Foxy Mistletoe

Dec 14, 2022All Recipes, Cocktails, Holiday Recipes

AS SEEN ON BT – Cheers to the holidays with a superb cocktail to wake up the senses with hints of apples, melon and ginger beer.

Makes 1 serving

Ingredients

1 tbsp corn syrup for garnishing

1 tbsp crushed Apple Jolly Rancher for garnishing

Ice for serving

1 ½ oz apple whisky

2 oz apple cider

1 ½ oz Caribbean ginger beer

½ oz melon liqueur

Red currants for garnishing

Mint leaves for garnishing

Line the rim of the glass with the syrup. Add candy to a small dish, coat rim of glass with the candy. Add ice to the glass. Pour the whisky, cider, and ginger beer to the glass and stir. Pour the melon liqueur onto a tablespoon over the glass to drizzle in the cider. Garnish with currants, mint leaves and serve.

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Ingredients

1 Tbsp corn or simple syrup for garnishing

1 Tbsp crushed Apple Jolly Rancher for garnishing

Candy cane for garnishing

1 Apple Jolly Rancher candy

2 oz apple cider

2 oz watermelon juice

2 oz Caribbean ginger beer

Mint leaves for garnishing

Ice for serving

Line the rim of the glass with the syrup. Add crushed candy to a small dish, coat rim of glass with the candy, add candy cane. Add ice to a shaker. Add candy to a glass dish with one tablespoon of water, melt in microwave for 1 minute, let cool and set aside. Add apple cider and watermelon juice to shaker, shake well and pour into glass. Add ginger beer, melted candy, garnish with mint leaves and serve at once.

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