Christmas Recipe

Raise your holiday spirits at Spec’s and celebrate the best sips of season with these delicious recipes.

Boozy Hot Cocoa

Boozy Hot Cocoa Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 cups whole milk
  • 4 oz chocolate chips
  • 2 tbsp Kahlua Chocolate Sips
  • 2 oz Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Whiskey
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  • Garnish: Whip Shots

Directions

Pour 1/2 of the milk into a saucepan set on meduim heat. Mix the Cocoa Powder in and add the remaining milk to help dissolve. Add in remaining ingredients and stir until warmed. Serve and garnish with Whip Shots, and your favorite marshmallows, chocolate syrup or cocoa powder.

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Santa’s Hat

santa's hat recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Blackland Vodka
  • 1 tbsp vanilla frosting
  • 1/4 cup Sugar Rim
  • 1/2 cup lemon-lime soda
  • 2 oz Lime juice
  • 1 oz Grenadine
  • Garnish: peppermint stick

Directions

Using a small spoon, spread frosting along rim of a martini glass both inside and out, covering about 1/2″ of rim. Onto a small plate pour sugar and dip glass into sugar to cover frosting. Add soda, lime juice, vodka, and grenadine and gently stir to combine. Garnish with peppermint stick.

Rudolph Coquito

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Bacardi Spiced Rum
  • 3 oz coconut cream
  • 2 oz black tea
  • 1 tbsp condensed coconut milk
  • Pinch cinnamon
  • Pinch nutmeg
  • Splash vanilla syrup
  • Garnish: sugared rosemary and a cranberry

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
Shake well and pour into glass. Garnish with sugared rosemary and a cranberry.

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Cranberry Bramble

Cranberry Bramble Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz Still Austin Gin
  • 1 oz cranberry sauce
  • ¾ oz lemon juice
  • ½ oz orange juice

Directions

Build all ingredients in a glass with ice. Shake and strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with rosemary.

The Grinch

The Grinch Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz Ciroc Vodka
  • ½ oz Blue Curaçao
  • 4 oz pineapple juice
  • ½ oz lemon juice
  • ½ oz simple Syrup
  • 3-5 drops of green food coloring

Directions

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Shake well and strain over ice into rimmed glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry.

White Christmas Mojito

White Christmas Mojito Recipe

Ingredients

  • ½ oz Blue Chair Bay Rum
  • 1 oz Malibu Rum
  • Juice of 1 lime
  • 8 mint leaves
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • ¼ cup canned unsweetened coconut milk
  • Sparkling water
  • Pomegranate seeds

Directions

In a glass, muddle the lime juice, sugar and mint leaves until the leaves have broken down. Fill the glass half way with ice. In a blender, combine the white rum, coconut rum, and coconut milk and blend until smooth. Pour over the ice and stir to combine. Top with sparkling water, mint and pomegranate seeds.

Apple Cider Brandy Toddy

Apple Cider Brandy Toddy Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups E&J Gallo Apple Brandy
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 2 tbsp and 2 tsp honey
  • ½ cup lemon juice
  • Garnish: cinnamon sticks

Directions

In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
Remove from the heat and stir in the honey until dissolved. Stir in the lemon juice and apple brandy. Pour into mugs and garnish with cinnamon stick.

Tiramisu Martini

Tiramisu Martini

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Tia Maria Coffee Liqueur
  • 2 oz brandy
  • 1 oz chocolate liqueur
  • 1 oz vanilla vodka
  • 4 oz heavy cream
  • 2 tsp chocolate syrup
  • 2 Savoiardi Ladyfinger Cookies
  • Garnish: gated chocolate

Directions

Drizzle the inside of two martini glasses with chocolate syrup. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.
Add coffee liqueur, brandy, chocolate liqueur, vanilla vodka and heavy cream. Cover and shake well to slightly whip the cream with the other ingredients. Pour into two martini glasses and garnish with cookies and grated chocolate.

