DIY: Fall Cocktails

Put away those summer cocktails (see mine here, here, and here) and get your mixer ready for FALL COCKTAILS! I scoured the 'net, cookbooks, & friends for some of the best fall cocktails and posted them below. I have plenty more, so if this is a popular post, I'll do a 2nd post! Enjoy! Love, Elle


The recipes include tasty treats and traditional fall faves:

PUMPKIN PIE

1 oz. Malibu Rum
3/4 oz. canned pumpkin pie filling
1/2 oz. Kahlúa
2 oz. with cold milk

Mix ingredients in blender with ice and blend thoroughly; Pour into graham cracker-rimmed highball glass and garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

MAPLE FIRESIDE NIGHTCAP

4 shots scotch (I used Johnny Walker Black)
2 shots pure maple syrup
1/4 tsp. Nocino
ice

OATMEAL COOKIE

¼ part Jägermeister

¼ part coffee liqueur

¼ part Irish Cream

¼ butterscotch schnapps

MULLED WINE

1 bottle of fruity red wine (Spanish wine is a good choice)
1 cup sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
3 whole cloves
1 tsp grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp toasted whole black peppercorns
1/2 tsp whole allspice
1/2 vanilla bean
1 star anise
1 sliced orange
1 sliced lemon
1 cup cognac or brand

BANANA NUT BREAD MARTINI

1 ounce Frangelico liqueur

1/2 ounce banana liqueur

1 ounce biscotti liqueur

Dash of ground cinnamon

1/2 banana sprinkled with cinnamon and mint leaf, for garnish

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients except the banana. Shake vigorously. Strain into a martini glass. Garnish with 1/2 banana sprinkled with cinnamon, and a mint leaf.

CARAMEL APPLE MARTINI

1 ounce green apple-flavored vodka

1/2 ounce apple schnapps

1 ounce butterscotch liqueur

2 ounces half and half

Caramel sauce for the glass

Apple slice for garnish

In a cocktail shaker with ice, shake vodka, apple schnapps, butterscotch liqueur and half and half. Strain into a martini glass that you have drizzled with caramel sauce. Garnish with an apple slice.

HOT APPLE PIE

2 oz Tuaca

hot apple cider

whipped cream

cinnamon stick for garnish

What are your favorite fall cocktails? Which of these would you try?
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