Classic white russian

Ingredients

• 2 parts Kahlúa
• 1 part Vodka
• Heavy cream

Instructions

1. Fill a low ball glass with ice.
2. Pour Kahlúa and vodka into glass and top with a splash of heavy cream.
3. Stir and serve immediately.

Bubbly french cocktail

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
• Champagne or Spanish Kava
• 1 marachino cherry
• orange or lemon twist

Instructions

Pour the lemon juice, vodka, and sugar into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well, strain into a champagne flute and top with champagne and garnish with a maraschino cherry and an orange or lemon twist.

Holiday mule

Ingredients

• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 1/2 oz unsweetened cranberry juice
• 1 1/2 oz gin or vodka
• 2 oz chilled ginger beer
• 1 rosemary sprig
• orange slice, for garnish
• sugared cranberries, for garnish

Instructions

Combine simple syrup, cranberry juice, and gin. Pour over ice and top with ginger beer. Serve garnished with rosemary, orange wedge and sugared cranberries, if desired.

Spiced diospyros

Ingredients

• ¼ ripe hachiya persimmon
• 1-1/2 ounces vodka
• ½ ounce fresh squeezed lemon juice
• ¼ ounce Dolin Blanc vermouth
• 1 barspoon St. Elizabeth Allspice Dram
• 1 dash orange bitters

Instructions

1. Place persimmon in a cocktail shaker and muddle.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients and fill shaker with ice.
3. Shake and double strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
4. Garnish with a dried persimmon slice if you happen to have one. Otherwise, just sip back and enjoy your drink.

Winter sea breeze holiday cocktail

Ingredients

• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz grapefruit juice
• 2 tablespoons tonic syrup
• 2 oz soda water
• 12 pomegranate seeds
• 3 mint leaves

Instructions

1. Fill the glass about 3/4 full with ice.
2. A lowball glass is the perfect size.
3. Add the vodka, grapefruit juice, tonic syrup and stir.
4. Pour in the soda water and garnish with the pomegranate seeds and mint leaves.

Apple pie punch

Ingredients

• 1 apple, chopped or sliced
• 1 quart apple cider
• 2 cups pear nectar
• 24 ounces ginger ale
• Pearl Apple pie vodka

Instructions

1. Combine apple cider, pear nectar, and ginger ale. Stir well. Place apple slices inside pitcher.
2. Pour over ice and serve! If you're wanting to serve it warm, heat all of the liquid ingredients in a pot over a stove on low heat. 
3. Simmer for a few minutes until warm, place apple slices in the pot, and serve in mugs.

Long Island ice tea

Ingredients

• 1 ounce of vodka
• 1 ounce of gin
• 1 ounce of rum
• 1 ounce of high quality tequila
• 1/2 ounce of triple sec
• 2 ounces of sour mix
• coke

Instructions

1. Fill the cocktail shaker 3/4 of the way full of ice. Put in vodka, gin, rum, tequila, triple sec and sour. Shake like you’re Shakira on stage at your first concert.
2. Divide (ice and all) between two glasses and top with to the brim with coke.
3. Take a nap.

Melon monster martini

Ingredients

• 1½ ounces melon liquor
• ¾ ounce vodka
• 1½ ounces homemade lemonade
• 1½ ounces sierra mist

Garnish

• 1 gummy eyeball

Instructions

1. Put all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake vigorously until mixed.
2. Strain into a martini glass.
3. Add gummy eyeball on toothpick.

Boozy strawberry lemonade slushies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup water + 2 cups water
• 3 cups fresh strawberries, hulls removed
• 3/4 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice
• 3/4 cup vodka
• 1/3 cup Cointreau liqueur
• Additional strawberries and lemon slices for garnish, if desired

Instructions

1. Add sugar and 1 cup water to a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and add remaining 2 cups water. Add to the pitcher of a blender along with strawberries, lemon juice, vodka, and Cointreau. Puree until completely smooth.
2. Pour into a large freezer-safe container and seal with lid or plastic wrap. Carefully transfer to freezer. Freeze until solid, 4-6 hours.
3. Remove from freezer. Scrape with a fork to loosen ice; stir with a spoon to mix ice and the rest of the ingredients back together if necessary. Spoon into glasses, decorate the glass with a strawberry and a lemon slice if desired, and serve with a straw and a spoon.

Watermelon Jell-O Shots

Ingredients

• 1 12–16 pound watermelon
• 4 cups vodka
• 4 3-ounce boxes red Jell-O mix
• 2 1-ounce boxes unflavored gelatin

Preparation

1. Using a large chef’s knife, cut the watermelon into two equal halves, lengthwise.
2. Use your knife to slice all the way around the perimeter of the watermelon flesh, about an inch from the rind. Be careful not to pierce through the skin, as this will lead to your Jell-O leaking out. Then use a kitchen spoon to scrape out the rest and create a smooth bowl with roughly 1/2-inch red watermelon flesh left on the rind.
3. Line two small, rimmed baking sheets with paper towels in a way that creates a bed for your watermelon bowls. The idea is to create enough support to keep the watermelon bowls from rolling at all while they’re in the fridge. Put one bowl in the center of each tray and set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, combine the Jell-O mix and the unflavored gelatin. Add 4 cups of boiling water and whisk until the gelatin is completely dissolved, about 2 minutes. Add the vodka all at once and whisk just to combine.
5. Pour the Jell-O mixture into the watermelon bowls, dividing evenly. Carefully place the Jell-O filled watermelon bowls in the fridge, and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.
6. When Jell-O is set, cut each half into 1-inch slices, crosswise, then cut each slice into 2–3 wedges, and serve.