5 Holiday Inspired Cocktails by Van Gogh Vodka

Disclosure: I received samples for this post. All opinions are my own.

These Van Gogh Vodka’s festive holiday cocktail recipes are destined to make sure your party is a holiday hit. I’ve also included some tips to make sure that you get to enjoy your party and the company too. It’s your party, so prepare everything before so you aren’t running around the entire time. Premix the cocktails in batches and serve in small bottles.

Hot Caramel Buttered Rum

     

• 1-1/2 oz. Ron Abuelo Añejo Rum
• 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka
• 1 Tbsp Unsalted butter, softened
• 1 Tbsp Brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp Honey
• Pinch Ground Cinnamon
• Pinch Ground Cloves
• Pinch Nutmeg
• Cinnamon Stick

Add all ingredients (excluding rum and vodka) into a hot drinking cup or mug. Mix the ingredients together until they are well combined and have formed a batter. Add Ron Abuelo Añejo Rum and Van Gogh Dutch Caramel Vodka. Pour in hot water (1 cup or more to personal taste) and stir vigorously until the mixture has dissolved. Garnish with cinnamon stick.

 

Gingerbread

 

• 1 oz. Van Gogh Vanilla
• 1 oz. hazelnut liqueur
• 1/2 oz. butterscotch schnapps
• 2 oz. ginger ale

Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake well, pour into a tall glass and garnish with cinnamon stick.

Honey Pom Pom

 

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• 1-1/2 oz. Van Gogh Pomegranate Vodka
• 3/4 oz. pomegranate juice
• 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 oz. honey syrup (equal parts honey and water)

Shake ingredients very well with ice and strain into martini glass or over ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.

 

Vanilla Eggnog Martini

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• 1 oz. Van Gogh Vanilla Vodka
• 3/4 oz. Amaretto
• 2-1/2 oz. Eggnog, already prepared

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass. Dust with freshly grated nutmeg or cinnamon.

 

The Fireside Chat

• 3 oz. Espresso Lungo
• 1 1/2 oz. Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka
• 1/4 oz. Monin Salted Caramel Syrup
• 2 oz. Foamed milk

Pour ingredients in a mug and stir briefly.  Garnish with cloved orange peel.

 

To see more Van Gogh Vodka Seasonal Cocktails visit their website.

The Art of Vodka.

Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh is famous for his emotional honesty, use of bold colors and for pioneering the post-impressionist movement. Van Gogh Vodka celebrates its namesake with beautiful, artist-inspired packaging and innovative flavors with vibrant, true-to-life tastes.

The highly acclaimed and colorful collection includes two smooth, unflavored vodkas, Van Gogh Classic-80 and Van Gogh BLUE Triple Wheat – as well as twenty-two bold flavors that can stand on their own or enhance your cocktail with their remarkably real tastes and aromas.

 

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5 Cocktails to Celebrate the First Day of Summer

This Saturday, why not celebrate the first day of summer with some low-calorie cocktails? Easy to make - with minimal ingredients required - these first day of summer cocktails are great for toasting to warm weather, poolside parties and fun summer adventures ahead.

Mango Sunrise

Ingredients:

3 oz.  Mango Lemonade Sparkling ICE

1.5 oz. Tequila

Splash of Grenadine syrup

Lemon slices and mint for garnish (optional)

Directions:

Using a tall Collins glass, pour tequila, then Mango Lemonade Sparkling ICE over ice.  Stir gently to mix.

Top with a splash of Grenadine syrup.

Garnish with lime slices and mint sprigs. 

Summer Lovin'

Ingredients:

4 ounces of VOGA Italia Premium Sparkling

1 ounce of vanilla flavored vodka

A splash of pomegranate juice

Lime for garnish

Directions:

Add vodka and pomegranate juice to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake gently. Strain into a chilled martini glass and top off with VOGA Italia Premium Sparkling. Garnish with a lime. 

 

Teeny Bikini Coffee Martini

Ingredients:

3 oz. RealBeanz Diet Cappuccino

1 oz. vanilla vodka

½ oz sugar syrup

Coffee beans to garnish

Directions:

Combine all ingredients together with cubed ice in a Boston and shake. Pour into a martini glass and garnish with coffee beans.

Beach Breeze

Ingredients:

3 oz. VOGA Italia Sparkling

.75 oz. Strawberry Liqueur

2 oz. Strawberry Puree

0.5 oz Lemon Juice

1.5 Tsp. Sugar

Mint leaves for garnish

Directions:

Combine VOGA Italia Sparkling, strawberry liqueur, strawberry puree, lemon juice and sugar in a glass. Stir and garnish with mint.

Pool Party

Ingredients:

3 oz. Lemonade Sparkling ICE

1 oz. white rum

Mint leaves

Lime

Directions:

Muddle mint leaves with rum.

Strain and pour over ice.

Top with Lemonade Sparkling ICE.

Garnish with a fresh lime and mint leaves. 

 

Have any more drinks that is perfect for summer? Leave them below! Have fun!

 

-Jessica

Review: Activate Drinks- Vitamin Water

I like to think that I try my very best to drink the recommended amount of water everyday. Drinking tons of water gets kind of boring after awhile, so I like to mix it up with Vitamin waters.
I have tried MANY of the different vitamin waters that are on the market. I was excited to give Activate a try. There was really only one that caught my tastebuds because it didn’t taste like watered down juice, it actually TASTED like juice. YUM

Activate is very unique from other Vitamin waters. Activate did tons of research only to find out that vitamins lose their potency when just sitting in water. SO- they came up with their own little solution to keeping the vitamins strong.

The Vitamins are stored in the lid , so all you have to do is turn the lid left to release the vitamins into the water before you drink it. They sent me 3 different flavored drinks to try.

Antioxidant (Berry), Vitamin (Fruit Punch), & Energy (Lemon Lime)
All three drinks were really refreshing and invigorating. Certainly different from the other vitamin drinks. When you twist the cap you could actually SEE the vitamin substance fall into the water, and then you gently shake it up.

Taste is very important to me when it comes to flavored water. These are sweetened with Stevia, so it has absolutely no sugar added. Although there isn’t any sugar, it is still sweet, tasty, and tangy.
Each flavor was exactly the right amount of sweet. My kids loved seeing the vitamins release into the water. They thought it was pretty cool. They weren’t too strong or too sweet. Just what flavored water should be.
Flavorful water with a bonus of vitamins and antioxidants!

 The packaging is very eye catching and unique. The bottles fit very well into my car cup holder, so it was easy to take them with me wherever I went. The bottles are made from 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic and BPA Free

To see the full range of Activate products, check out their webpage. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.

About ACTIVATE: ACTIVATE is THE innovative, enhanced vitamin beverage ideal for people with active lifestyles. ACTIVATE is naturally sweetened with stevia – making it a guilt-free, 0-calorie drink with surprising flavor and no preservatives or sugar.  Did you know that vitamins and other healthy ingredients lose potency sitting in water? By storing the active ingredients inside the unique cap, separate from the water, ACTIVATE’s vitamins stay fresh, potent and offer a convenient way to get a healthy dose of the nutrients your body needs to help you activate your well-being.



Jessica Renee