Recipe
These Holiday-Inspired Drinks Will Warm You Up This Season
It's the holiday season once again and even though the weather app on my phone says it's only -10, it's so cold I can barely remember what it's like to feel my legs. But if I'm just going to be staying inside, I may as well make it entertaining, right? Here are three holiday-inspired drinks that should warm you up this winter, or at least help you forget what's happening outside.
Not the apple pie your mama used to make
Apple Pie Moscow Mule
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 4 oz. apple cider
- 4 oz. apple pie or caramel vodka
- 1 bottle ginger beer or hard apple cider
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Step 1
Measure out the 4 oz. of both the apple cider and the vodka. Combine in a cocktail shaker.
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Step 2
Add crushed ice into cup (preferably a copper cup, for the true Moscow Mule experience). Fill cup halfway with the contents of the cocktail shaker and then top off with ginger beer or hard apple cider.
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Step 3
Slice an apple for garnish and voila! You've got yourself Apple Pie 2.0
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What's the holiday season without a lil spiked Eggnog?
Peppermint Mocha Eggnog
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 5 mins
- Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 8 oz. eggnog
- 4 oz. Peppermint Mocha Kahlúa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch nutmeg
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Step 1
Measure out eggnog and Kahlúa pouring measurements into a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice.
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Step 2
Add vanilla into shaker.
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Step 3
Pour into glass. Add some nutmeg. If your drink starts getting warm just add some ice cubes! Just an FYI but this recipe is also great for punch, just try tripling it.
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No holiday is complete without wine
Red Wine Sangria
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 12 hrs
- Total Time: 12 hrs 10 mins
- Servings: 5
Ingredients
- 1 bottle red wine
- 1 shot brandy
- Soda water
- 1 granny smith apple
- 1 orange
- 2 cups cranberries
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Step 1
Pour wine into pitcher. I used Red Moscato because I like sweeter wines.
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Step 2
Add shot of Brandy.
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Step 3
Cut up fruit. I don't like oranges so I didn't add them to my sangria. You can add as much or as little fruit as you're feeling.
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Step 4
Add tonic water to fill up the pitcher. If you're looking for a sweeter sangria use soda water. Refrigerate the sangria overonight.
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Step 5
Even though you have to wait hours for the sangria to be properly chilled and all the fruit juices to soak in, it's all worth it at the end. I added a drink umbrella to trick myself into thinking I'm in +30 weather.
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