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Festive Christmas Cocktail Recipes

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Are you ready to spread some holiday cheer? Are you looking for some yummy Christmas cocktail recipes to share with your party guests this holiday season? We’ve got you covered with some festive cocktails your guests will enjoy.

coconut christmas cocktail

Coconut Christmas

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Shellback Silver Rum
  • 3/4 ounce White Chocolate Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Cream of Coconut
  • 2 ounces Half & Half
  • Shredded Coconut for Garnish

Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with shredded coconut on top.

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Holiday House Party Punch

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Shellback Spiced Rum
  • 3/4 cup Orange Juice
  • 3/4 cup Pineapple Juice
  • 1/4 cup Lemon Juice
  • 1/4 cup Grenadine
  • Dash of Classic Bitters
  • Maraschino Cherry & Pineapple Slice for Garnish

Directions: Combine all liquids except bitters in a punch bowl with ice and stir. To serve, ladle into stemless wine glasses filled with ice. Top each glass with dash of classic bitters. Garnish with cherry and pineapple.

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Mistletoe Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 1/4 oz Gin
  • 8 Cranberries

Directions: Muddle cranberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lime juice, agave nectar, gin and ice. Shake and strain into a bucket glass with ice. Garnish with a skewer of cranberries.

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Mexican Holiday

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 1/2 oz Cranberry Juice
  • 1/2 oz Spiced Orange Syrup*
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • Cinnamon Stick Garnish

Directions: Combine liquids in rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with cinnamon stick to stir.

*Spiced Orange Syrup: Place zest of one orange, 12 cloves, 1 tablespoon Allspice, 3/4 cup Water and 1 1/2 cup Organic Cane Sugar in saucepan over medium heat. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved (approximately 5 minutes). Strain. Discard zest and spices. Refrigerate syrup.

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Camarena Roja

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 1/2 oz Pinot Noir
  • 1/2 Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 oz Grapefruit Soda

Directions:

In a rocks glass, mix all ingredients, except the grapefruit soda. Add ice and top off with grapefruit soda and stir. Garnish with lime wedge.

peppermint martini

Peppermint Martini

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 1 oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz of Peppermint Liqueur

Directions:

Add all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Please make sure your guests drink responsibly. Ever drink and drive, or let your party guests drink and drive!

Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes

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Can you believe Thanksgiving is only a little over a week away already? I love this time of year, getting together with family and friends. Holiday entertaining doesn’t have to be stressful at all. You can serve up a couple of these Thanksgiving cocktail recipes featuring Shellback Spiced Rum, Camarena Tequila and Blue Ice Vodka  to your family and friends to help celebrate the season.


Shellback Spice

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Shellback Spiced Rum
  • 1/2 ounce Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 ounce Mint Syrup (See below)
  • Dash of Bitters
  • Top with Fever-Tree Ginger Beer
  • Mint Sprig for Garnish

Directions:

Pour all ingredients, except ginger beer, into a mixing glass. Shake with ice, then strain into a copper mug over ice (or rocks glass if copper mug isn’t available). Top with ginger beer and garnish with a mint sprig.

Mint Syrup: Place 12 fresh mint leaves, 1 cup sugar and ½ cup water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Let cool, then sit for a few hours. Strain out mint leaves and store mint syrup in a bottle for up to 2 weeks.

Port of Mexico

Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/4 ounce Grenadine
  • 1/4 ounce Lime Juice
  • 1/2 ounce Tawny Port

Directions:

Place grenadine in bottom of glass. Set aside. Place remaining liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into glass over grenadine and fresh ice.

Shellback Hot Buttered Cider

Ingredients:

  • 1 ounce Shellback Spiced Rum
  • 1 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps
  • 1 package Spiced Cider Mix
  • 6 ounces Hot Water
  • Cinnamon Stick for Garnish

Directions:

Place hot cider mix in heat proof mug. Top with heated water. Stir to dissolve. Add rum and schnapps. Stir. Garnish with cinnamon stick.

Apple Ginger Bee

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 ounce Ginger Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 ounce Honey
  • 2 ounces Fever-Tree Ginger Ale
  • 1/4 of a Red Apple, Sliced

Directions:

Muddle apple with honey and lemon juice. Add ginger liqueur and Camarena Reposado Tequila. Shake vigorously with ice, then double strain into a Collins glass. Add ice and top with ginger ale, to taste. Garnish with apple slice fan.

