Festive Christmas Cocktails for Your Next Holiday Party
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Make spirits bright with this festive collection of Christmas cocktail recipes! These fun and delicious drinks are perfect for holiday parties, cosy nights in, or celebrating the season with a toast. With a mix of dessert cocktails, dinner and brunch cocktails, you will have inspiration for any holiday occasion!

Festive Christmas Cocktails
There’s no better way to get into the holiday spirit than with a fun and festive drink in hand. With classic flavours and creative twists, these Christmas cocktails are sure to impress your guests.
This list has something for every taste (and plenty of festive drinks you can convert into Christmas mocktails). They’re easy to make and perfect for adding a touch of seasonal cheer to any gathering.
Cheers to the most wonderful time of the year with these merry and bright cocktail recipes!
Pair these festive cocktail recipes with these Christmas party platters!
Festive Christmas Cocktails
This sugar cookie martini is a festive Christmas cocktail that tastes like a delicious Christmas sugar cookie with an adult beverage kick!
If it's simple you want, this 3 ingredient cocktail is for you. All you need is vodka, cranberry juice and rosemary simple syrup.
This White Christmas Mojito is made with classic mojito ingredients with the addition of coconut milk for a tropical flavour.
This mistletoe margarita recipe combines classic margarita ingredients with the festive flavours of orange and cranberry.
Gluhwein will have you dreaming of European Christmas markets and cozy nights around the fireplace.
This holiday eggnog martini is creamy, sweet, and full of the festive flavours you will love!
Level up your holiday bubbles with this champagne punch recipe.
This gingerbread latte dessert rum cocktail is made with spiced rum and coffee liqueur and is the perfect dessert cocktail.
Sweet and tangy with a gingery bite, this Moscow Mule includes cranberry cocktail juice.
Includes champagne or prosecco, Cointreau, cranberry juice and garnished with lime, rosemary and fresh cranberries.
This Grinch punch can be made as a cocktail or mocktail, with vodka and lemon lime flavours.
Turn your martini glass into an upside-down Santa hat with this fun coconut rum cocktail, garnished with shredded coconut around the rim.
This holiday cocktail is made with homemade cranberry juice, pomegranate juice, and champagne, plus you can make it up ahead of time before your Christmas celebration.
A refreshing cranberry tequila cocktail with fresh lime juice, cranberry juice and sweet maple syrup.
A creamy festive cocktail with eggnog, chocolate liqueur and peppermint schnapps.
The seasonal flavours of cranberry and pomegranate come together for a delicious festive cocktail.
This sugared cranberry Christmas mimosa uses cranberry instead of orange juice for a holiday twist, paired with sugared cranberries.
PIneapple and coconut brings the flavours of the tropics to your Christmas drink menu this year.
Sangria is a perfect party cocktail when you're looking for batch cocktails! This Christmas sangria is filled with seasonal flavours that your guests will love.
Rum, lime juice, ginger and soda water are the key ingredients for this Christmas mojito recipe.
Add a festive twist to the classic White Russian ingredients of Kahlua, vodka, and cream with traditional gingerbread spices to create a cocktail perfect for the holidays.
Add a winter twist with this white cosmopolitan with 4 ingredients - cranberry or cherry vodka, white cranberry juice, lime simple syrup and cointreau.
These candy cane peppermint martinis are the perfect way to use peppermint flavoured vodka this holiday season!
This frozen Gingerbread Cocktail blends the festive flavours of gingerbread and eggnog with vanilla ice cream and spiced rum for a Christmas adult beverage or skip the rum and make it a festive milkshake for the kids.
A seasonal spin on a classic cocktail with this cranberry Aperol spritz.
This gingerbread martini is made with rum and sweetened with homemade gingerbread syrup for a creamy, spiced flavour.
This cranberry mimosa is also called a Poinsettia Cocktail and is an easy-to-make Christmas brunch cocktail that is great for a crowd of people.
A peppermint holiday twist to your favourite expresso martini.
Old fashioned hot buttered rum is rich and smooth with warming spices and notes of vanilla that’ll warm you up from the inside out.
White Russian with festive peppermint flavours.
Traditionally a citrus-flavoured cocktail made with cognac, triple sec and lemon juice, this sidecar has cranberry and brandy.
A bubbly bourbon cocktail recipe with a simple spicy ginger syrup for the perfect blend of spicy, sour, sweet and bubbly.
This simple hot apple cider recipe can be made on your stove top or in the crock pot, perfect for batch Christmas cocktails.
Tinto de Verano is a popular and easy Spanish cocktail made with just two ingredients - red wine and lemon soda!
If you are looking for festive food recipes for the holiday season, check out these Christmas dessert recipes and Christmas party snacks for even more yummy and indulgent holiday ideas!
More Christmas Recipes:
- Christmas grazing platters
- Christmas breakfast ideas
- Easy rum balls
- White chocolate Christmas trees
- Choc mint truffles
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