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Tipsy Spritzer Shots

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Happy Wednesday everybody! I know, I know, another cocktail, I really hope y’all don’t mind, but being honest I didn’t have a hot second to bake or make anything fancy this weekend, because it was a full blown all Halloween celebration weekend. 

tipsy-spritzer-shots| HollysCheatDay.comI did on the other hand have time to make several cocktails, this being one of them.  Y’all, how cute are these little shots?  These are so perfect to set out for your guests, promise.  Also, not only are these adorable but they also happen to be delicious. 

tipsy-spritzer-shots| HollysCheatDay.comThey are bubbly, just enough sweet and with a dash of tart, just to make these super awesome.  These could also be just plain ole regular drinks, because there isn’t really enough alcohol to make these strong enough to be actual shots, and really, I only put them in shot glasses because it’s adorbs.  Anyways, hope y’all have a wonderful hump day, and maybe give these a shot–teehee.    

Okey dokey, orange juice…

tipsy-spritzer-shots| HollysCheatDay.comnow some Sprite, or any lemon-lime soda…

tipsy-spritzer-shots| HollysCheatDay.cma splash (or two) of vodka…

tipsy-spritzer-shots| HollysCheatDay.comnow some cherry juice…

tipsy-spritzer-shots| HollysCheatDay.comand enjoy!!!

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Tipsy Spritzer Shots
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Ingredients
  1. 1 Cup of Orange Juice, Chilled.
  2. 3/4 Cup of Sprite or Lemon Lime Soda, Chilled.
  3. 3 Ounces of Vodka.
  4. 3 Ounces of Maraschino Cherry Juice.
  5. 1 Ounce of Lemon Juice.
  6. Lemon Slices & Rosemary Sprigs for Garnish (Optional).
  7. Decorative Sugar for Rims (Optional).
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients together and pour in shot glasses.
Notes
  1. This recipe was enough to fill about 15 shot glasses.
  2. For the rims of the glasses I rubbed honey first on the rims then dipped them in a thick crystal like sugar.
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Campfire Cola

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Happy Monday everybody! Or should I say Happy Random Cocktail Monday? 

campfire-cola-one| HollysCheatDay.comIt’s certainly not normal for me to share a cocktail on a Monday, but this cocktail was so surprisingly good I couldn’t wait to share it with you guys. 

campfire-cola| HollysCheatDay.comI wasn’t quite sure what to expect with this drink, but y’all this drink turned out soooo dang delicious.  The marshmallow vodka adds a wonderful creaminess, and the cherry juice adds just a hint of cherry. 

campfire-cola| HollysCheatDay.comThese are awesome, make these cocktails as soon as possible 🙂  Have a wonderful start to the week you guys!

marshmallow vodka…

campfire-cola| HollysCheatDay.comcherry juice…

campfire-cola| HollysCheatDay.comnow the rest filled with Coca-Cola…

campfire-cola| HollysCheatDay.comthen enjoy!!!

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Campfire Cola
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A delicious cocktail that tastes like a cream soda.
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Ingredients
  1. 1 1/2 Ounces of Marshmallow Vodka.
  2. 1/2 Ounce of Maraschino Cherry Juice.
  3. 2 (12 Ounce) Cans of Coca-Cola, Chilled.
Instructions
  1. Measure out the vodka and cherry juice into your glass, and fill the rest of the glass with Coca-Cola, then enjoy!
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Pumpkin Beer Brandy

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Happy Cocktail Friday everybody!! Though it’s been a short week due to the long weekend, it sure hasn’t felt like it.  I honestly think crazy has been handed out in buckets to every person I have encountered this short work week, siiigh. 

pumpkin-beer-brandy| HollysCheatDay.comMy dude and I are headed out of town tonight and honestly I am sooo looking forward to a change of scenery for a few days I am about to burst.  What’s even better is where we are going is supposed to be super crisp and cool and Fall-ish, aaahhh. 

pumpkin-beer-brandy| HollysCheatDay.comFull on Autumn with the beautiful changing leaves and cool weather has been taking its sweet time kicking in around these parts, so no cute winter boots yet for me (as I write this I am wearing sandals fyi).  Anyways, instead of rambling on about my longing for cool weather and a lack of insane people I suppose I should talk about this drink. 

pumpkin-beer-brandy| HollysCheatDay.comWell, this drink has apple cider which is always a good idea, some pumpkin beer and some Brandy (definitely a good idea).  This drink is probably the least sweet of any drink I’ve ever put here but if you like your drinks with a much stronger alcohol flavor, especially beer, this is for you.  I hope y’all have a wonderful weekend full of relaxation and being around sane people 🙂     

Brandy into your glasses…

pumpkin-beer-brandy| HollysCheatDay.comapple cider…

pumpkin-beer-brandy| HollysCheatDay.comnow some pumpkin beer…

pumpkin-beer-brandy| HollysCheatDay.omand enjoy!!!