All-American Chilled Apple Pie

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces Blue Ice Vodka
  • 3/4 ounce Tuaca Liqueur
  • 1/2 ounce Sweet & Sour
  • 4 ounces Chilled Apple Cider

Directions:

Build in order over ice in a Collins glass. Garnish with a lemon slice, a long cinnamon stick and a straw.

As always, please drink responsibly, and never drink and drive!

Labor Day Cocktail Recipes

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I can’t believe it’s almost Labor Day already! The summer definitely flew by this year! Are you planning an end of summer celebration with friends this year? If so I have some Labor Day cocktail recipes to share with you courtesy of Camarena Silver Tequila, and Blue Ice Vodka.

Labor Day Lounger

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila*
  • 3 oz Fresh-Squeezed Blood Orange Juice
  • 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 2 oz Orange Liqueur
  • Orange Peel for Garnish

Directions:

In a cocktail shaker, combine jalapeño-infused Camarena Silver Tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice and Cointreau. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with an orange peel.

*Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila

To make jalapeño infusion, slice up a fresh jalapeño pepper and allow it to steep in 1 cup of Camarena Silver Tequila for 2 hours. Taste to check the heat level, and continue to steep if a stronger infusion is desired. Once infusing process is complete, remove the slices by pouring the mixture through a mess strainer.

Deep Blue Sea Martini

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 3/4 oz Sweet & Sour
  • 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
  • 1/2 oz Pineapple Juice

Directions:

Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a pineapple slice and cherry.

Jalisco Sweet Heat

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 4 Large Pieces Watermelon (1” x 1 1/2”)
  • 1 tablespoon Hot Pepper Jelly
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • Watermelon Slice for Garnish

Directions:

Muddle watermelon, jelly and lemon juice in mixing glass. Add tequila and ice. Shake vigorously to completely blend mixture. Double strain into large rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

Ginger Crush

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
  • 2 coins of Ginger
  • 6 Mint Leaves
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer

Directions:

Muddle mint, ginger and simple syrup in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lemon juice and ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with mint leaves.

Enjoy your last summer blast Labor Day weekend! Remember to drink responsibly, and don’t let friends drink and drive!

Cinco De Mayo Cocktail Recipes With Tequila

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Today I have some fun Cinco De Mayo cocktail recipes to share with you! Are you celebrating Cinco De Mayo this year? It falls on a Saturday , so there’s more of an opportunity to get together with some friends and have a good time. The best part is, most won’t have to work the next day!

Cinco Swagger

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 Cucumber Wheels
  • 2 Blackberries
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer

Directions:

Muddle cucumber and blackberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lemon juice, agave nectar and ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with cucumber wheel.

Camarena Chipotle Cooler

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 1/2 oz Orange Liqueur
  • 2 Pinches Chipotle Chili Pepper Spice
  • 2 oz Lemonade
  • Lemon Wheel Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids and spice in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into tall glass over fresh ice. Garnish with lemon wheel.

Skinny Local

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 of a Lemon, Quartered
  • 8 Mint Leaves
  • 1 tablespoon of Sugar Free Sweetener
  • 3 oz Soda Water

Directions:

Muddle lemon, mint and sweetener in a mixing glass. Add tequila and ice. Shake and pour all contents of shaker into a tall glass. Top with soda water and stir gently. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Camarena Silver Paloma

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 tsp Agave Nectar
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice
  • 4 oz Grapefruit Soda

Directions:

Combine tequila, agave nectar and lime juice in a highball glass. Mix well. Fill glass to brim with ice. Top with grapefruit soda and stir gently with a bar spoon. Garnish with a lime wheel.

Frozen Sangria Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Premium Orange Liqueur
  • 3/4 oz Lime Juice
  • 3/4 oz Lemon Juice
  • 3/4 oz Agave Nectar
  • 1 1/2 cup Crushed Ice
  • 2 oz Chilled Bottled Sangria (i.e. Madria Sangria)
  • Orange Wheel Garnish

Directions:

Place all ingredients except Sangria in blender. Blend until completely smooth. Place in freezer for 2 to 3 hours or overnight to firm. Shake container occasionally so mixture does not separate ingredients while freezing. When ready to serve: In wine goblet or decorative glass, alternately layer frozen tequila mixture with 1/4 to 1/2 measures of chilled Sangria. Garnish with orange wheel.

As always please drink responsibly, and don’t let friends drink and drive!

Hunger Games Party Cocktail Ideas

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The first installation of the Hunger Games movie based off of the best-selling trilogy book series hits theaters this Friday, March 23. Get yourself and your friends in the spirit with these Hunger Games themed cocktails. Katniss and her crew would surely approve.

