Sunday, October 26, 2014

The Best Wild-berry Sangria


This Quick & Easy "Wild-berry Sangria" recipes offers a delicious aroma of fresh red cherries and sweet vanilla with a light herbal touch that is hands down the best sangria I have ever had!



Ingredients

1 750ml Bottle of Sutter Home Cabernet Sauvignon 
1 cup (8 oz) DeKuyper® Wilderberry schnapps
1 cup (8 oz) Cranberry juice 
1 cup (8 oz) Orange juice 1oz
8 Maraschino cherries
1/2 cup blackberries
1 small Orange
1 Lime wedge
2 cups Strawberries


Directions

Pour wine, schnapps, Cranberry juice, and Orange juice to a large container and mix well. 

Cut orange and lime in half then thinly slice into wedges.


Put all the orange and lime wedges into the container with the wine mixture.


Rise strawberries and blackberries; (cut tops off the strawberries) and put them both into the container with the wine mixture. 


Refrigerate for no less than two hours; overnight produces a better flavor.


Fill glass with ice and pour mixture over the ice.


Garnish with a cherry on top and server.
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Pumpkin Pie Colada


Yum--Pumpkin Pie Colada in 10 minutes! This smooth, blended of rums with spices and frozen Pumpkin will quickly become addictive...it's just that good!


INGREDIENTS

4 oz. White Rum
5 oz. Cruzan Clipper Spiced Rum
1 Pumpkin Pie Yogurt (6 oz.)
1 cup frozen pureed Pumpkin
¼ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon Cinnamon

Cool Whip (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Fill Ice trays with pureed Pumpkin 2 hours before serving.

Blend together white rum, spiced rum, yogurt, allspice, nutmeg, Cinnamon until smooth.


Add frozen pureed Pumpkin and blend until smooth. 


Pour into a cocktail glass.


Garnish with a Cool Whip and sprinkle with Cinnamon.








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.