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Pumpkin Beer Brandy
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Ounces of Brandy.
  2. 8 Ounces of Apple Cider.
  3. 8 Ounces of Pumpkin Ale.
  4. Cinnamon Sticks for Garnish (Optional).
Instructions
  1. Pour 2 ounces of the Brandy in each glass.
  2. Now pour 4 ounces of apple cider in each glass.
  3. Next pour 4 ounces of the pumpkin ale in each glass and serve.
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The White Witch

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Happy Cocktail Friday everybody!!!  It’s been a super weird week you guys.  I have been on jury duty since Monday, so I have basically seen my house, the gym,  the courthouse and that’s it. 

White-Witch | HollysCheatDay.comMost people bemoan the fact that they have to be there, but since I start law school next year, I think it’s been really interesting and it got me all excited again for school. 

white-witch| HollysCheatDay.comThough it’s been super educational, it’s a whole lot of sitting and listening for hours on end so I have been looking forward to enjoying this libation again this next cheat day because I am busted tired. 

white-witch| HollysCheatDay.comYou guys, this drink is creamy, delicious and nice & cold,  you can’t even taste the alcohol if you’re worried about that.  Basically think about the best vanilla milkshake you’ve ever had and it’s the White Witch.     

It’s so easy y’all, vanilla ice cream…

white-witch| HollysCheatDay.comvodka and white chocolate liqueur…

white-witch| HollysCheatDay.comand all blended up…

white-witch| HollysCheatDay.comthen enjoy!!!

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White Witch
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A spooky but delicious cocktail for Halloween.
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Ingredients
  1. 2 Cups of Vanilla Ice Cream.
  2. 2 Ounces of Vodka.
  3. 2 Ounces of Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur.
Instructions
  1. In a blender place the vanilla ice cream, vodka and liqueur and blend until smooth.
  2. Place in your glass and enjoy!
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Fall Harvest Cocktail

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Happy Cocktail Friday y’all!! Even though it’s been super rainy and overcast for a week, I have to admit I just love it. 

fall-harvest-cocktail| HollysCheatDay.comEven at the expense that my hair has been perma flat all week it’s still awesome because it’s so perfectly Fall outside.  Cooler, rainy and I’ve even spotted some trees turning those beautiful shades of red and orange, and it has put me in such a Fall mood and it’s perfect. 

fall-harvest-cocktail| HollysCheatDay.comAnyways, I’m bringing a wonderfully Fall drink today that is incredibly light and refreshing, definitely not the typical heavier fair that comes with Fall/Winter drinks.  This drink is sweet but certainly not too sweet, and it makes a ton so obviously perfect to serve to multiple guests you might be having over.  Have a wonderful weekend you guys!! 

Apple Juice…

fall-harvest-cocktail| HollysCheatDay.comnow cranberry juice…

fall-harvest-cocktail| HollysCheatDay.compear nectar…

fall-harvest-cocktail| HollysCheatDay.comand Triple Sec…

fall-harvest-cocktail| HollysCheatDay.comthen yumminess!!!

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Fall Harvest Cocktail
Light, refreshing but flavorful this cocktail is the perfect fall drink.
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Ingredients
  1. 1-64 Ounce Bottle of Apple Juice.
  2. 20 Ounces of Cranberry Juice.
  3. 1 Cup of Pear Nectar.
  4. 6 Ounces of Triple Sec.
  5. 1 or 2 Apples & Pears For Garnish (Optional).
  6. Cinnamon Stick For Garnish (Optional).
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl or pitcher place all chilled ingredients and mix together, then serve.
  2. Garnish with apples, pears & cinnamon stick if you wish.
Notes
  1. You could totally put more Triple Sec in if you want more of a kick 🙂
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Apple Cider Float

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Happy Friday y’all!! It’s not going to be a cocktail Friday today but honestly this is such a delicious and yummy drink you’re not going to care. 

apple-cider-float| HollysCheatDay.comAlso, I would like to say that this could certainly be a grown up cocktail if you wanted to throw in some Brandy like my Brandy Apple Cider, but obviously totally up to you. 

apple-cider-float| HollysCheatDay.comSpeaking of the aforementioned drink, I had a ton of delicious apple cider just hanging around, and some vanilla ice cream and figured that they just might be bffs together.  Y’all, bffs for life because this drink absolutely exceeded any expectations I had, holy moly. 

apple-cider-float| HollysCheatDay.comThis drink is basically liquid apple pie, and I almost called it that but thought maybe it sounded a little weird haha.  The amount of deliciousness in this drink is through the roof, please just do yourself a favor and make it as soon as possible.  Have a super fun & safe weekend!         

