Moms in the City - Cocktails

As if they weren't sweet enough already, here are some cool candy flavored martinis to soothe even the sweetest tooth. Bubblegum Martini   Ingredients: 2 oz. Three Olives Bubblegum Vodka 1 oz. Cask & Cream Splash of grenadine Directions    Shake all the ingredients together with ice  Strain into a chilled martini glass   Sweet-Tart Lollipop Martini Ingredients DeKuyper Razzmatazz Raspberry Schnapps - 1/4 shot Absolut Citron - 1/4 shot Amaretto - 1/4 shot Bacardi Limon Rum - 1/4 shot Peach Schnapps - 1/4 shot Lemonade - fill  Directions   Mix all ingredients in a Collins glass over ice (if a 32 oz. glass is available double all the ingredients), mix in a shaker and serve with a cherry. Serve in a Collins Glass Cotton Candy Martini   Ingredients  Raspberry flavored vodka, 2 oz Chambord (Raspberry liqueur), 1 oz Grenadine, a splash Champagne, a splash Pink cotton candy, a generous chunk Crushed ice Sugar   Directions Chill your martin

Who said bread is only for eating? Try these fun bread influenced martini cocktails and have your slice of heaven today. Gingerbread Martini Ingredients 1 ounce vanilla vodka 1 ounce hazelnut-flavored liqueur (recommended: Frangelico) 1/2 ounce butterscotch schnapps Ice cubes 4 ounces ginger beer (recommended: Reed's Ginger Brew) Dark rum Gingerbread man cookie (recommended: Pepperidge Farm), for garnish   Directions   Pour the vanilla vodka, hazelnut liqueur, and butterscotch schnapps into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into high ball glass or any 8-ounce glass filled with ice. Top with ginger beer. Pour a little dark rum over the back of a spoon and float on top of the ginger beer. Garnish with a gingerbread man cookie.     Chocolate Pumpkin Pie Martini (Yes it is as yummy as it sounds)   Ingredients ¾ ounce vanilla flavored vodka, Smirnoff ½ ounce Irish cream liqueur, Baileys ½ ounce coffee liqueur ½ ounce crème de cacao 1/5 teaspoon

While the weather is getting slightly chillier and the days are getting darker earlier, all the tall tell signs of fall are closing in quickly! Time to break out the cinnamon and spices and prepare some fall cocktails.   Yamazaki Autumn Delight   All of my readers should know by now how much I love whiskey! Here is a great whiskey recipe perfect for the fall. Ingredients: 2 oz Yamazaki 12 year old whiskey 6 oz Apple Cider Fresh cinnamon Preparation: Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into an ice filled old-fashioned glass . Dust with fresh cinnamon. Garnish with 2 apple slices and a cinnamon stick. Banana Nut Bread Martini   Serves 1 From Christina Torres, mixologist at Geisha. 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 Directions In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients except the ba