Thanksgiving Cocktail Ideas: Festive Drinks for Fall

1. Apple Cider Margarita

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 2 oz apple cider
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 oz triple sec
• Salt for rimming the glass
• Apple slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. Rim a glass with salt.
2. In a shaker, combine tequila, apple cider, lime juice, and triple sec with ice.
3. Shake well and strain into the glass filled with ice.
4. Garnish with an apple slice and serve.

2. Cranberry Moscow Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• ½ oz lime juice
• 4 oz ginger beer
• Fresh cranberries and lime for garnish

Instructions:

1. Fill a copper mug with ice.
2. Add vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice.
3. Top with ginger beer.
4. Stir gently and garnish with cranberries and a lime wedge.

3. Pumpkin Pie Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vanilla vodka
• 1 oz pumpkin puree
• 1 oz heavy cream
• ½ oz maple syrup
• Pumpkin pie spice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine vodka, pumpkin puree, heavy cream, and maple syrup with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a martini glass.
3. Sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice and serve.

4. Spiced Rum Punch

Ingredients:

• 2 oz spiced rum
• 4 oz pineapple juice
• 2 oz orange juice
• 1 oz grenadine
• Ice and orange slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine spiced rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, and grenadine with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with an orange slice and serve.

5. Pomegranate Bourbon Smash

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 oz pomegranate juice
• 1 oz lemon juice
• 1 tsp honey
• Fresh mint for garnish

Instructions:

1. Muddle mint leaves in the bottom of a shaker.
2. Add bourbon, pomegranate juice, lemon juice, and honey with ice.
3. Shake well and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice.
4. Garnish with more mint leaves and a lemon wheel.

6. Maple Bourbon Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 tsp maple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• Orange peel for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a glass, combine bourbon, maple syrup, and bitters.
2. Stir well and add ice.
3. Garnish with a twist of orange peel.

7. Pear Ginger Fizz

Ingredients:

• 2 oz pear vodka
• 1 oz ginger beer
• 1 oz lemon juice
• Pear slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine pear vodka, lemon juice, and ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Top with ginger beer and garnish with a pear slice.

8. Hot Toddy

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz whiskey
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 oz lemon juice
• Hot water
• Cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a mug, combine whiskey, honey, and lemon juice.
2. Fill with hot water and stir until the honey dissolves.
3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

9. Cinnamon Whiskey Sour

Ingredients:

• 2 oz whiskey
• ¾ oz lemon juice
• ½ oz simple syrup
• 1 dash ground cinnamon
• Ice and cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and cinnamon with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

10. Mulled Wine

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle red wine
• 1 orange (sliced)
• 4 cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 tbsp honey or sugar

Instructions:

1. In a pot, combine the wine, orange slices, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and honey.
2. Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until warm but not boiling.
3. Serve hot with a slice of orange and a cinnamon stick.

11. Bourbon Apple Fizz

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 4 oz apple cider
• ½ oz lemon juice
• Club soda
• Apple slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine bourbon, apple cider, and lemon juice with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Top with club soda and garnish with an apple slice.

12. Apple Cider Mimosa

Ingredients:

• 2 oz apple cider
• 2 oz champagne
• Cinnamon for garnish

Instructions:

1. Pour the apple cider into a flute glass.
2. Top with champagne.
3. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

13. Cranberry Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• ½ oz lime juice
• Ginger beer
• Fresh cranberries and lime for garnish

Instructions:

1. Fill a mule cup with ice.
2. Add vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice.
3. Top with ginger beer and stir.
4. Garnish with fresh cranberries and a lime wedge.

14. Spiced Pear Mojito

Ingredients:

• 2 oz spiced rum
• 1 oz pear puree
• 1 oz lime juice
• Fresh mint leaves
• Soda water
• Pear slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. Muddle mint leaves in a glass.
2. Add spiced rum, pear puree, lime juice, and ice.
3. Top with soda water and stir.
4. Garnish with a pear slice.

