Gingerbread Martini

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra LeeEpisode: Holiday Cocktail Party

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (12)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(12)

Prep Time:
5 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
1 serving

Times:

Prep: 5 min
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Total:: 5 min

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Ingredients

1 ounce vanilla vodka
1 ounce hazelnut-flavored liqueur (recommended: Frangelico)
1/2 ounce butterscotch schnapps
Ice cubes
4 ounces ginger beer (recommended: Reed's Ginger Brew)
Dark rum
Gingerbread man cookie (recommended: Pepperidge Farm), for garnish

Directions

Pour the vanilla vodka, hazelnut liqueur, and butterscotch schnapps into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Strain into high ball glass or any 8-ounce glass filled with ice. Top with ginger beer. Pour a little dark rum over the back of a spoon and float on top of the ginger beer. Garnish with a gingerbread man cookie.

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Comments & Reviews

recipe Gingerbread Martini
Christina Atlanta, GA 12-02-2008
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Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Obviously, many people who gave this drink a single star are people who don't drink. The word MARTINI should clue you in... that it's not "Sandra's Light Spritzer That Barely Has A Buzz." And to that person with the shnapps: send it to me, I'll drink it!! To people who know how to drink- it's good, with or without the ginger beer.Read more
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Susan Olive Branch, MS 11-10-2008
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I love it!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love this cocktail! It is right up my alley: very sweet. It's like drinking your dessert. If you don't like sweet... stuff, don't bother. If there weren't so much alcohol in it, I'd have two or three. But the taste is great and worth keeping all the ingredients in the cabinet.Read more
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Tess Minneapolis, MN 12-23-2007
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Too sweet...
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

Not my favorite. Doesn't really taste like spicy gingerbread... meh.
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Karen Dallas, TX 12-15-2007
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Strangely good
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I'll start out by saying I LOVE gingerbread. You have to in order to like this recipe. It's bizarre how much this drink... tastes like the real thing. Kind of sweet. You can increase the dark run to combat the sweetness, but it makes it a little heavy on the alcohol. not a problem for me though. Some people may like the sweetness though - it almost doesn't taste like an alcoholic drink, which I know some people favor. It does require a bit of ingredients. Ginger beer can be hard to find; I found it at the second store I tried though. You can go with some cheaper grades of liquor though, and I don't think it compromised quality or flavor. (I used Kahulua instead of the recommended Frangelico, and used some offbrand of Vanilla Vodka). It's not something I would drink all the time, but it's a nice holiday sipping drink. We made 3 servings the first time. My dh drank probably 3/4 of a serving and I had the rest in one evening. For a holiday party, this would be fun to make for people to sip and "try". It will never be someone's "drink of choice" but it's a fun novelty.Read more
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Joel Punta Gorda, FL 12-08-2007
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AWESOME
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

IT IS AMAZING
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Jamicia Valley, TX 12-27-2006
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let your friends know how strong this is.
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I didn't like it. Very heavy.