Holiday Mini Peppermint Tini Recipes

Steps:

• Wet the rim of a chilled martini glass with water, and dip into the crushed candy cane. Pour the vodka, schnapps, and half-and-half into a cocktail shaker over ice. Cover, and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted. Strain into the rimmed martini glass, and garnish with candy cane to serve.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 24 mini muffin cups with shortening or cooking spray. Generously sprinkle with unsweetened cocoa powder or flour; tap off any excess.
• In medium bowl, stir together cookie mix, 1/2 cup of the butter and the egg until dough forms. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; place each ball in mini muffin cup.
• Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until set.
• Remove muffin pan from oven. With rounded handle of wooden rolling pin, press small indentation into each cookie to form cup. Cool completely before removing from muffin cups.
• Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat powdered sugar, remaining 1 cup butter and the peppermint extract with electric mixer on medium-high speed until well combined.
• Place half of frosting in each of 2 separate bowls; tint 1 red and other green with food color. Spoon each frosting into separate disposable plastic decorating bag. Pinch tip of each bag together; snip about 1 inch up. Slide both bags into third decorating bag fitted with large star tip.
• Pipe frosting into each cookie cup. Garnish each with peppermint candy.

Steps:

• In a medium pitcher blend together vodka, cranberry juice, grenadine,orange juice and lemon or lime juice.
• Add about 1 cup of ice and stir to chill. Strain into two 8-ounce martini glasses. Garinish wth lemon or lime peel. This recipe can be doubled or tripled.

Steps:

• Pulse candy canes in a food processor until crumbly, set aside on small plate.
• Melt chocolate in a small flat bowl in the microwave. The bowl should be just large enough to dip the mini martini glasses. (I recommend microwaving in small amount of intervals, 10-15 seconds at a time until just melted.).
• Dip each glass in melted chocolate and then immediately dip in crushed peppermint; chill in the refrigerator to set until ready to serve.
• Using a cocktail shaker, first mix half the vodka and half the coconut liquor with ice and shake for 15 seconds, pour into chocolate peppermint rimmed glasses. This serves four mini cocktails.
• Repeat with remaining half of mixture and serve the remaining cocktails.