4 Holiday Cocktail and Mocktail Recipes to Ring in the Holiday Season

Try making these delicious cocktails that will complete the palate and, perhaps, make you very merry.

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Texas Mimosa Fresh Texas grapefruit juice is topped with champagne. An easy, bubbly drink to celebrate the season.

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

Juice from 6 large Texas grapefruits

Champagne 

Instructions:

Pour the juice evenly between glasses and top with champagne. Enjoy immediately.

Salted Caramel Espresso Martini

Serves: 1

Freshly brewed espresso is shaken together with flavorful coffee liqueur and vodka.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces freshly brewed espresso

1 1/2 ounces salted caramel coffee liqueur

1 ounce vodka

Handful of ice

Instructions:

Add the espresso, coffee liqueur, ice, and vodka into a cocktail shaker. 

Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass. 

Pomegranate Virgin Mojito

Serves: 1

A cool, punchy mocktail mojito with a homemade pomegranate simple syrup built into a drinking glass.

Ingredients:

1 large pomegranate

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

1 ounce fresh lime juice, plus the shells from ½ lime

2 ounces sparkling water or club soda

10 fresh mint leaves, plus more for garnish

Ice

Directions:

Make the simple syrup by adding the seeds and juices from one pomegranate, sugar, and water to a saucepan. Bring to a low boil for a couple of minutes, then set aside to cool completely.

Juice the lime and then cut into 1/4 pieces.

Gently slap the mint leaves between your hands to release the oils. Then, add the leaves, lime shells, and lime juice into a tall drinking glass. Muddle together. 

Add 2 ounces pomegranate syrup, then fill the glass with ice. Fill the rest with sparkling water or club soda and stir well. Top with crushed ice and mint leaves.

Tom & Jerry

Serves: 1

This warm, Midwestern holiday drink is made with brandy, rum, hot water, and a silky, whipped egg batter.

Ingredients:

3 eggs

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1 1/4 cup powdered sugar

6 – 8 ounces hot water

1 ounce brandy

1 ounce rum

Nutmeg 

Instructions:

Make the batter by separating the egg yolks and whites and putting them in two different bowls. 

Add cream of tartar to egg white bowl and beat until stiff peaks. Then, add sugar and vanilla to the bowl of yolks and whip until they turn pale yellow. 

Fold in the yolks/sugar mixture into the egg white until incorporated. 

In a mug, add hot water, brandy, and rum. Scoop a dollop of the batter on top and stir to combine. Sprinkle it with nutmeg and enjoy.