Crowning Cocktails: Sex and the City 2 Martinis

 Whether you are throwing a premire party or packing a flask for the show, here are a few recipes to put you in the mood! The first is a classic that you can't go wrong with:

Cosmopolitan Martini

4 parts Citron Vodka

2 parts Cointreau or Triple Sec

2 parts Cranberry Juice

1 part Lime Fresh Juice

 

The Carrie Drink

2 ounces Skyy vodka

1 ounce X-Rated Fusion Liqueur

2 ounces cranberry juice

3/4 ounce sparkling apple cider

Shake Skyy, X-Rated and cranberry with ice and strain into chilled martini glass. Top with cider and garnish with a thin apple slice.

The Samantha Drink

2 1/2 ounces Skyy vodka

1 1/2 ounces Cabo Wabo Anejo tequila

1 ounce simple syrup

1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into chilled martini glass. Rim glass with mixture of salt and small amount of white pepper. No garnish.

The Miranda Drink

2 ounces Skyy vodka

3/4 ounce Campari

2 ounces pomegranate juice

1 ounce Triple Sec

Squeeze of lemon

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

The Charlotte Drink

2 ounces Skyy vodka

2 ounces pink lemonade

1 ounces Triple Sec

1/2 ounce Midori Melon liqueur

Shake with ice and strain into chilled martini glass. Garnish with an edible flower.

"Milk & Cookies"

Winter White Wedding Martini

2 ounces of Godiva Dark Chocolate liqueur

2 ounces of Creme de Cacao

1 ounce of half-and-half

2 ounces of freezing Goldenbarr Chocolate vodka

1 tablespoon of shaved white chocolate

2 well chilled, classy looking martini glasses

Snow White Chocolate Martini

4 ounces of Absolut Vanil vodka

1 ounce of clear Creme de Cacao

2 ounce of Godet White Chocolate liqueur

1 teaspoon of dark chocolate shavings 

2 freezing martini glasses

Mint Patty-Party Martini

3 ounces of freezing Absolut Pepar vodka

2 ounces of White Creme de Menthe

1 tablespoon of Peppermint Schnapps

1 ounce of Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur

1 Starlight mint

2 freezing martini glasses

Cheers!

Whether you need a cocktail to get through the stress of making dinner

or the craziness of hosting dinner,

here are a few delish savers!

Pumpkin Pie

- 1 oz. Malibu Rum
- 3/4 oz. canned pumpkin pie filling
- 1/2 oz. Kahlua
- 2 oz. with cold milk
Garnish: sprinkle of cinnamon
Mix ingredients in blender with ice and blend thoroughly;
Pour into graham cracker-rimmed highball glass and garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

Pumpkin French 75

- 1 oz. Plymouth Gin
- 1 oz. Pumpkin Puree
- 1 1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon juice
- 1 1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
- Champagne
Shake all ingredients (except Champagne) in a cocktail shaker with ice.
Strain the mixture into a Champagne flute.
Top with chilled Champagne and serve.

Cranberry Punch

- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup vodka
- 1/4 cup spiced rum
- 1/2 cup Ocean Spray Ruby Tangerine Grapefruit Juice Drink, chilled

- 2 cups Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry Raspberry Cranberry Juice Drink, chilled
- 1/2 cup green or red grapes, sliced in half
- 1/4 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 lemon, sliced
- 1 lime, sliced
- 1 orange, sliced
- 1 apple, sliced
- 1 cup sparkling water or club soda

Combine wine, vodka, spiced rum and juices in a punch bowl.
Add fruit and chill. Add sparking water just before serving.
Makes approximately 10 5-ounce servings.

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