Pink Peppermint Cocktail Recipe

Stuck with a slew of swirly, peppermint candy? Here's a delicious (and pretty!) cocktail guaranteed to please.

Pink Peppermint Cocktail Recipe

If Santa left a sleigh full of candy canes for you this year, and you're wondering what to do with them all, here's an easy peppermint flavored cocktail guaranteed to please!

From: Brian Patrick Flynn

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By: Brian Patrick Flynn

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Yield: 1 drink

Ingredients

1.5 ounces vodka
1/4 ounce brandy
1/2 ounce half and half

1 tablespoon soft peppermint, crushed
mint sprigs, for garnish
soft peppermint stick, for garnish

Ingredients Needed

1.5 oz vodka 1 tbsp. soft peppermint (crushed) 1/4 oz brandy 1/2 oz half n half mint sprigs soft peppermint stick ice

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Create Vodka Base

Combine vodka and peppermint into a cocktail shaker, then stir until blended.

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Combine vodka and peppermint into a cocktail shaker, then stir until blended.

Add Brandy + Half and Half

Add Brandy And Half n' Half

Next, add brandy and half n half, then stir.

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Add brandy and half and half, then stir.

Shake and Strain

Next, close cocktail shaker firmly, then shake it vigorously for about 30 seconds. Scoop ice into your cocktail glass. Then, remove the top of the shaker and strain over ice.

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Shake + Strain

Next, close cocktail shaker firmly, then shake it vigorously for about 30 seconds. Scoop ice into your cocktail glass. Then, remove the top of the shaker and strain over ice.

From: Brian Patrick Flynn

Photo By: Flynnside Out Productions

Shake + Strain

Next, close cocktail shaker firmly, then shake it vigorously for about 30 seconds. Scoop ice into your cocktail glass. Then, remove the top of the shaker and strain over ice.

From: Brian Patrick Flynn

Photo By: Flynnside Out Productions

Shake + Strain

Next, close cocktail shaker firmly, then shake it vigorously for about 30 seconds. Scoop ice into your cocktail glass. Then, remove the top of the shaker and strain over ice.

From: Brian Patrick Flynn

Photo By: Flynnside Out Productions

Close cocktail shaker firmly, then shake vigorously for about 30 seconds (Image 1). Scoop ice into a cocktail glass (Image 2). Strain over ice (Image 3).

Garnish and Serve

Garnish + Serve

Once the drink is poured, simply garnish with a few sprigs of fresh mint and a soft peppermint stick.

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Garnish with fresh mint sprigs and a soft peppermint stick.

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Pink Peppermint Cocktail Recipe

Pink Peppermint Cocktail Recipe

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Yield: 1 drink

Ingredients Needed

Create Vodka Base

Create Vodka Base

Add Brandy + Half and Half

Add Brandy And Half n' Half

Shake and Strain

Shake + Strain

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Shake + Strain

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Shake + Strain

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Garnish and Serve

Garnish + Serve

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