15. Autumn Sangria

Ingredients:

• 1 bottle red wine
• 1 oz brandy
• 1 cup apple cider
• 1 orange (sliced)
• 1 apple (sliced)
• 1 cinnamon stick

Instructions:

1. In a large pitcher, combine red wine, brandy, and apple cider.
2. Add orange and apple slices, along with the cinnamon stick.
3. Stir and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

16. Harvest Punch

Ingredients:

• 2 oz dark rum
• 2 oz apple cider
• 1 oz orange juice
• ½ oz cranberry juice
• Ice and orange slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine dark rum, apple cider, orange juice, and cranberry juice with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with an orange slice.

17. Chai-Spiced White Russian

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz chai concentrate
• 1 oz heavy cream
• Ice

Instructions:

1. Fill a glass with ice.
2. Add vodka and chai concentrate, then stir.
3. Top with heavy cream and serve.

18. Whiskey Apple Smash

Ingredients:

• 2 oz whiskey
• ½ oz lemon juice
• 1 oz apple cider
• 2 tsp honey
• Ice and apple slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine whiskey, lemon juice, apple cider, and honey with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass with ice.
3. Garnish with an apple slice.

19. Hot Buttered Rum

Ingredients:

• 2 oz dark rum
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• Hot water
• Cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a mug, add butter, brown sugar, and rum.
2. Pour in hot water and stir until the butter is melted.
3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

20. Cinnamon Maple Whiskey Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 oz whiskey
• ½ oz maple syrup
• 1 oz lime juice
• Ginger beer
• Cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine whiskey, maple syrup, and lime juice with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a mule cup filled with ice.
3. Top with ginger beer and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

21. Pumpkin Spice White Russian

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz pumpkin spice creamer
• 1 oz coffee liqueur
• Ice

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine vodka, pumpkin spice creamer, and coffee liqueur with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a glass with ice.

22. Cranberry Pomegranate Spritz

Ingredients:

• 2 oz cranberry juice
• 2 oz pomegranate juice
• 4 oz prosecco
• Lime slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. Combine cranberry juice and pomegranate juice in a glass filled with ice.
2. Top with prosecco and garnish with a lime slice.

23. Gingerbread Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vanilla vodka
• 1 oz coffee liqueur
• 1 oz gingerbread syrup
• Crushed graham crackers for rimming

Instructions:

1. Rim a glass with crushed graham crackers.
2. In a shaker, combine vodka, coffee liqueur, and gingerbread syrup with ice.
3. Shake and strain into the prepared glass.

 

24. Cranberry Bourbon Fizz

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• 1 oz lemon juice
• Club soda
• Fresh cranberries for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine bourbon, cranberry juice, and lemon juice with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass with ice.
3. Top with club soda and garnish with fresh cranberries.

25. Spiced Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 oz apple vodka
• 1 oz cinnamon schnapps
• ½ oz apple cider
• Ice and apple slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine apple vodka, cinnamon schnapps, and apple cider with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a martini glass.
3. Garnish with an apple slice.

26. Caramel Apple Whiskey Sour

Ingredients:

• 2 oz whiskey
• 1 oz caramel syrup
• 1 oz lemon juice
• ½ oz simple syrup
• Ice and lemon slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine whiskey, caramel syrup, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with a lemon slice.

27. Harvest Mule

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz apple cider
• ½ oz lime juice
• Ginger beer
• Apple slice and cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. Fill a mule cup with ice.
2. Add vodka, apple cider, and lime juice.
3. Top with ginger beer and stir.
4. Garnish with an apple slice and cinnamon stick.

28. Pumpkin Spice Rum Punch

Ingredients:

• 2 oz spiced rum
• 3 oz pumpkin puree
• 1 oz cinnamon syrup
• 2 oz apple cider
• Ice and cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine spiced rum, pumpkin puree, cinnamon syrup, and apple cider with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

29. Cranberry Ginger Ale Punch

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vodka
• 2 oz cranberry juice
• 2 oz ginger ale
• 1 oz lime juice
• Lime slices and cranberries for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass with ice.
3. Top with ginger ale and garnish with lime slices and cranberries.

