Festive Cocktails
Explore 193 Festive cocktail recipes.
Festive cocktails do double duty — they have to look like an occasion and taste like a drink at the same time. They tend to lean on sparkling wine, bright colours, and the small theatrical moves (a coloured liqueur slowly settling, a long lemon spiral, a sugared rim) that signal that something is being celebrated. The Limoncello Spritz works the formula at its simplest: limoncello, prosecco and soda over ice, bright yellow against a clear glass, the kind of drink that gets ordered by the round.
The Negroni Sbagliato swaps the gin of a Negroni for prosecco, lightening the bitter spine without losing the structure. The Bronx pulls in three different citrus juices over gin and vermouth, and the Champagne Snowball stretches eggnog logic into something paler and lighter. What ties this list together is the visual element doing equal work to the flavour.
Festive cocktails are made to be seen as much as drunk. Most use sparkling wine somewhere in the build, most run lighter on alcohol than they look, and most reward a nice glass over a regular one. They're also forgiving of being made in batches — most of these scale up cleanly to a punch bowl or a jug, which makes them the right answer when there are more guests than there is shaking arm.
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Banderilla
Mezcal, Tequila blanco, Brandy de damasco, Aperol, Suco de limão
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Sugar Cookie Martini
Vanilla vodka, Bailey's, Amaretto, Milk
Limoncello Spritz
Licor de limão, Champanhe / prosecco, Água com gás
Pumpkin Spice Margarita
Tequila blanco, Cointreau, Suco de limão, Lemon juice, Purê de abóbora
Winter pimms punch
Conhaque, Pimm's No. 1, Suco de maçã, Laranja, Maçã, Canela
Santa's Stiff Hot Chocolate
Dark rum, Essência de baunilha, Leite, Açúcar, Canela, Mel, Hot chocolate
Hot Cross Bun Martini
Vanilla vodka, Calvados, Cinnamon syrup, Coffee
Claret Cup
Brandy de damasco, Red wine, Champanhe / prosecco, Grapefruit juice, Água com gás, Water, Abacaxi, Lemon, Laranja, Water, Açúcar
Mince pie martini
Dark rum, Gin, Vermute vermelho, Açúcar, Mincemeat
Mistletoe Margarita
Tequila blanco, Grand Marnier, Orange liqueur, Açúcar / xarope simples, Suco de limão, Suco de cranberry
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Champanhe / prosecco, Sherry (dry), Xarope concentrado de lima
Christmas Cake Martini
Cherry brandy, Whiskey, Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Suco de limão, Extrato de amêndoa
Winter Whisky Sour
Bourbon, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Suco de laranja
Sugar Cookie Martini
Vanilla vodka, Bailey's, Amaretto, Milk
Limoncello Spritz
Licor de limão, Champanhe / prosecco, Água com gás
Pumpkin Spice Margarita
Tequila blanco, Cointreau, Suco de limão, Lemon juice, Purê de abóbora
Winter pimms punch
Conhaque, Pimm's No. 1, Suco de maçã, Laranja, Maçã, Canela
Santa's Stiff Hot Chocolate
Dark rum, Essência de baunilha, Leite, Açúcar, Canela, Mel, Hot chocolate
Hot Cross Bun Martini
Vanilla vodka, Calvados, Cinnamon syrup, Coffee
Claret Cup
Brandy de damasco, Red wine, Champanhe / prosecco, Grapefruit juice, Água com gás, Water, Abacaxi, Lemon, Laranja, Water, Açúcar
Mince pie martini
Dark rum, Gin, Vermute vermelho, Açúcar, Mincemeat
Mistletoe Margarita
Tequila blanco, Grand Marnier, Orange liqueur, Açúcar / xarope simples, Suco de limão, Suco de cranberry
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Champanhe / prosecco, Sherry (dry), Xarope concentrado de lima
Christmas Cake Martini
Cherry brandy, Whiskey, Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Suco de limão, Extrato de amêndoa
Winter Whisky Sour
Bourbon, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Suco de laranja
More top Festive cocktails
Sugar Cookie Martini
Vanilla vodka, Bailey's, Amaretto, Milk
Limoncello Spritz
Licor de limão, Champanhe / prosecco, Água com gás
Pumpkin Spice Margarita
Tequila blanco, Cointreau, Suco de limão, Lemon juice, Purê de abóbora
Winter pimms punch
Conhaque, Pimm's No. 1, Suco de maçã, Laranja, Maçã, Canela
Santa's Stiff Hot Chocolate
Dark rum, Essência de baunilha, Leite, Açúcar, Canela, Mel, Hot chocolate
Hot Cross Bun Martini
Vanilla vodka, Calvados, Cinnamon syrup, Coffee
Claret Cup
Brandy de damasco, Red wine, Champanhe / prosecco, Grapefruit juice, Água com gás, Water, Abacaxi, Lemon, Laranja, Water, Açúcar
Mince pie martini
Dark rum, Gin, Vermute vermelho, Açúcar, Mincemeat
Mistletoe Margarita
Tequila blanco, Grand Marnier, Orange liqueur, Açúcar / xarope simples, Suco de limão, Suco de cranberry
Champagne Snowball
Advocaat, Champanhe / prosecco, Sherry (dry), Xarope concentrado de lima
Christmas Cake Martini
Cherry brandy, Whiskey, Cognac, Açúcar / xarope simples, Suco de limão, Extrato de amêndoa
Winter Whisky Sour
Bourbon, Açúcar / xarope simples, Lemon juice, Suco de laranja
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