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Our Favourite 15 Christmas Cocktail Recipes

Our very favourite Christmas themed, Christmas orientated cocktails recipes. From old classics to new age mixes, there's a cocktail here for everyone, for every festive occasion.

Christmas is a time for sharing, a time for caring, and a time for imbibing (in our opinion). There's a whole host of wonderful drinks out there for you to enjoy, from the fireside sips to the decadent desert numbers. In this list we've hand picked and hand curated our very best 15 Christmas Cocktails, that covers nearly all events and occasions throughout this festive period.

Theres a blend of trend and tradition, from the classics to the new age concoctions. You'll recognise some old staples that always come out at this time of the year, but you'll hopefully find something new and intriguing to try, no matter your palette. We've chosen a range of cocktails and ingredients to touch all your mincemeat and cinnamon wants as well as your balanced and opulent whiskeys and rums.

It was hard to pick our favourite 15, but after much discussion and taste testing, find for your pleasure Make Me a Cocktails 2024 top 15 Christmas Cocktails. Thers sure to be something here to delight, impress, intrigue and just down right enjoy. Happy holiday season all.

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6. Bitter orange & cardamom martini

Ingredients

Method

Heat up the marmalade gently in a saucepan to make it runny
Add in the cardamom pods and crush to release their flavour
Once warmed for a couple of minutes take off the heat and leave to cool for 20 minutes
Once cooled, add the Cointreau and lemon juice to a mixing glass and add in the marmalade cardamom mixture, and stir to combine
Take a chilled martini glass and add a dollop of marmalade to the bottom, before pouring in the mixture
Serve with a cardamom pod floating on top to garnish
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11. Pumpkin Sour

Ingredients

Method

First you need to make the spiced pumpkin syrup
In a saucepan, add a cup of brown sugar, a cup of water, half a cup of pumpkin purée, and a teaspoon each of nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cinnamon
Over medium heat until slightly thickened
Remove from the heat and place a vanilla pod into the syrup and chill overnight
Strain through a cheesecloth and store in a covered container, in a fridge, for up to one week
Combine the bourbon, lemon juice, egg whites and pumpkin syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice
Shake well then strain into a rocks-filled rocks glass
Garnish with ground nutmeg, a cherry and Angostura bitters
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15. The TCL Mulled Fizz

Ingredients

Method

First make the spiced syrup
Split the vanilla pod and grate the half nutmeg, and add them both along with the other spices to 50ml of warm water, stirring occasionally for 3-4 minutes to infuse all the flavours
Leave to cool for about 10 minutes or so in the fridge and then strain
Next add all the liquid ingredients except the sparkling wine into a cocktail shaker filled with ice
Shake for 10-15 seconds or until the outside of the shaker becomes frosted
Double strain into a chilled champagne flute then top up with the sparkling wine
Garnish with an orange twist and serve
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