30. Maple Cinnamon Bourbon Smash

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 oz maple syrup
• ½ oz lemon juice
• 2 dashes ground cinnamon
• Ice and cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine bourbon, maple syrup, lemon juice, and cinnamon with ice.
2. Shake well and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

31. Apple Pie Shot

Ingredients:

• 1 oz cinnamon schnapps
• 1 oz vanilla vodka
• 1 oz apple cider
• Ground cinnamon for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine cinnamon schnapps, vanilla vodka, and apple cider with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a shot glass.
3. Garnish with a sprinkle of ground cinnamon.

32. Bourbon Maple Old Fashioned

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 1 tsp maple syrup
• 2 dashes bitters
• Orange peel for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a glass, combine bourbon, maple syrup, and bitters.
2. Stir with ice and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with an orange peel.

33. Pecan Pie Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 oz vanilla vodka
• 1 oz pecan liqueur
• 1 oz heavy cream
• Crushed pecans for rimming

Instructions:

1. Rim a martini glass with crushed pecans.
2. In a shaker, combine vodka, pecan liqueur, and heavy cream with ice.
3. Shake well and strain into the prepared glass.

34. Cranberry Cinnamon Sparkler

Ingredients:

• 1 oz cranberry juice
• ½ oz cinnamon syrup
• 2 oz prosecco
• Cranberries and cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. Combine cranberry juice and cinnamon syrup in a flute glass.
2. Top with prosecco and stir gently.
3. Garnish with cranberries and a cinnamon stick.

35. Spiked Pumpkin Latte

Ingredients:

• 1 oz pumpkin spice liqueur
• 1 oz coffee liqueur
• 4 oz brewed coffee
• Whipped cream for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a mug, combine pumpkin spice liqueur, coffee liqueur, and brewed coffee.
2. Stir well and top with whipped cream.
3. Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg.

36. Maple Apple Cider Bourbon Fizz

Ingredients:

• 2 oz bourbon
• 4 oz apple cider
• 1 oz maple syrup
• Club soda
• Apple slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine bourbon, apple cider, and maple syrup with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Top with club soda and garnish with an apple slice.

37. Cranberry Orange Whiskey Sour

Ingredients:

• 2 oz whiskey
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• 1 oz orange juice
• ½ oz simple syrup
• Orange peel for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine whiskey, cranberry juice, orange juice, and simple syrup with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice.
3. Garnish with an orange peel.

38. Maple Pear Mojito

Ingredients:

• 2 oz pear vodka
• 1 oz maple syrup
• 1 oz lime juice
• Fresh mint leaves
• Soda water
• Pear slice for garnish

Instructions:

1. Muddle mint leaves in a glass.
2. Add pear vodka, maple syrup, and lime juice with ice.
3. Top with soda water and stir.
4. Garnish with a pear slice.

39. Hot Spiked Cider

Ingredients:

• 1 oz bourbon
• 1 cup hot apple cider
• Cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. Heat the apple cider in a saucepan over low heat.
2. Add bourbon to the hot cider.
3. Stir and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

40. Cranberry Spiced Margarita

Ingredients:

• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz cranberry juice
• ½ oz lime juice
• 1 oz orange liqueur
• Salt for rimming the glass

Instructions:

1. Rim the glass with salt.
2. In a shaker, combine tequila, cranberry juice, lime juice, and orange liqueur with ice.
3. Shake and strain into the glass.
4. Garnish with a lime wedge.

41. Spiced Caramel Apple Cider Martini

Ingredients:

• 2 oz caramel vodka
• 2 oz apple cider
• 1 oz cinnamon syrup
• Cinnamon stick for garnish

Instructions:

1. In a shaker, combine caramel vodka, apple cider, and cinnamon syrup with ice.
2. Shake and strain into a martini glass.
3. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.