Candy’s Gingerbread Martini Recipe
Dec 20, 2012 | Filed Under: Mama Needs a Drink (Recipes) | Tags: Gingerbread Martini, Oh My Yum
Yes. I GOT THE GINGERBREAD SYRUP, PEOPLE. A Christmas miracle.
And I’m delighted to report this cocktail was so worth the effort and pained breasts. (If only I had a dollar for every time I’ve written that.) Here is the recipe once again, this time with ingredient amounts doubled because we are lushes to fill a normal-sized martini glass:
GINGERBREAD MARTINI INGREDIENTS
- 1 ounce gingerbread syrup (which I finally tracked down by going to Starbucks — which doesn’t sell seasonal syrups by the bottle — and ordering a gingerbread latte with the syrup on the side. Sounds like a weird request, right? Only the barista didn’t bat an eye, so I told her why I was getting the syrup on the side and she was all, “Oh! I’ll just sell you some syrup for fifty cents then!” I may or may not have grabbed her Starbucks hat and pulled her towards me for a big, grateful kiss at that point.)
- 1-2 ounces vodka
- 1 ounce Kahlúa
- 1 ounce Baileys Irish Cream liqueur
- 2 ounces vanilla milk
- Whipped cream
- Graham cracker crust for rim of glass
- Gingerbread cookie
“One of the best drinks you’ve made yet!” — Mr. Candy, Girly Drink Expert
Oh. My. Yum.
If you are hosting a holiday party — or just celebrating your own Moment of “Yay! The Kids Are in Bed!” Zen — I highly recommend whipping up this sweet, smooth, goes-down-way-too-easily martini. After one sip, you’ll be as happy as this guy:
And after a couple drinks…? You may end up floating in a similar pool of whipped cream. (Sorry, I promised Mr. Candy I wouldn’t post the photographic evidence.)
How My Breasts Destroyed My Quest for the Perfect Gingerbread Martini
Dec 16, 2011 | Filed Under: Mama Needs a Drink (Recipes) | Tags: Damn You Gingerbead Syrup, Gingerbread Martini
This is a cautionary tale. By God, nursing moms, do NOT let this happen to you.
With the light at the end of the two-kids-two-and-under-tunnel beginning to shine, and my refrigerator and freezer overflowing with enough breast milk to feed a small nation, I decided it was time to start treating myself to TGI(INSERT DAY[S] OF CHOICE HERE) drinks again. Because if anybody needs a drink, it’s a mom with two small kids. Or a mom with one kid. Or somebody who knows a mom with one or more kids.
Yes. We all deserve a drink.
So I dropped the kids off at daycare this morning and, as any respectable mother would do, I drove off in desperate search of a ton of liquor. You see, I’ve been researching holiday cocktails for myself and this here column — tough work, but somebody’s gotta do it — and have become obsessed with a gingerbread martini recipe I came across:
1/2 ounce Monin Gingerbread Syrup
1 ounce Vodka
1/2 ounce Kahlúa
1/2 ounce Baileys Irish Cream liqueur
1 ounce vanilla milk
Whipped Cream
Graham crust for rim of glass
Gingerbread cookie
As Skye would say while rubbing her rounded toddler belly, yummy in my tummy.