Doesn’t get much easier than this, place however much ice cream your want in your glass…

apple-cider-float| HollysCheatDay.comnow, how much apple cider you want and dunzo!

apple-cider-float| HollysCheatDay.comand enjoy!!!

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Apple Cider Float
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Ingredients
  1. 4 Cups of Vanilla Ice Cream.
  2. 16 Ounces of Apple Cider.
  3. Ground Cinnamon For Garnish (Optional).
Instructions
  1. Fill your glasses or cups with vanilla ice cream with the amount to your liking.
  2. Then fill the rest of your glass or cup with apple cider, sprinkle a little cinnamon on top and enjoy!
Notes
  1. The amount of ice cream & apple cider that I put is really more of an estimate, you can use as little or as much as you like, I personally like more ice cream in my float so I filled my glasses pretty full.
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Brandy Apple Cider

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Happy Cocktail Friday y’all!!  I know we’re in full Pumpkin Spice Latte season and all, but can I be honest?…I think Pumpkin Spice Lattes are super nasty.  I know, I know, that’s sacrilege to some of you, but y’all, ewww it totally tastes like potpourri that no amount of whipped cream can cover. 

brandy-apple-cider| HollysCheatDay.comLogically, I should like them due to my love of pumpkin everything else, but I just can’t even with the PSL.  Now, if the Bucks (Starbucks that is) decided to make an apple cider-esque (minus the Brandy of course) latte, then I would definitely be on board if it tasted like this amazing libation. 

brandy-apple-cider| HollysCheatDay.comY’all, this drink has Fall in every sip…cinnamon, apple and the wonderful warmth of Brandy, oh my.  This drink also smells just amazing, especially with the extra cinnamon and sugar thrown in. 

brandy-apple-cider| HollysCheatDay.comLuckily for me, the very first Fall feeling day of the season was this past cheat day, and I enjoyed drinking this thoroughly.  Trust me y’all,  just make this drink, you absolutely won’t regret it.  I’m certainly planning on making this drink again soon, and I may even warm it up when it gets a bit colder, yummy!  

To garnish your glasses, mix your cinnamon & sugar place on a plate then dip your honey rimmed glasses in…

Brandy-Apple-Cider| HollysCheatDay.commeasure out your apple cider into each glass…

brandy-apple-cider| HollysCheatDay.comthen your Brandy…

brandy-apple-cider| HollysCheatDay.comand enjoy!!!

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Brandy Apple Cider
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THIS IS ONE SERVING
  1. 6 Ounces of Apple Cider.
  2. 3 Ounces of Brandy.
  3. 1 Tablespoon of Cinnamon (Optional).
  4. 2 Tablespoons of Granulated Sugar (Optional).
  5. Cinnamon Sticks For Garnish (Optional).
Instructions
  1. If garnishing the rims of your glasses with cinnamon and sugar, combine both and place on a plate.
  2. Using your finger rub honey around the rim of the glasses, then dip into the cinnamon/sugar mix until well coated.
  3. Now measure out the apple cider and Brandy into your glass(es) stir, then sprinkle a little cinnamon/sugar on top and garnish with a cinnamon stick.
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Southern Belle Moscow Mule

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Happy Cocktail Friday y’all!!  So excited about this long weekend guys, for reals, long weekends are the bee’s knees.  If I was in charge of important things I would totally make Saturday through Monday the official weekend all of the time. 

belles-moscow-mule| HollysCheatDay.comI mean, think about how awesome it would be not to have to rush errands, having a life everything on Saturday to be able to enjoy a little off time, or is that just me?  Four day work weeks would be totally a-okay with this chickadee, what about you guys? 

belles-moscow-mule| HollysCheatDay.comSoo, to get your (hopefully) long weekend off right, I’m bringing you this Southern Belle Moscow Mule.  It is another lovely recipe from my favorite cocktail company Belles Organics. 

belles-moscow-mule| HollysCheatDay.comI did tweak the recipe from their original one due to my lack of being able to find ginger beer, but holy moly this stuff is so good y’all.  It is so light and fresh, made even more so with my lime peel and basil garnishes.  This drink is dang delicious and crazy easy to make because of the wonderful Southern Belle which is a perfect blend of vodka and lemonade.  Everyone have a safe and wonderful loooong weekend! 

First, Southern Belle (still can’t get over how awesome their packaging is)

belles-moscow-mule| HollysCheatDay.comthen ale or beer…

belles-moscow-mule| HollysCheatDay.comthen some ginger ale…

belles-moscow-mule| HollysCheatDay.comand enjoy!!!