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Mulled Apple Cider

Mulled Apple Cider Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Stella Rosa Smooth Black Brandy
  • 1 gallon apple cider
  • 3 Granny Smith apples
  • 1 orange
  • 1 tbsp allspice berries
  • 5-7 cinnamon sticks
  • ½ cup cranberries or cranberry juice
  • ½ cup sugar

Directions

Pour apple cider into a large pot over medium-high heat. Dice apples and add into the cider, and peel orange rind and add into pot. Add allspice berries, cinnamon sticks, and the cranberries. Add the sugar and stir it to dissolve. Bring the mixture to a low boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Add the brandy then simmer for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

Pecan Pie Martini

Pecan Pie Martini Recipe

Ingredients

    For Garnish:

  • 3 tbsp caramel (microwaved)
  • 1/4 cup toastedchopped pecans
  • Cool whip
  • 1-3 whole pecans
  • Sprinkle of cinnamon
    For Cocktail:

  • 2 oz RumChata
  • 2 oz Creme de Cocoa
  • 1 oz Crown Royal Whisky
  • 1 oz half and half

Directions

Put caramel and toasted chopped pecans on separate plates. Dip the rim of each glass first into caramel and then into chopped pecans.
Combine RumChata, Creme de Cocoa, and Whisky in a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake well. Pour into martini glasses and top with a dollop of whipped cream, a whole pecan, and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

White Christmas Magarita

White Christmas Margarita Recipe

Ingredients

    Serving Size: 6

  • 12 oz Herradura Silver Tequila
  • 14 oz unsweetened coconut milk
  • 8 oz triple sec liqueur
  • ¼ cup lime juice
  • Garnish: Lime wedge, cranberries and rimming sugar

Directions

Combine tequila, coconut milk, triple sec, lime juice and 4 cups of ice in a blender. Blend until smooth. Rim glasses with lime wedge and dip in sanding sugar. Pour into glass and garnish with lime and cranberries.

Mimosa

Mimosa Recipe

Ingredients

  • LaMarca Prosecco
  • Rosemary, oranges, cranberries & pomegranate
  • Orange juice
  • Cranberry juice

Directions

Pour apple cider into a large pot over medium-high heat. Dice apples and add into the cider, and peel orange rind and add into pot. Add allspice berries, cinnamon sticks, and the cranberries. Add the sugar and stir it to dissolve. Bring the mixture to a low boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Add the brandy then simmer for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

RumChata Peppermint Martini

RumChata Peppermint Martini Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 oz RumChata Peppermint Bark Liqueur
  • 2 oz vanilla vodka
  • Garnish: Candy cane, frosting and crushed peppermint

Directions

Garnish the rim of martini glasses with frosting and cracked peppermint candy cane. Pour RumChata and vanilla vodka into a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into martini glass. Serve with a peppermint candy cane for garnish.

Sugar Cookie Martini

Sugar Cookie Martini Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz vanilla vodka
  • 1 ½ oz Irish cream liqueur
  • 2 oz whole milk
  • 1 oz amaretto
  • 1 tsp powdered sugar
  • Vanilla frosting and sprinkles
  • Garnish: sugar cookie

Directions

Pour apple cider into a large pot over medium-high heat. Dice apples and add into the cider, and peel orange rind and add into pot. Add allspice berries, cinnamon sticks, and the cranberries. Add the sugar and stir it to dissolve. Bring the mixture to a low boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Add the brandy then simmer for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

Gingerbread Moscow Mule

Gingerbread Moscow Mule

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz Absolut Elyx Vodka
  • Fever Tree Ginger Beer
  • ¾ oz ginger syrup
  • ½ oz fresh lime juice
  • ½ tsp molasses
  • Garnish: gingerbread spice and mini gingerbread house topper

Directions

In a copper mug mix the vodka, ginger syrup, lime juice, and molasses. Add crushed ice and top with ginger beer. Sprinkle gingerbread spice and place mini gingerbread house on rim.

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