5 FESTIVE DRINK RECIPES | Cozy, non-alcoholic, Christmas mocktails!

Hello, I am so excited for today. I made five different holiday mocktail recipes that you can make for Christmas parties, or if you're like me and you like to be fancy, you can make them for yourself. And I tried to have a variety of different types of drinks. So there's an eggnog, a coffee, a tea, a hot chocolate, a free drink. Hopefully there will be something in here that you like. Let me know if you end up trying any of these out. I would love to hear what you think. So that's all and let's begin. So the first drink we're going to be making today is a mock candy cane white Russian, basically just a candy cane latte. I used my French press to brew a pot of my favorite decaf coffee from Paris Market in Savannah. Any strongly brewed coffee will work. So I let that sit for four minutes and while that steeped, I went ahead and prepared the rim of the glass. So I melted down some white chocolate chips and crushed a couple candy canes to sprinkle over the rim. This recipe uses a fourth cup of heavy whipping cream and I mixed that together with a half teaspoon of Madagascar vanilla syrup. It can be regular vanilla syrup. I just love the flavor of this one. And I added a couple drops of peppermint extract to make it candy cane. It wouldn't be a white Russian without ice. And then I filled it up about two thirds of the way with the coffee and then added the cream on top of that. Lastly, I added a candy cane garnish just to make it more fun and then I stir mine because I like it mixed. This next one is a pomegranate cranberry mojito or nojito, if you will, since there's no alcohol. To begin, I'm making a cranberry syrup. So start with equal parts water and sugar and then add a half a cup of fresh cranberries. I love adding cranberries to everything during the holiday season. I think they're so beautiful and very festive. While these are on the stove cooking, I squeezed my lime and muddled that together with the mint leaves. Now this part is very up to your own taste and preference. I actually don't like a lot of mint so I only used two leaves, but you can add as many or as little as you'd like. Here I am being resourceful using a spoon since I don't have a muddler. Then I rimmed my glass with some lime juice and I rolled that in red sanding sugar. Once the cranberries that were cooking have thickened and cooled, I add crushed ice to my glass, a spoonful of pomegranate seeds, and then a spoonful of the cranberry syrup. For the actual drink, I use a mixture of pomegranate juice, the lime with the mint, and ginger ale to top it off and add some fizz. I got my pomegranate juice from Trader Joe's. It was much more affordable there. For the garnish on this one, I added a few cranberries and a mint leaf on top too. This tea is very easy to make and tastes great, so I used the juice from half of an orange and half of a lime and then I sliced the rest of the orange to put into the teapot. Then literally all you're going to do for this one is add a quart of water to your pot, the juices, a fourth a cup of cranberries, some orange slices, six tablespoons of sugar, and a cinnamon stick. I put this on the stove on medium-high heat and then once it got up to a boil, I turned it to low and let it simmer for about 30 minutes. To make the glass more fun, I added an orange slice, some cranberries of course, the tea, a cinnamon stick, and a star of anise because those are just so cute. This makes about one to two servings, so you could definitely double it if you want more. So you're going to start by adding three egg yolks to your bowl and whisking that while slowly adding in sugar and whisking that in as well. I turned on the show and just whisked it, but you could also put it in a stand mixer and leave it alone until it gets light and fluffy. Then pour your milk into a saucepan and add the spices. So I used some cinnamon, some nutmeg, a dash of salt, and a pinch of cloves. Place on the stove over medium-high heat until that comes to a boil and then pour about a fourth cup very slowly, whisking constantly, into the egg mixture and then whisk that back into the milk mixture. You are going to want to do a whole lot of stirring so you don't get any cooked egg chunks because that would be nasty. And then place that back on the stove and bring it to 160 degrees to thicken it and make sure that the eggs are fully cooked. Let chill for an hour and then add heavy cream and your vanilla to the mixture and whisk that all up and then you're done. I sprinkled some extra cinnamon over the top and then found these precious gingerbread mug hangers from Trader Joe's so I had to put that over the side of the glass. I always loved getting these as a kid so I decided it was time to learn how to make them. First I made peppermint whipped cream, so that's just some heavy whipping cream, powdered sugar, vanilla, and peppermint extract. Mix it on high until you get stiff peaks, but make sure you don't turn it into peppermint butter. This is probably the easiest recipe out of them all. You're just going to add everything into a blender and blend it all up. I didn't have any chocolate syrup and my precious grandma made me homemade chocolate syrup, so she's a queen. And another great thing about this recipe is that you just use packaged hot chocolate powder. I started out with two and a half cups of ice and ended up adding about a fourth to a half cup more. It really just depends on how thick and icy you'd like it. For the glass, I drizzled some chocolate syrup around in the inside and then poured the frozen hot chocolate on top of that. And then I placed a couple dollops of the peppermint whipped cream on top with crushed candy canes and mini marshmallows. So those are all the recipes. Thank you so much for watching and again let me know if you try any of them out and if not, thanks for being here anyway! And also if you have any other video suggestions or recipes that you'd like to see me make, I would love to hear from you. Bye!