Easy Christmas Cocktails To Try At Home
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Easy Christmas Cocktails To Try At Home

Whether you’re looking for last-minute entertaining ideas or want something fun to serve on Christmas Day, this one’s for you. From a rosé negroni to a festive twist on a hot chocolate, here are 11 Christmas cocktail recipes to try this year.
By Sherri Andrew /

Duppy Blitz

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
25ml of Duppy Share Aged Rum
15ml of ginger cordial
Chilled sparkling wine or champagne to serve
Method
Step 1

Add the rum and ginger cordial in a champagne glass.

Step 2

Top up with chilled sparkling wine or champagne.

Rosé Negroni

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
25ml of Mirabeau Dry Rosé Gin
25ml of rosé
25ml of Luxardo Bitter Bianco
A Grapefruit
Method
Step 1

Add a handful of ice to a tumbler. Add in the Mirabeau Dry Rosé Gin, rosé and Luxardo Bitter Bianco.

Step 2

Give it a gentle stir just to start the ice melting and diluting to your preferred taste.

Step 3

Take a zest of grapefruit and wipe it around the rim of the glass. Pinch the zest to express a little oil and add it as a garnish.

Baileys Hot Chocolate Martini Cocktail

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
25ml of Baileys Original Irish Cream
25ml of whole milk
25ml of single cream
25g of dark chocolate
15ml of Smirnoff Vodka
Chocolate sauce, to garnish
Method
Step 1

Squeeze the chocolate sauce onto a small plate. Place a martini glass upside down and dip the rim in the chocolate sauce.

Step 2

Grate the dark chocolate into small pieces.

Step 3

Add the milk and single cream into a mug, mix together and microwave for around 30 seconds until boiling. Make sure you watch over this, so it doesn’t spill over.

Step 4

To the hot milk, add the chopped dark chocolate and stir until melted.

Step 5

Add the vodka and Baileys into the chocolate milk. Stir until fully combined. It doesn’t matter if your cocktail is still a little warm, we like it this way!

Step 6

Pour into your martini glass and serve. If you have spare chocolate, grate this over the top of the drink at the end for an extra treat.

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Mermaid Pink Gin Bitter French

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
25ml of Mermaid Pink Gin
10ml of Campari
12.5ml of lemon juice
12.5ml of sugar syrup
Champagne, to top up
Twist of grapefruit, to garnish
Method
Step 1

Combine the gin, Campari, lemon juice and sugar syrup into a shaker and shake for a few seconds.

Step 2

Pour into a chilled flute and top up with champagne. Garnish with the twist of grapefruit.

Seedlip Garden (Non-Alcoholic)

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
50ml of Seedlip Garden 108
1 tbsp of pear jam
15ml of lemon juice
20ml of egg white or aquafaba
Lemon zest, to garnish
Method
Step 1

Add all of the ingredients into a shaker and dry shake vigorously.

Step 2

Add ice to the shaker and give another shake.

Step 3

Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with lemon zest.

Bart’s Mulled Wine Punch

Serves
6
Total Time
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Ingredients
1 bottle of fruity red wine
1 orange, sliced
6 Bart cloves
3 Bart star anise
2 Bart cinnamon sticks
2 tsp of Bart Winter Spice
200ml of cranberry juice
1 pomegranate
4 dried figs, sliced
Honey, to taste
Method
Step 1

Pour the wine into a small saucepan and add all the ingredients, except the sugar.

Step 2

Bring to just below a very gentle simmer – do not bubble or boil as the alcohol will evaporate. Place a lid on the saucepan and keep over a very low heat for 1.5 hours. Add up to 200ml water to dilute if you wish.

Step 3

Once mulled, ladle into glasses and sweeten to taste. Serve hot, garnished with slices of orange, pomegranate seeds, and a dash or rum or brandy if you fancy!

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Christmas Toddy

Serves
1
Total Time
10 Minutes
Ingredients
50ml of Ramsbury Single Estate Gin
60ml of hot water
20ml of lemon juice
20ml of Monin Cinnamon Syrup
1 tsp of honey
Slice of lemon & star anise, to serve
Method
Step 1

Add all of the ingredients to the hot water and stir. Transfer into a heat-proof glass and stir until all the ingredients have dissolved.

Step 2

Garnish with a slice of lemon and star anise.

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The Nutty Farmer

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
25ml of vodka
25ml of Kahlúa Coffee Liqueur
25ml of Frangelico
75ml of Glebe Farm PureOaty Creamy & Enriched Oat Milk
Nutmeg, to garnish
Method
Step 1

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then add the vodka, Kahlua, Frangelico and PureOaty. Shake well for 10-15 seconds.

Step 2

Strain into a martini glass and garnish with freshly ground nutmeg.

Whisky Boulevardier

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
45ml of The Story of the Spaniard whisky
30ml of Campari
30ml of sweet vermouth
Blood orange twist, to garnish
Method
Step 1

Add the whisky, Campari and sweet vermouth into a mixing glass with ice and stir until well-chilled.

Step 2

Strain into a Rocks glass over fresh ice.

Step 3

Garnish with the blood orange twist.

Eggless Eggnog

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
800ml of Rude Health Oat Drink
12 tbsp of aquafaba
130g of coconut nectar
130g of maple syrup
325ml of brandy or cognac
300ml of cashew cream (160g of cashews, soaked & 160ml of water)
1 tsp of nutmeg
1 tsp of cinnamon
2 tsp of vanilla extract
Method
Step 1

Mix together the coconut nectar, brandy and maple syrup and let this sit for about an hour.

Step 2

Next, make the cashew cream by whizzing together the drained cashews with water and a pinch of salt in a high-speed blender. Adjust the water if needed, adding more to thin out the cream.

Step 3

Whisk the oat drink, cashew cream, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon into the mixture from step one. And put this in the refrigerator to chill for 1-2 hours.

Step 4

When this has chilled, whisk your aquafaba with a pinch of sea salt to form stiff peaks and fold these into the boozy Oat Drink mixture. Check the flavour and adjust with more brandy or spices, if you wish.

Step 5

Return to the fridge and chill before serving. Serve chilled with an extra grating of nutmeg.

Seedlip Spice (Non-Alcoholic)

Serves
1
Total Time
5 Minutes
Ingredients
50ml of Seedlip Spice 94
50ml of coffee
15ml of sugar syrup
Method
Step 1

Put all of the ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake until the outside is ice cold.

Step 2

Pour your cocktail into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with the classic 3 coffee beans.

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