Try our Christmas cocktails recipes. Make your Christmas drinks party extra special with our easy Christmas cocktails recipes, including Christmas martini recipes.
Whether it’s for Christmas day, New Year’s Eve or the party season in the lead up to Christmas, you’re sure to find a Christmas cocktail drink that your friends will love. From classic negronis to mulled beer and pear drop bellinis, as well as other inventive martini and champagne based cocktails.
We also have a super on-trend bottled Christmas cocktail for you to try, a special olive blend for the festive season.
The olive Christmas cocktail
The ultimate Christmas cocktail from the olive magazine team. Pre-mixed and bottled cocktails are really trendy at the moment (and easy to drink!). Look for vintage bottles and add a pretty ribbon and label to complete the look.
Click the link for more exciting edible Christmasmtas gifts…
Campfire cocktail
The nights are drawing in and the last of the bonfire smoke is hanging listlessly in the air, conjuring up the essence of cosy winter evenings with this smoky campfire cocktail. It comes from the brilliant team at whisky bar Black Rock just off Finsbury Square, London EC2 and is topped with a toasted marshmallow. We’re sold.
Check out other bonfire night inspired cocktails…
Chilled, mulled elderflower wine
Want a change to mulled wine at your Christmas drinks party? Try a frosty twist on a classic with this chilled, mulled elderflower wine. Sweet vanilla pods, cloudy apple juice and elderflower cordial simmer with fresh lemon juice for a festive infusion.
Chai white Russian
Amp up the festive spirit in a classic white Russian with the warming spices of chai. This coffee cocktail is the perfect Christmas drink.
Negroni sbagliato
Our negroni sbagliato is a great festive fizz. Swapping gin for prosecco makes for a lighter negroni and softens the bitterness, an ideal aperitif over the festive season for those who find a classic negroni a bit much.
Orange and rosemary fizz
If you love starting Christmas Day with a Buck’s Fizz, but fancy something non alcoholic this year, try this orange and rosemary fizz. The cinnamon and pomegranate makes it taste like Christmas in a glass.
Looking for Christmas day recipes? Check out our must make trimmings recipes here…
Rhubarb and ginger negroni
This update on the classic negroni using rhubarb and ginger is a great shout for spring. It comes from Black Dice, a 1960s rock ‘n’ roll inspired bar tucked away beneath Moroccan restaurant MOMO in Mayfair. It’s open until 3am, perfect for a nightcap.
Chocolate porter flip
We’ve revived and updated a classic dating back to the 17th century with our recipe for a chocolate porter flip. Serve this hot or cold.
Check out other chocolate recipes here…
Pom-Pimms fizz
A festive cocktail recipe to kick things off this Christmas. You’ll need a frothy egg white, sugar, chilled pomegranate juice, Pimms, lemons and ginger beer for this beauty.
Mulled beer
What’s more warming on a winter’s day than the glow of an English pub? Recreate that feeling, and better it, by brewing up this mulled beer recipe with cinnamon, cloves and clementine.
Ginger margarita
This twist on a classic margarita is the perfect thing to cool you down on late summer days – it would work as a jug cocktail too. The recipe comes from Spice Market, a South-east Asian restaurant in the W Hotel, Leicester Square, that serves stylish interpretations of street food.
French 75
This classic champagne cocktail is simple to make but looks stunning, perfect for the party season.
Hot spiced cider cocktail
Cosy up with this soul-warming winter cocktail, perfect after a crisp winter walk. The addition of dark rum, brown sugar and cinnamon sticks provide sweet depth to this hot spiced cocktail.
Blood orange Campari cocktails
Bitter Campari and sweet blood orange combine in festive harmony to make this refreshing aperitif. Campari usually lends its beautiful red colour to the devilishly potent negroni, this lighter cocktail is perfect for those needing a calmer night amidst the busy social season.
Sly’s honey mule
This good-looking rum-based cocktail created by Julien Gualdoni would cause a stir at any drinks party. It combines sharpness from the limes, sweetness from the honey and a floral hit from the elderflower.
Pear-drop bellinis
Like pear drop sweets? Then you’ll love this fun way to serve fizz. Great for Christmas time, all it involves is eight pear drops and a bottle of Cava. Simple!
Marmalade and mandarin mojito
Marmalade mojitos make a deliciously jammy cocktail, made to look really delicious with mandarin slices and star anise. Try this five minute cocktail recipe for an easy refresher.
Ron de replay
Produced entirely in Guatemala, Ron Zacapa is a product of the country’s rich soil, climate, and master blender Lorena Vásquez’s hands-on approach. This cocktail recipe is taken from Bounce in Holborn.
White Russian cocktails
Round off a dinner party huddled round the fire with these indulgent cocktails. The perfect sweet finale when you’re too full for a pud.
Check out our best ever dinner party mains…
Winter-spiced pear cocktail
This light and spicy cocktail is a great early evening treat. It’s warm, silky and the pear syrup is intense in flavour. If you’re hosting a Christmas drinks party, these would get your guests right into the festive spirit.
White sparkle
A great sparkling Christmas party cocktail. After you have decorated the Champagne flutes, chill them by putting in the freezer for a short while or filling with ice for a few minutes.
Christmas cake martini
All the flavours of a traditional Christmas cake in liquid form. This is bound to impress your guests over the festive season.
Click the link for all our Christmas baking recipes…
Aperol mimosa
There’s a reason this was the drink of 2016: fizzy, fruity and with a bitter note, it would make a great drink to see the year out with. It’s a great alternative to Buck’s Fizz and is made using only three ingredients.
Check out our best ever Christmass breakfast recipes to have alongside your morning mimosa here…
Gingerbread and espresso martini cocktail
Shake up your winter drinks party in more ways than one with this gingerbread and espresso martini cocktail. Velvety smooth coffee and festive spice syrup make this the perfect after-dinner warmer.
Check out our best ever Christmas dessert recipes to indulge in this Christmas…
Elit Christmas
A really beautiful split-coloured Champagne cocktail invented by the legendary Salvatore Calabrese. If you can’t find the fraise de bols you could use another liqueur like crème de cassis.
Bitter orange and cardamom martinis
Martinis are one of our favourite mixed alcoholic drinks. We’ve added marmalade and lemon juice to this cocktail recipe for an extra kick of flavour. Enjoy!
Clementine fizz
Can’t wait until sundown for a cocktail? Start the day right with our clementine fizz. It’s ready in just 10 minutes, more time-efficient than a bowl of porridge!
