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Cocktail Recipes

Happy Spring + Cocktail Recipe!

Happy Spring + Cocktail Recipe!

Happy Spring! Today marks the first day of Spring and although we might see a little more snow and cold weather, it is a much needed reminder that the end IS near! If there was ever a day worth celebrating, it’s definitely today. Let’s toast 

Valentine’s Day Cocktail: Strawberry Rose Cream Soda

Valentine’s Day Cocktail: Strawberry Rose Cream Soda

Valentine’s Day is coming! I love hearing how everyone is celebrating, so tell me how you are celebrating in the comments below. Some of my friends get all fancied up to have a swanky dinner, some of them stay home with their sig-other and keep 

Festive Cranberry Margaritas

Festive Cranberry Margaritas

What is it about the holidays that puts me into cocktail mode? I think it’s because I love nothing more than to curl up with my 57 Hallmark movies on the DVR with a drink in my hand and a puppy on my lap. Today 

Peach Hot Toddy

Peach Hot Toddy

The holidays are officially here. I will be heading back to Michigan this Saturday (my birthday!) to see my boyfriend’s family and then over to West Michigan to visit my own right after Christmas. We’ve gotten pretty good at splitting our time during the holidays, 

Cranberry + Apple Cider Cocktail

Cranberry + Apple Cider Cocktail

Happy November! Like almost everyone else, I am obsessed with apple cider lately. I really only drink it around this time of year and I prefer it hot, but sometimes I’ll drink it cold. ‘Sometimes’ meaning when rum is involved. To be fair, this drink 

Blended Coffee Recipe

Blended Coffee Recipe

If you’re like me, you consider a frozen coffee a treat. At work, I like both my hot or iced coffee black and to kick me right in the face. When I go for a blended coffee (my personal favorite is Tim Hortons Iced Capp) 

Chocolate Coconut Cocktail

Chocolate Coconut Cocktail

I found another bottle of $7 booze! This Stoli Chocolat KoKonut Vodka was just $6.99 and I also snatched up another bottle of the Stoli Sticki. I just can’t stop! I recently bought a blender and have been on a smoothie craze lately. I’ve got 

Cranberry Moscato Cocktail

Cranberry Moscato Cocktail

I seem to be gravitating towards summer cocktails lately. I think it’s my subconscious crying about the can’t-get-past-50-degree weather we’ve still been seeing in Chicago. Whatever the reason, I can’t complain. I don’t think you can ever go wrong with a light, refreshing drink. Ingredients