Easy Christmas Cocktails and Dessert Recipes

Here are 2 Christmas-inspired recipes for you!

1. Christmas Spiced Old Fashioned

Glass

• NOVAZ Crystal Glass

Ice

• 1 large clear ice cube (or 3–4 medium cubes)

Ingredients

• 60 ml (2 oz) bourbon or rye whiskey
• 7.5 ml (½ tbsp) maple syrup or simple syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 dash orange bitters (optional)
• Small pinch ground cinnamon (or 1 dash cinnamon bitters)

Method

1. Add the syrup and bitters to the NOVAZ Crystal Glass.
2. Add the whiskey and a pinch of cinnamon.
3. Fill with ice and stir for 15–20 seconds until chilled and slightly diluted.

Garnish

• Wide orange peel twist (express oils over the drink, then drop in)
• Optional: cinnamon stick or a few cloves on the garnish tray for extra Christmas feel

2. Snowy Cookie Tiramisu Dessert Cocktail

Glass

• NOVAZ Crystal Petite

Ice

• No ice – this is a chilled dessert-style cocktail

Ingredients

• 30 ml (1 oz) coffee liqueur (e.g. Kahlúa)
• 20 ml (⅔ oz) dark rum or brandy
• 60 ml (2 oz) cold milk or half-and-half
• 60 ml (2 oz) whipped cream or lightly whipped mascarpone cream
• 2–3 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed (separate a little for topping)
• 1 tsp cocoa powder or drinking chocolate

Method

1. In a small bowl, mix the coffee liqueur and rum/brandy.
2. Add some crushed cookies to the bottom of the NOVAZ Crystal Petite to form a crumb layer.
3. Pour in the mixed liqueur, then slowly add the milk/half-and-half.
4. Spoon or pipe whipped cream/mascarpone on top to create the “snowy” layer.
5. Sprinkle more cookie crumbs and cocoa on top. Chill for 5–10 minutes before serving if desired.

Garnish

• 1 chocolate sandwich cookie half standing in the cream
• 1 rolled wafer biscuit on the side