Recipes
Holiday Cocktails
Elevate your holiday hosting game with our selection of easy holiday cocktail recipes using HipStirs cocktail syrups. Whether you’re planning a Friendsgiving feast or a lively holiday party, our holiday cocktails are the perfect way to spread cheer. Crafted with seasonal flavors, these cocktails are designed to impress your guests and make hosting a breeze. Explore our collection of holiday cocktail recipes, and delight in the joy of effortless holiday entertaining.
Cheers to unforgettable moments and unforgettable flavors!
Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Coffee Liqueur
1 oz Hipstirs Pumpkin Spice
1 oz Cold Brew Concentrate
Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice. Shake vigorously to create a velvet-like foam. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and garnish with a mixed blend of cinnamon and nutmeg.
Pumpkin White Russian
1 oz Vodka
1 oz Mr Black Cold Brew Liqueur
1 oz Barista Style Oat Milk
½ oz Hipstirs Pumpkin Spice
Rim a rocks glass with pumpkin spice cinnamon and nutmeg. Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain over rocks glass with fresh ice. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, whipped cream, and more pumpkin spice.
Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned
2 oz Bourbon
½ oz Hipstirs Pumpkin Spice Syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Combine all ingredients in a rocks glass with a large rock. Stir for 5-10 seconds until combined and diluted. Garnish with piece of pumpkin pie on a skewer and a hard candy
Pumpkin Eggnog
1 ½ oz Cognac
1 oz Hipstirs Pumpkin Spice Syrup
4 oz Eggnog
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain up into a short rocks glass. Garnish with a dollop of whipped cream dusted with pumpkin spice.
Jack Frost
1 heaping tbsp of Peppermint Ice Cream
2 oz Pineapple juice
½ oz Hipstirs Lavender Haze Syrup
1 tsp Lily’s Blue Curacao for color
Add ingredients to a blender and blend for 10-15 seconds. Rim a coupe glass with buttercream icing and crushed candy canes
Christmas Cosmo Ornament Shooters
6 oz Citrus Vodka
6 oz Lime Juice
4 oz Triple Sec
3 oz Hipstirs Cranberry Pie Syrup
6 oz Ginger Ale
Add all ingredients to a pitcher with ice and stir. Pour into ornament shooters.
Cranberry Mule
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Lime Juice
¾ oz Hipstirs Cranberry Pie Syrup
4 oz Fever Tree Ginger Beer
Add all ingredients to a copper mug with crushed ice. Swizzle to to combine. Garnish with rosemary and sugar dusted cranberries on a skewer.
Cranberry Sour
2 oz Gin
1 oz Lemon Juice
¾ oz Hipstirs Cranberry Pie Syrup
¾ oz Benedictine
4 dash Cranberry Bitters
1 Egg White
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake hard to chill and dilute. Strain ingredients into a fresh cocktail shaker with no ice. Shake a second time hard to add extra air and froth the cocktail. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with cranberries on a skewer and add a few drops of cranberry bitters to the foam.
Maple Cranberry Smash
2 oz Bourbon
¾ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Apple Juice
1 tsp Pure Maple Syrup
½ oz Hipstirs Cranberry Pie Syrup
Sprig of rosemary
Add all ingredients including rosemary to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake hard and finely strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with fresh sprig of rosemary.
CAN-berry Sauce Supremacy
1 ½ oz Dark Rum
½ oz Mezcal
1 oz Lime Juice
1 oz Hipstirs Cranberry Pie
4 oz Fever Tree Ginger Beer
Combine all ingredients except ginger beer in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a highball glass or mug. Add Ginger beer and ice to fill.
Maple Cranberry Smash (N/a)
2 oz Whiskey or Bourbon Alternative
¾ oz Lemon Juice
½ oz Apple Juice
1 tsp Pure Maple Syrup
½ oz HipStirs Cranberry Pie Syrup
Sprig of rosemary
Add all ingredients, including rosemary, to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake hard and finely strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Garnish with fresh sprig of rosemary.
Lavender Elderflower Snow Globe
1 ½ oz Gin
½ oz Elderflower Liqueur
½ oz Hipstirs Lavender Haze Syrup
4 oz Fever Tree Elderflower Tonic Water
Add all ingredients except tonic to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into your snow globe glass. Add the fever tree to fill.
Cranberry Paloma
2oz Cranberry Juice
2oz Grapefruit Juice
1oz Lime Juice
2oz HipStirs Cranberry Pie Syrup
2oz Tequila
Soda Water, to top (optional)
Garnish: Dried Grapefruit Slice, Rosemary Sprig, Frozen Cranberries
To a cocktail shaker, add the cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, lime juice, Hipsters Cranberry. Pie Syrup and tequila. Fill the shaker with ice and shake until chilled. Fill a glass with ice and strain the cocktail into the glass. If desired, top with soda water and garnish.
Chai Old Fashioned
2oz Strong chai tea, chilled
2oz Bourbon
1oz Lemon Juice
2oz HipStirs Old Fashioned Syrup
1-2 dashes Angostura bitters
Soda water, to top (optional)
Garnish:Dehydrated orange slice, Star Anise
Brew the the chai tea and allow to cool. Add all the ingredients to the cocktail shaker and add ice. Shake until chilled. Add a large ice cube to glass and strain the cocktail over the ice. Top with soda water if desired and garnish.
Smores Old Fashioned
2oz Bourbon
1oz HipStirs Old Fashioned Syrup
1-2 dashes bitters
Shaved dark chocolate, too top
Toasted marshmallows, to top
Add a large ice to a rocks glass. Add the bourbon, old fashioned syrup and bitters to the glass. Stir until chilled. Shave a little chocolate over the top and garnish with toasted marshmallows.
Brown Sugar & Sage Cocktail
3 Fresh Sage Leaves
1 tbsp brown sugar
1oz HipStirs Old Fashioned Syrup
Juice from 1 whole grapefruit
Juice from half a lemon
2oz Gin or Silver tequila
Grapefruit soda, to top
Garnishes: Dehydrated grapefruit slice, fresh sage leaves
Add the sage leaves, brown sugar and syrup to a cocktail glass. Muddle until the sage leaves have released the flavor. Add the grapefruit juice, lemon juice and gin to the cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Strain the cocktail into a glass over ice. Top with grapefruit juice and garnish.
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
For the ice:
Cranberry juice
Fresh/frozen cranberries
Blood orange slices
For the cocktail:
1oz HipStirs Cranberry Pie Syrup
Champagne or sparkling wine, too top
Garnish: Fresh rosemary sprigs
Add two slices of blood orange to each ice cavity along with 3-5 cranberries. Fill the ice tray with cranberry juice and freeze overnight. Add 1oz of Cranberry Pie Syrup to a coupe glass and add an ice cube. Top with champagne or sparkling wine and garnish.
Cranberry Ornamentini
2oz Cranberry juice
2 oz Vodka/Gin
1oz Orange juice
1oz HipStirs Cranberry pie syrup
Combine all the ingredients in a mixing glass and stir to combine. Strain the cocktail into clear baubles. To serve, add a few frozen cranberries to a frosted glass and add the ornament to the glass. Garnish with fresh rosemary.
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