PINK COCKTAILS! Yep, and its not some unnatural weird stuff to make it that pretty. It’s prickly pears. Do you know about them? You cut them open, and they are the most beautiful bright pink color. So we used them to make some cocktails, and my favorite kind: fizzy cocktails. The first time I had a cocktail with an egg white in it, I thought it was going to be a little strange but it turned out to be really light and makes a nice fizzy top to your drink. We made this cocktail to be a little flexible, you can use just plain old simple syrup, or you can pair it with one of these three fabulous Morris Kitchen flavored syrups. Here is where the giveaway comes in. Eat Boutique is a great little online store that carries small batch foods made by amazing boutique makers. The cool thing is Eat Boutique crafts these amazing seasonal and regional gift boxes, as well as many awesome individual items. They also host tasting events and markets. It’s a pretty cool situation they have going on. Eat Boutique was nice enough to give us three Morris Kitchen flavored syrups: ginger, spiced apple, and preserved lemon. You can win this three pack by leaving a comment below, and tell us what your favorite holiday drink is. We will stop counting comments on Thursday at 1 p.m. pst. So you have till then to comment and hopefully win! Good luck! Please note that the winner’s box will not ship till after Christmas, and we will only ship within the US. Make sure you put in your email in the email field when you comment so we can contact you if you win!
♥ Teri
Prickly Pear Fizz
Serves 2 to 3
Ingredients:
1 prickly pear
2 tablespoons sugar
6 ounces gin
3 tablespoons Morris Kitchen Flavored Syrup of choice or Simple Syrup
1 ounce heavy cream
2 lemons, juiced
1 lime, juiced
2 egg whites
cold tonic water
1. Remove thick outer skin of the prickly pear and puree flesh with sugar until smooth. Strain and reserve 1/4 cup for use, storing the rest of the puree for another use.
2. Place all ingredients, except tonic water, into a shaker and shake vigorously for about 5 minutes.
3. Pour mixture into glasses and top each with tonic water. Serve.
**UPDATE** Congrats to LIZ who said: “Coquito! It’s a Puerto Rican eggnog made with coconut, cinnamon, and lots of rum 
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I love Morris kitchen flavorings! We use a rhubarb and lemon for cocktails.
a pink fizzy cocktail sounds wonderful!!
my favorite holiday drink is definitely homemade hot apple cider in front of the fireplace.
Yummy! I’m actually not sure I even know what a prickly pear looks like, but I’ll keep an eye out.
You’ll find prickly pears are going to be a lighter green, golden orange, or a berry red. Hailing from the cactus family, naturally they resemble a cactus (with some smooth spines) and more round like a pear.
: )
Hot buttered rum is hands down my favorite seasonal drink. I have wanted to try a Tom and Jerry for a while now though, but I doubt it will be able to unseat such an easy to make classic as the hot buttered rum, particularly since it is connected to such good memories for me.
This is actually the second time I’ve seen a prickly pear cocktail this season. Sort of makes me feel like I’ve been living under a rock (or just totally oblivious – probably that one) for not coming across prickly pears in my wanderings through various grocery stores.
My favourite holiday drink would definitely be the extremely versatile Hot Toddy. My usual recipe mixes Bengal Spice tea, bourbon, lemon and honey.
My favorite holiday drink is spiced sangria – will be making some for the family this year!
my favorite holiday drink is eggnog but that is bad news for this time of year. oh well.
I love any drink with bubbles and pomegranate!
Various (natural) flavors of hot cocoa top my list all winter!
Oooh, prickly pear abounds around here. Yay, now they seem to have more purpose since they have drinky drink potential.
I really do love eggnog, but only homemade or Strauss will do.
I love hot toddy’s in the winter but I also like an old fashioned.
my favorite holiday drink is definitely a jack rose — apple brandy, grenadine, lemon and lime. yum!
I will never not love Egg Nog. Preferably with as much brandy or rum as possible
How fun! Champagne is always a favorite! But I love the Clapless Belle as well.
I do so love a Brandy Old Fashioned. There is something about brandy that just says winter and Christmas to me.
My favorite holiday drink is a Rosemary Gin Fizz — rosemary simple syrup, lime juice, gin, and seltzer. Fizzy and refreshing and herbal!
Cocquito is my favorite holiday drink (it’s a spanish/Puerto Rican holiday drink).
