Holiday Cocktails

Hope you are in festive spirits this holiday season. Passing along a few recipes for fun and celebratory cocktails. Enjoy.

Christmas Jones
5 fresh strawberries

1 part vodka

2 teaspoons superfine sugar

5 ounces of pineapple juice

Lime-flavored soda

Mint sprigs for garnish

In a blender, whiz the vodka, strawberries, sugar and pineapple juice together. Pour the mix equally into two champagne flutes. Top with 7-Up, and garnish with a sprig of mint.

Grinch
3 ounces of Midori

1/2 ounce lemon juice

1 teaspoon simple syrup (equal parts of water and sugar simmered together)

1 maraschino cherry for garnish

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Mistletoe Martini
3 ounces of vodka

2 ounces of orange juice

3 ounces of cranberry tea, chilled

3/4 ounce of lemon juice3 teaspoons of sugar

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into two chilled cocktail glasses.

Candy Cane
1 ounce of berry-flavored vodka

3/4 ounce of Peppermint Schnapps

3/4 ounce of white Crème de Cacao

1/4 ounce of grenadine

Half and half

Soda water

Pour the vodka, Peppermint Schnapps, white Creme de Cacao and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well. Pour into a cocktail glass rimmed with crushed peppermint candy (but don't let the ice get into the glasses). Fill with half and half and top with soda water.