot grigio
3/4 cup sparkling apple cider
1/4 cup sugar (i'm not a fan of overly sweet drinks so i didn't add sugar)
1/4 cup cranberries, halved
3/4 cup cranberries, whole
1 green apple, chopped
3 rosemary sprigs
Combine all ingredients into a large pitcher + stir. Refrigerate or 4 hours. Serve chilled or over ice.
ROSEMARY PEAR SPARKLER
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup honey
1 sprig rosemary
2 pears pureed
champagne or prosecco
gold sprinkles
Bring water and honey to a boil. Remove from heat + add rosemary sprig. Let seep for 2 hours. Remove rosemary sprig and chill in refrigerator. Coat rim of champagne glass with honey and then dip into a dish with gold sprinkles. Add 1 oz of syrup + 1 oz of pear puree to champagne glass. Top off with champagne or prosecco + garnish with a rosemary sprig.
THE BLACKBERRY OMBRE SPARKLER
1 cup fresh blackberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
4 sprigs rosemary
1 bottle of champagne or prosecco
In small saucepan boil blackberries, sugar + water. Reduce heat to a simmer + let cook for 12-15 minutes. Take off heat and drain blackberries, keeping the syrup in a separate bowl. Set both aside + let cool. Once cooled, spoon 4 tbsp of syrup into the bottom of each champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with fresh or cooked blackberries and a sprig of rosemary.
COCKTAILS I WANT TO MAKE:
BLOOD ORANGE CHAMPAGNE MULE
juice of 1 medium blood orange
juice of 1/2 lime
1 oz vodka
8 mint leaves
2 oz ginger beer
chilled champagne
Combine blood orange juice, lime juice and vodka into a glass. Add ginger beer + top with champagne. Garnish with blood orange slices + fresh mint.
CINNAMON PEAR MIMOSA
1 bottle of prosecco
16 oz pear juice, no sugar added
2 cinnamon sticks
ground cinnamon + this slices of pear for garnish
In small saucepan heat pear juice until it comes to a boil. Turn off heat + add cinnamon sticks then cover with lid. Let seep for 30 minutes then pour into container, cover + refrigerate. Fill champagne flutes half full of cinnamon pear juice then top with prosecco. Garnish with a pinch of cinnamon + pear slice.
HOLLY JOLLY PUNCH
1 part triple sec liquor (orange)
2 parts vodka
3 parts cranberry juice
6 parts ginger ale
2 parts orange juice
1 tsp cinnamon allspice
1 tsp nutmeg
Add ingredients to punch bowl, slowly stir in orange juice, add spices + garnish with orange slices.
CRANBERRY APPLE SPARKLER
2 oz cranberry juice
1 oz apple cider
1 oz orange juice
Mix ingredients, add ice, garnish with apple slices and frozen cranberries.
ORANGE CRANBERRY PROSECCO
4 oz 100% cranberry juice
1 tbsp sugar
1 oz orange flavor liquor
1 bottle of prosecco
In a small saucepan, heat cranberry juice + sugar over medium high heat until it forms a syrup, chill completely. When ready to serve, add orange liquor to syrup then add to the prosecco.
