Top 5 Dessert Cocktails for the Holidays

The holidays have a way of making sweet memories: We never quite forget the tastes of holiday dinners, or the special moments spent with that special someone. Here’s a toast to memories yet to be made: Just mix up a special holiday cocktail for two, flavored with the sweet tastes of a luscious dessert, and made with the hand-crafted goodness of a DE on Tap attraction or a local artisanal producer. So get your taste buds ready for that warm holiday glow. Here’s to making each sip a sweet moment!

Espresso Nut Martini :

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Ingredients
2 oz. Roasted Peanut Vodka
3 oz. Dark Roast Coffee (chilled)
1.5 oz. Chocolate Syrup

Directions
Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker with ice & shake hard for 10 seconds. Strain into chilled martini glass, or over ice into a rocks glass.

Diamond State Bourbon Milk Punch :

Painted Stave Distilling
Ingredients
2 oz. Diamond State Bourbon
1 oz. Simple Syrup
1 oz. Heavy Cream
1/4 oz. Vanilla Extract

Directions
1. Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice.
2. Strain over a King Cube (jumbo ice cube) & garnish with grated nutmeg.

Black Russian :

Beach Time Distilling
Ingredients
Put 4 ice cubes into a double old fashioned glass
Add 1/2 to 3/4 ounce simple syrup
Add 3/4 ounce Beach Java coffee infused rum
Add 3/4 ounce Beachski Vodka

Directions
Stir well

“Delaware” Eggnog :

Ingredients
Lewes Dairy Eggnog
2 oz. Beach Time Distilling Beach Gold Rum
Directions
Mix eggnog and rum together, top with nutmeg.

Chocolate Martini with Local Spirits :

Ingredients
1 tbsp. chocolate syrup
2 oz. Baileys
2 oz. chocolate liqueur
2 oz. of Vodka from Painted Stave Distilling, Dogfish Head, or Beach Time Distilling.

Directions
Add all ingredients to cocktail shaker with ice & shake hard for 10 seconds. Strain into chilled martini glass, or over ice into a rocks glass.