Gingerbread Martini
Made with loads of rich liqueurs, lots of sugar, and even vanilla ice cream, a traditional gingerbread martini will run you more than 480 calories.
Ingredients
- ½- inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 cloves
- ½ cup water
- Pinch kosher salt
- 1 to 2 gingersnap cookies, optional for rim
- 1 ounce vodka
- Squeeze lime juice
- 2 ounces half and half
- 2 tablespoons aerated whipped cream, optional
Instructions
For the spiced ginger syrup:
- Add ginger to a small saucepan along with brown sugar, cinnamon stick, cloves, water and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Allow to cool, then strain syrup* through a fine-mesh strainer. Store in refrigerator until ready to prepare drink (will keep for up to 2 weeks).
For optional lined rim:
- Rim a glass with gingersnap cookie crumbs by running a lime wedge along the edge and dipping into a plate of crushed cookie (1 to 2 small cookies per drink).
- Pour vodka, lime juice, 1 ounce gingerbread syrup, and half and half into a cocktail shaker with ice. Cover shaker, shake and strain drink into rimmed glass. Top with an optional squirt of whipped topping and any leftover crushed cookie.
Notes
*NOTE: This makes just enough syrup for 1 to 2 drinks. To make more, keep the 4:1 ratio of water to sugar and increase based on number of drinks needed.
Add 30 calories for 1 gingersnap cookie and 10 calories per tablespoon optional whipped topping.
Nutrition Information per serving
Calories: 250Carbohydrates: 30gProtein: 2gTotal Fat: 6g— Unsaturated Fat: 4g— Saturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 160mgPotassium: 61mgFiber: 0gTotal Sugar: 29g— Natural Sugar: 2g— Added Sugar: 27gCalcium: 106mg
Nutrition information is calculated using a leading industry software. That being said, brands can vary, and there may be slight fluctuations in the numbers.