It’s blended with ice, a can of condensed milk, a can of creme of coconut (coco lopez brand is usually the only one I can find…but note it’s creme of coconut and NOT coconut milk), a can of evaporated milk, a good amount of rum (based on preference
), and then, after poured into a glass, topped off with some nutmeg shavings.
It is ridiculous fattening but it is a holiday tradition and it is so freakin’ good!
I love having Sweet and Spicy tea during the Christmas season!
I’d have to say my favorite holiday drink is hot chocolate. Not too exciting… but I do love to flavor it with mint or hazelnut or caramel! Yum!
Hot toddy, or pumpkin egg nog
My favorite holiday cocktail is making a homemade cocoa and mixing with coconut milk and a peppermint liquor. I top it with a homemade vanilla whipped cream and sprinkle coarsely crushed candy canes on top. : )
(jaime@sweetroad.. prickly pears are lighter green, golden orange, or a berry red. Hailing from the cactus family, naturally they resemble a cactus with some smooth spines but more round like a pear.)
I don’t really have a favorite holiday drink but winning these flavored syrups would probably change that! I am really intrigued by the lemon!
This looks so yummy! My mom and dad have a prickly pear cactus in their backyard. My Dad has perfected his Prickly Pear Margarita recipe, now one of my favorite holiday drinks.
my favorite holiday drink is champagne, for sure!
one of my favorite holiday drinks: hot apple cider with a splash of brandy.
I LOVE those cute glasses! My favorite drink is spiced apple cider, so good!
fave holiday drink = champagne!
You’re blog never ceases to amaze me. You guys always have the best photos and most interesting recipes.
My favorite holiday drink is big mug of peppermint hot chocolate.
Hmm…not sure what a prickly pear is exactly, but I’ve seen “red and green tunas” at the supermarket which are definitely prickly. One in the same?! I’m so intrigued!!
I love any sort of peppermint flavored concoction this time of year!
We love a good Hot Toddy at our house when it’s cold outside!
Egg nog – I can’t help it, I love it!
peppermint hot cocoa
Egg nog is the best holiday drink! Spiked cider is a close second. Do hot toddies count as a holiday drink? I’d love to try this one! never have had a prickly pear.
My favorite drink this time of year is mulled wine!
Coquito! It’s a Puerto Rican eggnog made with coconut, cinnamon, and lots of rum
Mmm, this looks yummy! My favorite holiday drink is a hot toddy.
Love peppermint drinks! Peppermint aztec hot chocolate is definitely one of my favorites.
My fav is REAL hot chocolate (not from a mix) with peppermint vodka.
I’m imagining all the exciting things I can make, especially with the ginger syrup – yum! (gingerbread toddies comes to mind immediately)
My favorite holiday drink is champagne!
My favorite holiday drink is one of my own creation the combines St. Germain, gin, muddled cranberries, a homemade rosemary simple syrup, all over ice. I’m still working on a name but the working title is “A Flower for Your Elders.”
My favorite holiday drink is totally unexciting but I love it: Soy Nog…yep. Soy milk egg nog. It signals the start of Christmas to me!
I’ve started drinking/making/enjoying mulled wine this year and it’s delicious!
Egg Nog. It’s my favorite “holiday” drink. (Peppermint Schnapps is not far behind)
Of course I’m going to have to go with eggnog! It only comes once a year…
Hi Love all your fun recipes!
I really like those cups… do you remember where they are from?
thanks!
g
Glogg is my favorite holiday drink – Swedish mulled wine with boozy raisins and slivered almonds. Yum.
I enjoy eggnog during the holidays but my go to drink is always a Richmond Gimlet.
Happy Holidays!
My favorite cocktail for the holidays is gin, tonic, meyer lemon zest (a big curly cue), and a sprig of fresh thyme. Simple, festive, and DELICIOUS.
Eggnog with bourbon not rum!
I love hot apple cider for the holiday’s – with orange slices and cloves and cinnamon sticks. mmmmm
(side note – you guys must have the best prop closet!)
ummm that would have to be a hot buttered rum, DELICIOUS. And i’m dying over those glasses, so cute!
ooo… that is a really hard question. champagne is always a good choice
My favorite holiday drink is this sort of sangria/cider hybrid that my cousin always brings to the Christmas party at my grandmother’s house. It’s pretty much amazing.
hot toddys
Spiked egg nog. Always and forever.
hot toddies!!
Mmm I want to try making this
Sparkling wine is my favorite all year round, but it really seems to make the winter a bit brighter!
