Ten Festive Christmas Cocktails!

With Christmas just a week away, you’ve probably got a lot on your plate. Last-minute shopping, presents to wrap, house cleaning, and meal prep and planning before your guests arrive. And your to-do list probably keeps getting bigger. Sound familiar?

If you’re feeling a little overwhelmed with cooking for house full of people with different tastes and special diets, check out MagicKitchen.com for meal ideas everyone will enjoy. But before you serve the big meal, you might want to consider including a holiday drink to go with dinner. Try these 10 easy-to-make Festive Christmas Cocktails.

1. Chambord Kir Royale

Making a drink for the party couldn’t get much easier. All you need is two ingredients. Sweet Chambord liqueur made from black and red raspberries, and good champagne. Add your own signature to this cocktail with raspberries or a twist of lemon. Make your own with this recipe.

2. Tom & Jerry

It’s a holiday favorite that’s been around for a long time. Mix eggnog with brandy and rum, and serve hot in a large mug. Top it with whipped cream sprinkled with nutmeg or cinnamon. For fun, make your own eggnog.  Check out how this drink got its name here.

3. Rum Brandy Punch

This drink is a popular party-pleaser and easy to make a gallon at a time with lemon, sugar, rum, and brandy. Here’s the recipe.

4. Grand Marnier Coffee

If you’re getting by with caffeine and coffee during the last few days before Dec. 25, you’re not alone. But when it’s time to kick back, relax and enjoy the party, you and your guests might like coffee and caffeine with twist. All this recipe calls for to make this drink is Grand Marnier, a cup of Joe, and some whipped cream.

5. Cardamom and Pop Punch

Make this drink and you’ll get a taste of sweet and a zing of sour in just the right amount. You’ll need sugar cubes, club soda, cardamom, rum, lime juice, grapefruit juice, and orange bitters, according to the recipe, to mix this drink.

6. Hot Buttered Rum

It’s another holiday favorite that can soothe the soul, chase away stress, and keep your guests feeling warm and happy. It’s made from a smooth blend of brown sugar, butter, honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Along with a little salt, rum, and boiling water. It only takes about 10 minutes to make this recipe and serve four people.

7. Coquito

You don’t have to live south of the border to enjoy this Caribbean-inspired drink. It’s got just the right amount of creamy sweetness, rum, and spices to make this a party favorite. Try this five-star Coquito recipe.

8. Timmy’s Brandy Milk Punch

Here’s a frothy drink born in The Big Easy your guests will enjoy. Timmy’s Brandy and Milk Punch is made from brandy, milk, powdered sugar, vanilla, and nutmeg, according to the recipe. Some people serve this drink along with breakfast during the holidays.

9. Hot Apple Toddy

Serve the kids apple cider. Serve the adults Hot Apple Toddy. All you need to do to prepare this drink is add a few ingredients to the apple cider. Here’s the recipe. Thinly peeled apple slices can a little sweetness nice touch to the presentation.

10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Cocktail

If you really want to pay tribute to the holidays and that red-nosed reindeer who saved Christmas, you might want to make a drink called Rudolph’s Nose. The recipe is a mix of rum, lemon, grenadine syrup, ice, and cranberry juice. Add a maraschino cherry, and your drink will shine at your party. You can even make a non-alcoholic version for the kiddos.

Enjoy the drinks!

Evan, MagicKitchen.com blogger