Nightlock’s Nemesis

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 Cucumber Wheels
  • 2 Blackberries
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer

Directions:

Muddle cucumber and blackberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lemon juice, agave nectar and ice. Shake and strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with ginger beer and stir. Garnish with cucumber wheel.

Remembering Rue

Ingredients:

  • 3 oz Fever-Tree Ginger Beer
  • 1 oz Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • Edible Flower for Garnish

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice. Add vodka and fresh lime juice. Top off with Fever-Tree Ginger Beer. Garnish with lime wedges in the glass and an edible flower in remembrance of Rue, just as Katniss remembered the fallen Tribute with flowers.

Haymitch’s Hooch

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Blanc Vermouth
  • 1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth
  • 1/2 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Italian Amaro
  • 3 oz Ginger Ale
  • Mint for Garnish

Directions:

Combine tequila, blanc vermouth, sweet vermouth, lemon juice and Italian Amaro in a highball glass. Mix well. Fill glass to brim with ice. Top with ginger ale and stir gently with a bar spoon. Garnish with mint.

Rooted in Survival

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 oz Carrot Juice
  • 1/2 oz Lemon Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • Heavy dash Peychaud’s Bitters
  • Splash of Blood Orange Soda

Directions:

Add all ingredients in a tall Collins glass. Stir with a bar spoon and add ice. Garnish with a lemon twist.

Girl on Fire

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Spiced Orange Syrup*
  • 1/2 Lime Juice
  • 2 dashes Classic Bitters
  • 2 oz Brut Champagne

Directions:

Combine tequila, syrup, lime juice and bitters in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled champagne flute. Garnish with orange twist.

*Spiced Orange Syrup

Ingredients:

  • Zest of 1 Orange
  • 10 to 12 Whole Cloves
  • 1 heaping tablespoon Whole Allspice
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cup Cane Sugar

Directions:

Place all ingredients in saucepan over medium heat. Heat until sugar is completely dissolved (approximately 5 minutes). Strain. Discard zest and spices. Refrigerate syrup.

Katniss Everdeen’s Ever After

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila*
  • 3 oz Fresh-Squeezed Blood Orange Juice
  • 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 2 oz Orange Liqueur

Directions:

In a cocktail shaker, combine jalapeño-infused Camarena Silver Tequila, blood orange juice, lime juice and Cointreau. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice. Garnish with a blood orange peel.

*Jalapeño-Infused Camarena Silver Tequila

To make jalapeño infusion, slice up a fresh jalapeño pepper and allow it to steep in 1 cup of Camarena Silver Tequila for 2 hours. Taste to check the heat level, and continue to steep if a stronger infusion is desired. Once infusing process is complete, remove the slices by pouring the mixture through a mess strainer.

These cocktail recipes are all courtesy of Camarena Silver Tequila.

As always please drink responsibly, and never drink and drive!

Yummy St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail Recipes

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Are you planning a little St. Patrick’s Day get together, or you’d just like to celebrate with a couple drinks with friends? Here are a few St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail recipes to help your party planning along. You can make one or make them all and have a little tasting party!

These green and not so green cocktails are all courtesy of Camarena Tequila and Blue Ice Vodka.

Camarena Shamrock Shaker
Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Sour Apple Liqueur
  • 1/4 oz Agave Nectar
  • 2 oz Lime Juice

Directions:

Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with a fan of thinly sliced green apples.

Emerald Crush

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz Blue Ice Organic Wheat Vodka
  • 1/2 organic kiwi, peeled
  • 1/2 organic lime, cut into quarters
  • 1 teaspoon organic sugar

Directions:

Muddle fruit and sugar in a mixing glass until well crushed and juicy. Add ice and vodka and shake vigorously. Pour all contents over ice into a tall tumbler and drink with straws.

Señor Patrick’s Salud

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Irish Whiskey
  • 1 oz Apple Juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon Honey
  • 1 oz Ginger Beer
  • Quarter Lime Wedge – Squeezed

Directions:

Combine liquids except ginger beer in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend. Strain into rocks glass over fresh ice. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with lime wedge. (Lower Calorie Cocktail: Approximately 106.17 calories based upon 1 oz = 1 ounce)

Green With Envy

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Blue Curacao
  • 2 1/2 oz Sweet & Sour
  • 2 oz Orange Juice

Directions:

Blend ingredients together with crushed ice until slushy. Serve in a hurricane style glass. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry arranged on a pick.

