Holidays aren’t complete without some alcohol consumption (or a lot!), and what better way to celebrate than to add some turkey day inspired drinks! Ditch the boring old drinks you’re used to and give people more of a reason to enjoy the holidays! Here are some drinks to complement your Thanksgiving dinner (or your restaurant menu):
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Ingredients:
- 1 ounce sweetened cranberry juice
- 1 wedge lime
- Champagne
- Frozen cranberries
In a champagne flute add cranberry juice and a squeeze of lime. Top off the glass with champagne and garnish with 3 or 4 cranberries. Check out the recipe here for more details: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/cranberry-champagne-cocktail-recipe-1957530!
Thanksgiving Seabreeze
Ingredients:
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 1 cup vodka
- Mint sprigs
Mix all liquids into a pitcher filled with ice and pour into glasses and garnish with mint. If you’re feeling extra inspired, you can add a small amount of your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce to the bottom of each glass before filling with mixture! Here is the recipe: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/thanksgivings-a-breeze-seabreezes-recipe-1943360!
Pumpkin Pie Martini
Ingredients:
- ½ ounce Stoli Vanilla
- 1 ounce Pumpkin Spice liqueur
- ½ ounce Kahlua
- ½ ounce Butterscotch Schnapps
- ½ ounce half-and-half
- Crushed graham crackers
- Cinnamon stick
Add all the liquids into a shaker with ice, shake and strain into a glass with crushed graham crackers, and garnish with a cinnamon stick! Here's the recipe: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pumpkin-pie-martini-recipe-1958974! We love us some pumpkin pie—this is a great opportunity to have it in the form of a martini and in the form of a pie in the same day!
Use the holidays as an excuse to experiment with and create some tasty drinks!
