Fast-n-Delicious: cocktail recipes

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Sunday, October 26, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Cocktail

This 12 Days of Christmas cocktail recipe would be ideal as the signature drink for a Christmas.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons powdered sugar

1 teaspoon water
3 tablespoons Christmas Candy Sprinkles, crushed
3 oz. cranberry juice
1 oz. Malibu® Cranberry-Cherry Rum
1/2 oz. grenadine (1 tablespoon)

Candy cane

Directions

Mix powdered sugar and water together on a small saucer or plate until smooth.

Spread the coconut on another saucer.

Dip the rim of a Martini glass in the sugar until the rim is coated.

Then, dip the sugared rim into the sprinkles.

Use a spoon to pack the sprinkles on to the sugar coating so it stays on the rim.

Add the cranberry juice, cranberry-cherry rum, and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice.

Shake and strain into the coconut rimmed Martini glass and serve.

Garnish with a candy cane.

Break off the top hook of the candy cane if desired.

Enchantment Ice Coffee Cocktail

Add a few incredible Enchantment Ice Coffee Cocktails to your evening, but be careful they sneak up on you and before you know it everybody starts looking fabulous.

Ingredients

3 oz. Baileys Vanilla Cinnamon Irish Cream Liqueur

1 oz. Goldschlager Cinnamon Schnapps

6 oz. cold coffee

Coffee Ice Cubes

Edible gold flakes or Nutmeg

Directions

Mix ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.

Strain into a 12 oz. glass.

Sprinkle with gold flakes or nutmeg.

Serving size: One Serving

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Raving Psycho Punch

Add a creepy touch to your next fearsome Halloween Party with "Raving Psycho Punch ".

Ingredients
Serves 6

30 oz. 7-Up Soda
6 oz. fresh lemon juice
9 oz. triple sec
8 oz. vodka

Directions

Half fill a punch bowl with ice.

Add lemon, triple sec, and vodka; stir.

Pour in the 7-Up soda.

Stir and server.

Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Mummy Cocktail

Add a charmingly creepy touch to your next fearsome Halloween Party with "The Mummy Cocktail".

Ingredients
Serves 6

Club Soda
6 Tablespoons lemon juice
6 oz. triple sec
12 oz. vodka

Directions

Half fill a small pitcher with ice.

Add lemon, triple sec, and vodka; stir.

Top off with club soda.

Stir and server.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Long Island Iced Tea Punch Bowl

Long Island Iced Tea Punch Bowl make an easy to drink cocktail that really packs a punch and it can be made ahead of time (minus the cola) to save time on the party day.

Ingredients

24 sprigs mint, plus more for garnish
1 cup sugar
2 cups gin
2 cups white rum
2 cups tequila
2 cups triple sec
2 cups vodka
1 (2-liter) bottle Coke Cola
1 lemon, sliced
Equipment: One 12-cup muffin pan

Directions

Mint Ice Cubes

Remove the leaves off of 12 sprigs of mint.

Divide them among the 12 cups of a muffin pan.

Pour water over to cover.

Freeze until firm, about 4 hours.

Mint Syrup

Combine the sugar with 1 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.

Bring to a boil and stir to dissolve the sugar.

Add the remaining 12 sprigs of mint.

Remove from heat and steep 15 minutes.

Strain and allow the simple syrup to cool slightly.

Tea Mixture

Mix the gin, rum, tequila, triple sec, vodka and mint syrup in gallon-size container. Chill until ready to serve.

Pour the mixture into a large punch bowl.

Pour in the cola just before serving.

Float 6 to 8 lemon slices in the punch.

Add to the punch bowl mint ice cubes

Serve in cups over ice and garnish with mint sprigs.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Bloody Brain Shooter

This cerebellum cocktail shooter only takes a few ingredients. The morbid mass of floating gray tissue matter is bloodcurdling.

Ingredients

1-1/2 oz. peach schnapps
1-1/2 oz. Baileys Irish cream
Dash of grenadine

Directions

Pour peach schnapps into a glass.

Slowly add the Baileys Irish cream.

Top with a dash of grenadine.

Serve.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Banana Cream Pie Cocktail

This is my go-to recipe for banana cocktails. I promise that you won't be sorry that you took the time to make the Banana Cream Pie Cocktail — it blows cocktails away, there is simply no comparison.

Ingredients