Happy Cocktail Friday everybody!! I really can’t begin to describe how excited I am to share this recipe with you guys, not just because it’s delicious but because it’s my first Valentine’s Day recipe–it’s never too early for all thinks pink and red y’all 🙂
I would like to preface what I’m about to say by saying that though I have cocktail Fridays on my blog, I actually do drink quite sparingly, aka I’m a lightweight, my body does not deal with alcohol well, and it only happens on some cheat days, but I could drink this Love Punch until I was snockered drunk.
Yes, it is just that tasty, and being honest, tasty doesn’t do this drink justice. Champagne tends to be way too dry for me, but in this drink all you taste is the bubbly awesomeness of it, and the cinnamon/sugar reduction gives this drink this incredible cinnamon-ey undertone, and the fruit juices give the perfect amount of sweetness.
Also, due to the whole computer debacle from last week, my original recipe was lost, so I did my absolute best in remembering how I did this recipe, I know, no one is perfect, but I think I got it pretty close. Anyway, have a wonderful, amazing weekend y’all and make this as soon as possible, and don’t be afraid to experiment with this recipe 🙂
Cinnamon sticks, water, cloves and sugar into your saucepan…
nice and boiling…
the sugar reduction isn’t pretty, but definitely tasty…
now add your cranberry juice…
add your pineapple juice…
and then the champagne…
and enjoy!!!
- 2 Cinnamon Sticks.
- 5 Whole Cloves.
- 1 Cup of Water.
- 1/2 Cup of Sugar.
- 3/4 Cup of Cranberry Juice.
- 1/2 Cup of Pineapple Juice.
- 1/2 Cup of Pink Rosé Champagne, Chilled.
- 1/4 Cup of the Cinnamon/Sugar Reduction.
- Red Decorative Sugar For Glass Rims (Optional).
- 2-4 Strawberries for Garnish (Optional).
- In a small saucepan place your water, cinnamon, cloves, and sugar in your pan and bring to a boil.
- Lower the temperature for your pan, and while stirring, let simmer for a little more than 5 minutes, making sure your sugar is dissolved.
- Now remove your pan from the heat, remove your cinnamon and cloves and let your sugar reduction come to room temperature (I put mine in the fridge to speed up the cooling process).
- Add all of your ingredients together and mix, divide amongst your two glasses and enjoy!
- The sugar/cinnamon reduction recipe makes a lot more than you need but you could definitely double the rest of your ingredients and make for a larger group of people.
- If you would like to have a sugar rim around your glasses, with your finger place honey around the rims and dip your glasses into the sugar.