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17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu

Hosting holiday festivities at your place this year? Serving up a great seasonal cocktail for your holiday guests is sure to make a lasting impression. We found 17 easy breezy cocktail recipes that will make your signature drink pop. From a classic egg nog to a caramel apple mimosas, there's one here for you.
By Lauren Porter · Updated October 26, 2020
01
Blackberry Obre Sparkler

Not only is this Blackberry Ombre Sparkler all about seasonal cheer, it’s perfect for a romantic holiday meal to top off the night right. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
The Cookie Rookie
02
Hot Cider Nog

Combine two Christmas classics with this Hot Cider Nog recipe. It’s the ultimate delicious comfort whipped and sipped from a mug!

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
How Sweet Eats
03
Kahlua Hot Chocolate

Hello hot chocolate! This recipe helps warm you up and satisfies every yearning for something sweet. Yes please.

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Damn Delicious
04
Jack Frost Cocktail

Keep Jack Frost nipping at your nose with a cocktail that’s fit to make you want more than one glass at a time!

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
The Blond Cook
05
White Chocolate Snowflake Martini

Dreaming of a White Christmas? Try this White Chocolate Snowflake Martini for a dream come true as a cocktail you won’t want to put down. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Lulus
06
Caramel Apple Mimosas

It’s the mimosa you’ve been waiting for–the Caramel Apple edition. This cocktail is always, always, always worth more than one glass!

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Delish
07
Peppermint White Christmas

Peppermint and Christmas are practically synonmous so this cocktail recipe will get it right with each and every sip. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Freutcake
08
Cranberry Moscow Mule

Cranberry is the flavor of Christmas and using it to put a spin on the classic Moscow Mule is nothing but yum, yum, yum!

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Blackberry Babe
09
Santa Hat Martini

Get your Mrs. Clause on with this Santa Hat Martini. By the end of the night you’ll definitely be saying, “ho, ho, ho!”

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Oh My Creative
10
Raspberry Russian Cocktail

Add a touch of flavor to the classic White Russian with a touch of Raspberry to take your cocktail game up a notch. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Love & Olive Oil
11
Winter Spiked Old Fashioned

It’s an Old Fashioned with new flavor. A classic with a remix. Try this Winter Spiked Old Fashioned for a glorious new cocktail that gets better with each glass. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Spoon Fork Baon
12
Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate

Still craving your pumpkin fix from the fall? No worries because this Pumpkin White Hot Chocolate is delicious come the winter months too!

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Hello Glow
13
Christmas Sangria

Sangria for the holiday season? Pour us all the glasses of this Christmas Sangria. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Bake. Eat. Repeat.
14
Salted Caramel White Russians

Add a little salted caramel to your White Russian to set your cocktail game of right. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Inspired By Charm
15
Santa Shot Cocktail

Call on Santa with three layers of flavor with this Santa Shot Cocktail. Yep, that’s right. Three layers of boozy bold flavor! 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Mix That Drink
16
Eggnog

You can never go wrong with a good thing like some good old fashioned Eggnog. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
Mel’s Kitchen
17
Campfire Cocktail

Marshmellows aren’t only to be enjoyed around the campfire. This Campfire Cocktail brings the good outdoors right to your glass and it’s delicious. 

17 Amazing Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Need On Your Menu
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