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Southern Belle Moscow Mule
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Light and refreshing cocktail perfect for any Belle.
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Ingredients
  1. 7 Ounces of Belle's Organics Southern Belle.
  2. 3 Ounces of Ale or Your Beer of Choice.
  3. 4 Ounces of Ginger Ale.
  4. Lime or Lemon, Grated For Garnish (Optional).
  5. Fresh Basil For Garnish (Optional).
Instructions
  1. Mix all ingredients together and serve.
Notes
  1. The original recipe called for ginger beer which I could not find anywhere, so that's why I subbed out a regular ale mixed with ginger ale, if you can find ginger beer you can use that instead of the ginger ale and regular ale.
  2. This recipe made one very large drink, but can easily be double, tripled etc.
Adapted from Belle's Organics
Adapted from Belle's Organics
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Key Lime Martini

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Happy Cocktail Friday Everybody!!  Ok I’m just going to come out and say it…I have a key lime problem, for reals.  I don’t what happened, I went from being super anti key lime for years to now being obsessed and wanting to put it in everything, like everything, hence today’s recipe. 

key-lime-martini| HollysCheatDay.comI obviously had quite a bit of key lime juice hanging around, and because I didn’t want it to go bad or so I told myself  I figured I needed to use it up and thought a key lime cocktail would be super fun.  In my search for a key lime cocktail, honestly, I wasn’t having much luck, sooo I figured I would just make something up 🙂

key-lime-martini| HollysCheatDayI am loving this drink y’all, it is super tart but there is enough sweetness to keep it from being completely face puckering.  I do want to point out that I used birthday cake flavored vodka because I didn’t have vanilla vodka like I wanted to use but I truly don’t think there was any difference.  Have a wonderful and safe weekend everyone!

Guess what…key lime juice…

key-lime-martini|HollysCheatDay.comnow the vodka…

key-lime-martini|HollysCheatDay.comsome triple sec…

key-lime-martini|HollysCheatDay.comsome sweetened condensed milk, then I forgot to photograph the milk, oops…

key-lime-martini|HollysCheatDay.comput some honey around the rim then dip your glasses into the sprinkles…

key-lime-martini|HollysCheatDay.comthen enjoy!!!

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Key Lime Martini
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Tart, but sweet martini filled with all the flavors of key lime.
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Ingredients
  1. 2/3 Cup of Key Lime Juice.
  2. 1 Ounce of Vanilla Vodka or Birthday Cake Vodka.
  3. 2 Ounces of Triple Sec.
  4. 5 Tablespoons of Sweetened Condensed Milk.
  5. 2 Tablespoons of Whole Milk.
  6. Green Sprinkles For Garnish (Optional).
Instructions
  1. If putting a sprinkle garnish around the edge of your glasses, pour sprinkles into a small plate, then rub honey around the edge of your glasses and place the tops of the glasses into the sprinkles until well coated.
  2. Mix all of your ingredients together, pour into your glasses and serve 🙂
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The Bad Monkey

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Happy Monday everybody!!  At the risk of seeming like a lush (I’m not for the record), I’m bringing y’all a totally killer drink for your Monday.  Maybe you don’t want the weekend to end, maybe you need something to soften the blow that it’s Monday again, I’m not judging pinky promise, I’m just here to share a super delicious cocktail that yours truly created. 

the-bad-monkey| HollysCheatDay.comOn a recent cheat day I had a wonderful tropical cocktail at a restaurant that had banana rum in it which was delicious, and it got me thinking how versatile bananas are (that sounds weird, sorry).  Seriously though, bananas can make something tropical and beachy, but then also be made warm, inviting and homey like banana bread. 

the-bad-monkey| HollysCheatDay.comSooo, I decided to use banana rum in a cocktail that was not your typical tropical flavor.  I couldn’t find anything that I liked so I just made up something 🙂  I’m not a fan of patting oneself on the back, but this drink is gooood y’all.  It’s so rich, creamy and decadent, and I am just in love with this cocktail.  This drink is done in a snap and beyond tasty so I hope you get to enjoy one soon, have a happy Monday!

First, milk…

the-bad-monkey| HollysCheatDay.comnow the dulce de leche all mixed up…

the-bad-monkey| HollysCheatDay.comthen the banana rum…

the-bad-monkey| HollysCheatDay.comand enjoy!!!

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The Bad Monkey
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A decadent cocktail filled with milk, dulce de leche and banana rum.
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Ingredients
  1. 1/2 Cup of Milk
  2. 2 Tablespoons of Dulce De Leche
  3. 4 Ounces of Banana Rum
Instructions
  1. In a measuring cup or small bowl, place your milk and dulce de leche and mix together until blended (if you're having a hard time getting the dulce de leche to dissolve, just slightly warm up the milk beforehand).
  2. Now add your banana rum, mix all together and serve
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