Hot cocoa with marshmallow
Love a fizzy drink for the holidays! My standard is champagne, but this year I have been big into mulled wine. In fact, I’m planning of whipping up my first batch this weekend for some holiday fun
Favorite drink is hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps – yummy!
Old school: plain old apple cider from Clyde’s Cider Mill in Mystic CT.
We call it a Jolly Russian, Egg nog shaken with Van Gogh Double Espresso vodka and ice.
I love Morris Kitchen! My favorite holiday drink–mulled wine or spiced cider! Yum!
Thanks for the chance to win!
J.
Egg nog! I’m a total connoisseur.
I don’t have a favorite drink yet but I’ll start designing one as soon as I win this giveaway. I’m imagining something with Meyer Lemon, gin, and fresh mint.
Bourbon with gingerale. Not very fancy… I don’t often have the patience for real cocktails. The flavored syrups would help, though!
We have gin fizzes on Christmas morning, those have to be my favorite!
My favorite holiday drink is probably a peach bellini, not because it is a holiday drink, but because the holiday season was when I discovered how great they are for the first time!
This time of year I love drinking Gin Fizzes with Rosemary Simple Syrup, or Champagne with a few cranberries in it! On cold evenings, nothing beats a Hot Toddy with Zaya Rum!
mmm prickly pear fizz! trying this one soon! My favorite holiday drink is moonshine eggnog mm mm dangerous and delicious
My brother makes the best egg nog. It’s like drinking a cloud that’s filled with alky-hawl.
my favorite holiday drink is Coquito which is basically a Puerto Rican version of alchoholic egg-nog
Really love Peppermint Eggnog Rum punch! So tasty!!
Boilo – a Northeastern PA favorite! It’s basically moonshine with lots of spices, perfect for cold nights!
Oooo I love a hot toddy for the scratchy throat that comes in winter and we always have mimosas on Christmas morning.
Love hot apple cider. Warms the heart and soul
It feels Christmassy to me, even though it’s not a holiday drink, per se – I’m so in love with Pisco Sours. They have a little bit of spice that make your insides feel warm, and it’s nice and frothy – the froth feels like milk foam on your upper lip. Yum yum yum.
Cold winter nights (and days too, who am I kidding) a Spiked Spicy Hot Cider is perfect.
That looks amazing! Now picking just one holiday cocktail… I think it would have to be prosecco with quince and apple’s tart cherry grenadine. Sooo yummy.
Ooh, this looks lovely. This would go perfectly after a spicy mulled wine.
My favorite holiday drink is apple cider! And mulled wine is pretty lovely, too. Thank you for the great giveaway!
What an awesome giveaway! Those sound delicious.
Last year my holiday drink of choice was the Grasshopper! This year I’ve mostly been drinking cider.
Wassail made with Hot Damn! Perfect for an ugly Christmas sweater party.
Eggnog!
I love the coconut nog.
Cup of hot cocoa on a cold day! Most likely with some booze thrown in
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Egg nog and hot chocolates!
Hot Toddies are an eternal delight!
These look great! My favorite holiday drink is hot apple cider… or eggnog.
My favorite holiday drink is Sorrel. It has a great fruity/ginger taste. It’s a popular Jamaican favorite particularly during the holidays!
My favorite is a peppermint mocha.
my drink for the holidays is glogg
Vanilla Old Fashioned!
I like mulled wine and apple cider (not together…but that might be interesting!)
These are some seriously pretty cocktails. My favorite holiday drink is anything fizzy and festive!
Lemon drop martini – for sure…or hot buttered rum ;0
A pomegranate martini! Yum!
Prickly pear fizz sounds delicious (I have been making pear jam for Christmas so i am going to go along with the theme)……i would like to try all of the drinks above mentioned….well not all at once…:)
thanks for an opportunity to win!! WOW this is a coool giveaway…
I love prickly pear margaritas, so I think I would LOVE this drink! My favorite holiday drink on the non-alcoholic side is salted caramel hot chocolate! The favorite alcoholic holiday beverage would be a poinsettia champagne mixed cocktail. Love the bubbles and the name just sounds like Christmas!
My go to cocktail is either a snuggler (hot cocoa with peppermint schnaaps) or a Hot Flash, (coffee, kahlua, bourbon, a little sugar and whipped cream). Either will warm the heart and other parts..
This drink loos so yummy! this would be a fun one to make for New Years or a girl’s night in. My favorite holiday drink is mulled apple cider topped off with some Markers Mark. Served warm of course!
