Holiday Cocktails: Spiced Thanksgiving Cocktail Recipes

November 26, 2013

At your Thanksgiving gathering this year, break from your parents’ tired tradition of limiting the cocktail options to beer & wine at the table. Crave’s here to help you lead by example with some new holiday cocktail trends!

Every week we’ll bring you a new collection of themed recipes as we make our way into the holiday hurricane. This week, to celebrate Thanksgiving, we’re featuring spiced cocktails for your holiday throwdown. Rather than the weird stuff nobody really wants to drink like gravy sangrias and pumpkin pie martinis, we’re bringing you the most perfectly delicious cocktails for the occasion – with a unique twist or two along the way. Play bartender and keep yourself busy while your family grills you with the same questions about your job, relationship status or if you’ve heard about this new “twerking” thing all the kids are doing. You can thank us later.

Check out six Spiced Holiday Cocktails recipes for your Thanksgiving gatherings!

Spiced Holiday Cocktails

Peach Pot Pie

2 oz. Wild Turkey Spiced

1 oz. Canned Peach Syrup

1 oz. Sugar

1 oz. Lemon Juice

Grate of Cinnamon

1 oz. Water

½ oz All Spice Dram

1 oz Heavy Cream

Shake Wild Turkey Spiced, peach syrup, sugar, lemon juice, and water with no ice and heat until warm. Do not boil.

Whip a small splash All Spice dram into heavy cream. Whip until almost thick. Shake cold. Spoon whipped cream on top of hot drink and dust with grated cinnamon.

Created by Justin August Fairweather of Evelyn in NYC
Smashed Pumpkin

1 oz. Wild Turkey Spiced

1/4 oz. Almond Liqueur

1/4 oz. Cinnamon Schnapps

2 oz. Pumpkin Pie Filling

1/2 oz. Heavy Cream

1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice

Pour all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake vigorously to combine ingredients. Pour over fresh ice and garnish with fresh nutmeg grated on top.
More Than a Barrel Full O’ Turkeys

1 oz. Wild Turkey Spiced

1 oz. Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon

1 Dash Absinthe

1/2 oz. Orange Juice

1/2 oz. Pineapple Juice

1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

1 Barspoon Cardamom-Infused Grenadine

Shake and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with orange spiral.

Created by Justin August Fairweather of Evelyn in NYC
Thanksgiving In A Cup

1 oz. Appleton Estate Reserve

1 oz. Appleton Estate 12 Year

¾ oz. Amaretto

½ oz. Heavy Cream

1 Whole Egg

1 Heaping Barspoon of Pumpkin Pie Puree

Place all ingredients into a shaker and dry shake vigorously. Add ice and shake again. Strain into a glass and garnish with freshly grated cinnamon.
Frangelico Gingerbread

½ part Frangelico

1 part dark rum
½ part cinnamon schnapps
Ginger beer

Mix Frangelico, dark rum and cinnamon schnapps in a shaker with ice. Strain into a chocolate rimmed glass and top with a splash of ginger beer.
Hazelnut Toddy

1.5 oz. Frangelico

1 oz. cognac

2 oz. spiced apple cider (recommended with cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg)

Serve hot and garnish with fresh grated nutmeg.

Created by Lisa Gennawey, Scampo (Boston)

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