Candy Cane Cocktail

Hey, friends! So many of you told us that you made and LOVED our Turtle Coffee Cocktail recipe last month that we decided to try our hand at creating a new recipe for you that’s perfect for the approaching holiday season! Are you ready? We might be biased, but we think it just might be even better than its predecessor…meet the Candy Cane Cocktail!

Ingredients {per drink}:
– 1/2 oz créme de menthe {we used green}
– 1/4 oz Kalhua
– 1/4 oz Bailey’s
– 1/2 cup milk
– 2 scoops vanilla ice cream
– chocolate syrup
– ice
– crushed candy cane
– whipped cream

Pour créme de menthe, Kalhua, Bailey’s, and milk into your blender. Add two scoops of ice cream, a bit of ice, and a generous squeeze of chocolate syrup {you can add more or less depending on how much you love chocolate!}. Blend until smooth. Pour into a glass and top with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and crushed candy cane.

As always, there are plenty of ways you can adapt this for your dietary needs and preferences.

ALCOHOL-FREE: Eliminate the alcohol and substitute peppermint chocolate syrup for regular.

LOWER FAT & CALORIES: Use fat-free milk, reduced fat ice cream, and fat free whipped cream {or eliminate whipped cream altogether}

CHOCOLATE FREE: Just eliminate the chocolate syrup and you still have a tasty mint flavored treat.

Any way you do it, we pretty much guarantee you’re going to love it. This is a decadent, minty, creamy drink that we are excited to make again soon! We also can’t wait to hear what you think when you give it a try! If you’re in the mood for some other great cocktail and holiday recipes, you’ll be excited to hear that our recipe is one of many that’s part of a fun Holiday Cocktail Party Blog Hop going on now…take a look!

Please take a look at the blogs participating in this Holiday Cocktail Party!

Appetizers

Domestic Superhero – Just Us Four – The Blue Eyed Dove – Sweet Pea – Glued To My Crafts – Patricia Eales Nutrition – Lemons and Laughs – Cupcakes&Crowbars – Sowdering About – Vegetarian Gourmet – Yesterday on Tuesday – Mom Home Guide – My Craftily Ever After – The Love Nerds – One Krieger Chick – Kenarry: Ideas for the Home – A Dish of Daily Life

Cocktails & Mocktails

One Artsy Mama – The Blue Eyed Dove – Sparkle – Albion Gould – Southern State of Mind – Eat Drink Eat – A Labour of Life – My Creative Days – Shelstring – I’m Bored Lets Go – Blue Crab Martini

Desserts & Sweet Treats

Major Hoff Takes A Wife – This Is The Life I Have Chosen – Crazy for Crust – Sypsie Designs – DIYfaerie – Little Blog on the Homestead – Living Better Together – Laura’s INKlings – Life Made Sweeter – Tried & True – FrugElegance – Play. Party. Pin.