This fruity, festive Champagne Punch is just as delicious as it is pretty. Loaded up with fresh berries, citrus, champagne, ginger ale, and a few flavorful liqueurs, this punch sure packs a punch. Serve this bright and bubbly drink for New Year's Eve, Easter, Christmas, Mother's Day, and more. Whether it's brunch or a special...
Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate
Make a big batch of hot cocoa right in your crock pot, where it will stay warm for hours! This Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate is perfect for parties, and only requires 5 ingredients (not including the toppings, of course). Serve as is, or set up a hot chocolate bar with your favorite flavored liqueurs for...
Apple Cider Sangria
Light, refreshing, easy-to-make, and bursting with flavor, this fruit-loaded Apple Cider Sangria is the perfect big-batch Fall drink. There’s no denying it: The holiday hustle is here and it’s time to buckle down. But first, sangria. With all of the holiday rush and fuss, while we’re frantically coordinating with family and planning the perfect Thanksgiving...
Coconut Mojitos
Boat deck or roof deck, there's no better way to sip this summer than enjoying a few Coconut Mojitos. A refreshing mix of rum, lime, and mint mingle with creamy coconut for a cocktail that turns any party into a vacation. Sometimes when people hear that you work from home, they can’t help but tease...
Pomegranate New York Sour
Pomegranate New York Sour. This tart and sweet whiskey cocktail features a red wine float and gorgeously pink, pomegranate-spiked base. It's the perfect cocktail for Valentine's Day, and while it looks impressive and professional, even a cocktail novice can whip it together. Well, it's still winter-- we're only halfway through it, in fact-- and we're...
Grapefruit Bourbon Yule Mules
Grapefruit Bourbon Yule Mules. This holiday-inspired spin on the classic Moscow Mule features the warming flavors of Brown Sugar Bourbon and ginger beer, as well as plenty of citrusy grapefruit. It's the perfect drink to unwind during the Christmas season. This post is sponsored by Heritage Distilling. Use code "HostToast10" to get $10 off each...
Charred Cherry Whiskey Lemonade
Charred Cherry Whiskey Lemonade. Grilled or sauteed cherries add great flavor (and a little edge) to these sweet and tart whiskey cocktails. Yesterday, while scheduling out my to-do-lists for recipe-making in the next few weeks (which, by the way, is a very ambitious schedule that's definitely going to result in lots of How Did I...
Boozy Watermelon Mint Lemonade
Boozy Watermelon Mint Lemonade. This super satisfying, refreshing cocktail is perfect for parties and cookouts. The combination of fresh watermelon, cucumber, lemon juice, and mint (with a little rum, of course) makes for a drink that screams summertime! I'm going to let you in on a little secret: even if you're the manliest of manly,...
Holiday Cranberry Mimosas
This Holiday Cranberry Mimosa recipe is part of a Friendsgiving series brought to you by the Friendsgiving with French’s® program #RealFlavorsHaveCrunch Check out the last post (Bacon Jalapeno Popper Creamed Corn Gratin) and stay tuned for another recipe for the ultimate Friendsgiving soon! Hosting holiday parties, definitely my thing. Punctuality, not so much. I’m predictably...
Strawberry Sangarita (Margarita Sangria)
When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. But what do you do when life (or more accurately, overzealous grocery shopping) gives you dozens of leftover strawberries? Well, you still make a tasty beverage, but this time, you spike it. With a bottle of wine. And some triple sec. And tequila. You make Strawberry Sangarita,...
Blackberry Basil Moscow Mules
Eight years ago, I was finding respite from the constant chaos of my apartment (that's a story for another time) with my upstairs housemates and an oversized bowl of beef-flavored instant ramen. Komal made it for the four of us, because despite being a stereotypical broke and miserable college student-- as we all were, at...
Strawberry Dragon Fruit Margaritas
I'm drinking Strawberry Dragon fruit Margaritas today for a few reasons: I'm celebrating the fact that I finally am feeling well enough to function like a real human being after a month of mystery illness. Please say I didn't just jinx myself. Speaking of jinxes (or Jynxes, I guess), I started playing Pokémon Go along...
Rainbow Sherbet Smoothies
Every time I sat at the bench at the entrance of Sunnyside Farms, that fat, old black dog would waddle over and plop down in front of me, resting his back against my leg, looking up at my ice cream cone impatiently. Sunnyside Farms was my absolute favorite place as a kid, although to us it was...
Caramelized Pineapple and Jalapeño Margaritas
My birthday is 2 weeks before Cinco de Mayo, yet it took me nearly 26 years to realize that throwing a combination party stocked with salsas and overflowing with margaritas would be right up my alley. Apparently, it is also right up the alley of far more friends than I ever thought would RSVP, and now the...
Melon Whiskey Ginger
Before you file this cocktail away under "St. Patrick's Day recipes" to be forgotten and neglected for the rest of the year, hear me out. Sure, it's green; and sure, Irish whiskey is a staple of St. Paddy's day; and sure, you want to drink it right now in honor of your possibly-existent, possibly-distant Irish heritage...
Coquito (Puerto Rican Eggnog)
Oh Christmas drink, oh Christmas drink, how lovely is your rum spike. Oh Christmas drink, oh Christmas drink, you are what true joy tastes like. Of ol' eggnog, I've had my share, to coquito, it can't compare. Oh Christmas drink, oh Christmas drink, how lovely is your rum spike.
