Deck The Halls......

.....with Christmas 'Tinis! It's never too early to start celebrating the holiday season (well ok, anytime before Thanksgiving is too early). Tonight we've decided to test out a couple of party friendly Christmas martini recipes.

First up is our own creation: Frosty's Revenge

Made with Shaker 2's Snowman Soup hot cocoa mix, vanilla vodka (Stoli), amaretto, golden rum and heavy cream infused with a cinnamon stick. This one is creamy, not too sweet, with a hit of warmth from the rum/amaretto.....delicious! We give this one 4 1/4 olives as is, next time would add some nice cocoa or shaved quality chocolate for a richer result. Frosty you can come over and play again. We promise not to steal your magic hat.



Next up: The Peppermintini


We got this one from the Edy's Ice Cream website. Peppermint ice cream, vodka and white cream de cocoa blended up. Usually I don't enjoy the chunky rimming garnishes, but the crushed candy cane rim on this really makes the magic happen. Pair that with a spiral of chocolate syrup drizzled inside the glass, you've got happiness in a glass. This tini slides past 4 3/4 olives to perilously close to a 5 for Shaker 2. A solid holiday/dessert tini treat. If you only give yourself one gift this holiday season, give yourself the gift of creamy pepperminty boozy happiness. It will bring out your inner drunken child. Finding new ways to love candy canes is a beautiful thing.


It's a school night, so Shakers 1 and 2 will call it a night, before we float away on a boozy sweet cloud of Christmas cheer.

Don't worry shaker fans, we'll be back soon with more happy holiday themed martinis.

Good night and remember, there are only 22 drinking days left until Christmas.

Busy Shakers are Still Thirsty Shakers

Good evening . Shakers 1 and 2 here, squeezing in a school night shake just because.
NPR (yes, that NPR, I don't listen to it either ~Shaker One (Shaker 2 does.)) recently had a contest to incorporate ginger into recipes. One of the winning recipes was for a ginger martini.

As written, a bit too "limey". We increased the pineapple juice and the result was very nice! Light, fruity, with a subtle ginger kick. We give this one 3 3/4 with our modifications.

Next stop: The Reindeer Martini!

It's never too early to start testing holiday martinis for the upcoming entertaining season. We stumbled upon this recipe randomly googling. Google, a thirsty 'tini drinkers bestest friend! After tasting the exact recipe, we decided it needed a bit more cream and Frangelico.....an extra half part Frangelico plus a very generous splash of heavy cream. The result is very tasty, creamy, not too sweet. Garnished with ground cinnamon, this reindeer could join in our reindeer games anytime. Shaker 2 gives it a 3 3/4 olives and I concur.

We served this badboy with dessert grilled cheese sandwiches. Yes, you read that correctly. Warning, these can be highly addictive. Shaker 1 devised this devilish delight in a moment of kitchen experimentation. It's breakfast, it's dessert, it's damn near illegal in 23 states. Make some for yourself, you won't be sorry.

So we draw this night to a close with happy tummies and thoughts of tinis to come. Good night and remember, it's never too early to start enjoying the holiday season!