Mexican Shamrock Shooter

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/3 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
  • 1/3 oz Irish Cream

Directions:

Layer liquids by placing Butterscotch Schnapps in bottom of glass. Slowly pour Irish Cream over back of bar spoon on top of schnapps. Finish with layer of Camarena Silver Tequila poured over back of bar spoon on top of Irish Cream.

As always please remind your guests and yourself to drink responsibly!

Christmas Cocktail Recipes For Cocktail Hour and After Dinner

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I can’t believe Christmas is almost here already! If you still have some Christmas Eve and Christmas Day parties, dinners and holiday gatherings in the next couple days, I have a few more holiday cocktail recipes to share with you! If you have some home entertaining yet to do, check out these festive cocktail recipes from Camarena Tequila and Blue Ice American Vodka. I have recipes for cocktail hour, and some sweet cocktail treats you can enjoy after Christmas dinner.

Holiday Cocktail Hour Sippers

Spiced Silver Bell

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Cranberry Spice Syrup*
  • 2 oz Ginger Beer
  • Lime Wheel Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids in large rocks glass. Add ice and stir. Garnish with lime wheel.

* Cranberry Spice Syrup

  • 1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
  • 3/4 cup Water
  • 4 Cinnamon Sticks
  • 1 teaspoon Whole Allspice
  • 1 teaspoon Whole Clove
  • 1 tablespoon Orange Zest
  • 1 cup Fresh Cranberries

Place all ingredients in saucepan over medium low heat. Stir continually until skins of cranberries begin to pop and they easily mash with back of spoon. Lightly mash cranberries, but not so much to create “sauce.” Remove from heat. Strain into heat proof container. Allow to cool. Refrigerate.

Mistletoe Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1/4 oz New Amsterdam Gin
  • 1 oz Lime Juice
  • 1/2 oz Agave Nectar
  • 8 Cranberries

Directions:

Muddle cranberries in a mixing glass. Add tequila, lime juice, agave nectar, gin and ice. Shake and strain into a bucket glass with ice. Garnish with a skewer of cranberries.

Holiday Rouge

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 1/2 oz Orange Liqueur
  • 1 oz Pomegranate Juice
  • 1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice
  • 1/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Directions:

Add ingredients to a cocktail mixer, shake well and strain. Garnish with a lime wheel and red cherry.

After Christmas Dinner Sweet Treat Cocktail Recipes

Camarena Frost

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz White Crème de Cacao
  • 1/2 oz Hazelnut Liqueur
  • 1 oz Heavy Whipping Cream
  • Sprinkled Cinnamon Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids in cocktail shaker with ice. Shake to blend and chill. Strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with sprinkle of cinnamon.

La Posada

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1/2 oz Dark Crème de Cacao
  • 1/2 oz Coffee Liqueur
  • 1/2 oz Hazelnut Liqueur
  • 1 1/2 oz Heavy Cream
  • Cinnamon Dust Garnish

Directions:

Combine liquids in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until frothy. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with dusting of cinnamon powder.

Blue Ice Raspberry Truffle

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • 3/4 oz Coffee Liqueur
  • 3/4 oz Raspberry Liqueur
  • Fresh Whipped Cream
  • Semi-Sweet Chocolate Shavings for Garnish

Directions:

Shake with cubed ice and strain into champagne flute glass. Float lightly whipped fresh whipped cream on top. Top with Semi-sweet chocolate shavings.

As always please remind your friends and guests to drink responsibly.

Spiced and Yummy Holiday Cocktail Recipes

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I love holiday entertaining! The scents and flavors of the holiday season are so delicious, from cranberry to pumpkin and spices. Today I have some holiday cocktail recipes to share with you from Camarena and Blue Ice American Vodka. They’re great for toasting to the holidays, checking out a little football, or ringing in the new year.

Spiced Ginger Apple Tequini

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 2 oz apple cider
  • ½ oz Cointreau
  •  ½ oz fresh lime juice
  • 3 dashes of fresh ginger juice
  • Thinly-sliced apple slices for garnish

Directions:

  1. In a cocktail shaker, combine all of the ingredients
  2. Fill with ice and give a generous shake
  3. Double strain into a martini glass and garnish with a fan of thinly-sliced apple slices

Camarena Cranberry Margarita

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 1 cup cranberry juice
  • 1 cup Cointreau
  • 1 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
  • ½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice

Directions:

  1. In a 48 oz pitcher, add all ingredients and stir well
  2. Add ice to the pitcher, until filled to the brim and carefully stir
  3. Serve in lowball glasses rimed with sugar

· Serves 6

Gingered Pear

Ingredients:

