If you are entertaining guests this festive season, you might want to take it up a notch when it comes to your drinks menu. Here are some Christmas cocktail recipes that you should try out before choosing your favourites.

White Christmas Martini

Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces of white chocolate liqueur
  • 2 ounces of vanilla vodka
  • 1 ounce of half-and-half
  • 1 ounce of white crème de cacao
  • Honey and course sugar for garnishing the glass

Method:

  • Before you begin making this particular Christmas cocktail, you want to prepare your martini glasses. Dip the rims in some honey and then in the sugar to garnish.
  • Fill your cocktail shaker with some ice and all all of the rest of the ingredients.
  • Shake well and strain into your glasses.

Seasonal Sangria

Ingredients:

  • 1 bottles of light-bodied red wine
  • 1 cup of brandy
  • 1 cup of cranberry juice
  • 1 cup of simple syrup
  • 1 orange (sliced)
  • 1 cup of fresh cranberries
  • 4 or 5 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 teaspoon of peppercorns

Method:

  • For this Christmas cocktail, you can make a larger quantity so that you can keep the drinks pouring.
  • Make the syrup by mixing 1 cup of sugar with 1 cup of water and boil for about 5 minutes. Allow the syrup to cool before you use it.
  • Add your wine, brandy, cranberry juice, syrup, orange slices, cranberries, peppercorns and cinnamon to a pot.
  • Cook your sangria on high for approximately one hour before you turning the heat down to keep warm for up to 5 hours.
  • Pour into pretty mugs and garnish with a cinnamon stick if desired.

Cranberry Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

  • 3 ounces of bourbon whisky
  • 1 ounce of cranberry simple syrup (detailed below)
  • 3 shakes of bitters
  • Orange peel, cranberries and rosemary to garnish

Method:

  • For this Christmas cocktail, you will need cranberry simple syrup. You can make this by adding 2 cups of water to a cup of sugar and a cup of fresh cranberries.
  • Boil the mixture for about 5 minutes before straining and allowing to cool.
  • Place ice in your cocktail glass.
  • Stir together the bitters, bourbon and simple syrup.
  • Garnish with rosemary, cranberries and an orange peel.

These are three delicious Christmas cocktail options that you should consider for the end of this year. They are fun, festive and you will certainly impress your guests. You can serve cocktails before dinner while you socialise before sitting down to eat.