Celebrate New Year’s with these vodka cocktails

When it comes to cocktails for New Year’s parties, are you stuck with your usual glass of champagne? The mixologists at Exclusiv Vodka have created some tasty cocktail recipes that are sure to spice up your holidays.

What’s nice about these cocktails is that they can be made with inexpensive, seasonal ingredients such as apple cider, egg nog, cinnamon and caramel sauce. Exclusiv Vodka, currently available in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, is also affordably priced at $20 for 1.75 liters.

Exclusiv Vodka is made in Moldova, near the shores of the Black Sea, where they take the highest quality winter wheat and use the finest distilling process, giving it a sweeter, more polished taste. If you’re a vodka drinker, be sure to check it out. (A bottle also makes a nice holiday gift!)

Holiday cocktails

Exclusiv Citrus-Cranberry Punch

Exclusiv Citrus –Cranberry Punch can be made as a single drink served in a champagne flute or as a punch bowl, making it perfect for holiday and New Year’s Eve parties.

Ingredients:

• 1 oz Exclusiv Citrus Vodka
• 1/2 oz Limoncello
• 1 oz cranberry juice (very cold)
• Ginger ale (very cold)

Directions.

1. Combine ingredients in a champagne flute.
2. Fill to the top with a high quality ginger ale.

Exclusiv Hot Holiday Cider

Perfectly fitting for the holidays and sure to keep you warm is the Exclusiv Hot Cider. This delightfully delicious drink includes hot apple cider (or apple juice), Buttershots liqueur or Monin Caramel Syrup, and ground cinnamon topped with whipped cream and caramel sauce. Serve it in a glass coffee mug!

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz Exclusiv Vodka
• 4 oz Hot Apple Cider or Apple Juice
• 1/2 oz Buttershots Liqueur or Monin Caramel Syrup
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Whipped cream (optional)
• Caramel sauce (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix ingredients.
2. Garnish with whipped cream and caramel sauce.

Exclusiv Egg Nog

An Exclusiv twist on everyone’s favorite holiday drink.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 oz Exclusiv Vodka
• 3/4 oz B & B (Benedictine and Brandy)
• 1/2 oz white creme de cacoa
• 3 oz Egg Nog (very cold)
• Cinnamon stick

Directions:

1. Combine ingredients in a snifter with a 2-5 cubes of ice. Shake or stir to combine ingredients.
2. Pour into a large glass and garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Anne-Marie Nichols is the Managing Editor of Mom Central Food. You can also find her cooking up some healthy recipes at This Mama Cooks! On a Diet.

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Disclosure: Anne-Marie received a bottle of Exclusiv to try out.

Anne-Marie Nichols