  • 1 ½ oz Blue Ice Vodka
  • ½ oz pear liqueur
  • ¼ oz fresh lime juice
  • 4 oz Ginger Beer
  • Fresh pear, sliced

Directions:

  1. Add vodka and pear liqueur and lime juice to a highball glass
  2. Add ice, fill with ginger beer and mix with a swivel spoon
  3.  Garnish with a fresh pear slice

Cinnamon Apple Martini

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz Blue Ice American Vodka
  • 1 oz apple liqueur
  • Splash cinnamon schnapps
  • Apple slice
  • Red cherry
  • Cinnamon stick

Directions:

  1. Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake well.
  2. Strain into a martini glass and garnish with an apple slice, red cherry and a cinnamon stick

Pumpkin Pie Martini

Ingredients

  • 4 oz Blue Ice American Vodka
  • 1 oz DaVinci Pumpkin Pie Syrup
  • Cinnamon Sugar
  • Orange slice

Directions:

  1. Add vodka and pumpkin pie syrup to a cocktail shaker
  2. Shake well and strain into a martini glass rimmed with cinnamon sugar
  3. Garnish with an orange slice

Jalisco Nights

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 5 oz hot coffee
  • ½ oz Crème de Cacao
  • ½ oz Green Chartreuse
  • Whip Cream

Directions:

  1. Build in wine glass or coffee cup
  2. Top with whip cream

Enjoy! Always remind your guests to drink responsibly, and never drink and drive!

Delicious Christmas Cocktail Ideas

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I’ve been looking around the last few days and I’ve found some yummy looking Christmas cocktail ideas on Pinterest! I always like to make one or two cocktails when I entertain and make them my signature drink for the event. If it’s a Christmas or holiday party you’re throwing, then it’s extra fun to give your signature drink a Christmas theme. All of these fabulous recipes do just that! Enjoy!

Just click on the links below the photo to get to the recipes and details about the cocktails!

Christmas Cranberry Mojitos from We Are Not Martha

 

The Grinch From It Thing

Source: itthing.com via Linette on Pinterest

 

White Chocolate Marshmallow Peppermint Martini from Betty Crocker

 

Red Glitter Godiva Mudsling Martini from My Thirty Spot~ Love the festive colors!

 

Chocolate ‘Blitzen’ Martini by BHG

Source: bhg.com via Linette on Pinterest

 

Gingerbread Martini by My Recipes

 

I’m all over the chocolate cocktails! I might have to try the mojitos too!

Please remember to drink responsibly, and never let your guests drink and drive!

Cinco De Mayo Tequila Cocktail Recipes

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I can’t believe it’s May already, and just a couple days away from Cinco De Mayo! The year has flown by so fast! If you’re still planning your Cinco De Mayo party, I have some yummy Cinco De Mayo tequila cocktail recipes to share with you today courtesy of Camarena Tequila. Enjoy!

Camarena Margarita

  • 1 oz Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 2 oz fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar

In a cocktail shaker combine all of the ingredients and add ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a glass over ice. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Silver Paloma

  • 2 oz Familia Camarena Silver Tequila
  • 3 oz fresh grapefruit juice
  • ½ oz fresh lime juice
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar
  • Splash of soda water

In a cocktail shaker combine all of the ingredients, except for the soda water, and add ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a high ball glass over ice. Top with soda water and garnish with a lime wheel.

Corazón de Camarena

  • 2 oz Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • ½ cup strawberry simple syrup (*see recipe below)
  • 2 oz fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon agave nectar
  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped roughly
  • Sliced strawberries

Place the basil in the bottom of a cocktail shaker, pour in the tequila. Use the back of a spoon (or muddler) to mash the basil leaves into the tequila. Fill the shaker with ice and add strawberry simple syrup, lime juice and agave nectar. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a high ball glass over ice. Garnish with sliced strawberries on the rim and ribbons of basil mixed in the drink.

*Strawberry Simple Syrup Recipe: Combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water and 5 sliced strawberries in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then let simmer for 10-15 minutes. Cool the syrup, then strain the liquid through a sieve, pressing the strawberries to extract all liquid.

Camarena Santa Maria

  • 1 ½ oz Familia Camarena Reposado Tequila
  • 1 oz white Port
  • ½ oz Velvet Falernum
  • ½ oz simple syrup
  • 1 oz fresh lemon juice
  • ½ oz ginger beer

In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients except ginger beer. Fill with ice, shake and strain into a high ball glass over ice, adding ginger beer as you pour. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

For more Cinco De Mayo and Mexican tequila cocktail inspiration and recipes beyond the margarita, visit www.tequilacamarena.com.