Hot apple cider ! (boozy or booze free)
I’ve started adding apple cider vinegar which gives it a nice kick!
My favorite holiday drink is a flute of champagne topped with a splash of Pama.
I love spiced cider
Warm apple cider
mulled wine, love the warmth of it this time of year!
I love white chocolate lattes this time of year
Our traditional favorite has been a pear spritzer with Absolute pear vodka and ginger ale mixed with pear nectar and sliced pears! Can’t wait to try the prickly pear version
I don’t really have a favorite drink but always willing to try new concoctions anytime! Your Prickly Pear Fizz sounds wonderful and would love to try it with some of those devine syrups from Eat Boutique. Thanks for the opportunity and Merry Christmas to you…….
Margaritas (top shelf please) are my year round favorite and prickly pear maragritas are excellent!
I love reading all the comments to discover new faves! My favorite is Ruby Red Grapefruit, splash of Pom, and silver Tequila. Also, just made some Puerto Rican Eggnog, and it’s pretty darn tasty…
Egg nog is my favorite. Or cheater egg nog where I buy milk nog (lighter version of egg nog) at the store and splash some rum in it.
home made egg nog!
A Washington Apple. Because sometimes you have to take a break from hot mulled cider
Hot buttered rum or egg nog is my favorite.
eggnog! its so hard not to love!
Such pretty fizzy drinks! There’s a place here in Seattle that makes a mean “tunarita” (tuna means prickly pear).
In other news… my favorite holiday/winter drink is definitely hot buttered rum! …or hot buttered bourbon!?
Hot Buttered Rum! My dad always makes it each winter and it’s hands-down the best I’ve ever had.
Gotta say, hot toddies are my favorite! I just had a party and made some up in a crockpot with cider and cloved oranges with canadian whiskey. They were super easy, and a hit!
my fav is finnriver cranberry rose hip cider or simply a glass of eaglemount red wine
Would love to win your giveaway! Here in Maine we do not see prickly Pear much but love the array of flavors you offer.
Thank you
Christmas beers! Or Spiked Cider. Or champagne. Really, I don’t descriminate.
my favorite holiday drink is hot spiced cider. so yummy!
My favorite holiday drink is eggnog! Non-alcoholic!
I love anything with cranberry juice, like Poinsettias. It turns everything festive!
My favorite Holiday drink is Eggnog spiked with Rum.
My favorite holiday drink is a peppermint latte or hot apple cider!
Current winter drink obsession: spiked hot chocolate!
Eggnog or homemade hot cocoa made by my husband during the holidays!
Those look delicious!
I’m kinda limited at my local bar. My favorite holiday drink is a hard cider (Magners, not too sweet) with a shot of caramel vodka in it (Pearl, again so not too sweet).
Have a great holiday!
Ooooo tough one. I love a good gin fizz or a strong negroni for an after dinner cocktail. Great giveaway ladies!
My favorite holiday drink is a Chai Eggnog Latte!
I’ve been seeing fancy drinks with rosemary sticks as a garnish and love how that looks! So really, maybe it’s not about the drink but more so about the accessory for it
My favorite holiday drink is Hot Buttered Apple Cider (with rum!)!!
My favorite holiday drink is peppermint-infused vodka with club soda.
I like a christmas ale flavored with cloves and orange–delicious!
My favorite holiday drink is homemade eggnog. My favorite any party drink is a Cosmo in any variation.
Mulled non-alcoholic wine
My favorite holiday drink is a homemade (insert well-known brand name here) Irish Creme. The recipe off the top of my head is thus:
3/4 – 1.5 cups brown alcohol (brandy, rum, bourbon, etc.
3 heaping tablespoons each instant coffee and cocoa powder
3 tablespoons hot water
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 quart half-and-half
Blend alcohol, instant coffee, cocoa powder and hot water until incorporated; add sweetened condensed milk and continue mixing; finish with half-and-half until completely incorporated. Store in beautiful bottles and affix your own labels.
Can be served over ice and is terrific in coffee. It will last several weeks – if you can keep it that long – provided it is kept cold and (very importantly) firmly hand-shaken each day. I keep mine on the icebox door to remind me to perform the daily shaking ritual. GREAT ARM EXERCISE!
Enjoy!
Ouuu, just found this site from a Pinterest board on aromatherapy. Love the cocktails-so simple-so fresh. I think I can make this!
(Amazing photography for a foodie blog. Win or not, consider me smitten with your site!)
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