Here are some yummy festive Cocktails and Merrytinis to entertain your guests around Christmas or New Year! My favorite it the Baily’s Chocolate Dipped Martini, it tasts just like a candy bar!

Baily’s Chocolate Dipped Martini

Ingredients:

• 4 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream Liqueur
• 1/4 Cup chocolate melting chips or chopped Hershey’s milk chocolate candy bar
• 1 shaker chocolate sprinkles

Steps:

1. Melt chocolate in the microwave in 10-second increments; stir until smooth.
2. Pour chocolate on to a saucer.
3. Dip the rim of a Martini glass in the melted chocolate and immediately shake chocolate sprinkles over the chocolate rim.
4. Add Baileys and ice into a cocktail shaker with ice.
5. Shake and strain into the chocolate-rimmed Martini glass to serve.

S’mores Merrytini

Ingredients:

• 5 oz. milk
• 1 Tablespoon Hershey’s Chocolate Syrup
• 1 – 2 tablespoons Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme
• 1 graham cracker
• 1 chocolate bar piece

Steps:

1. Add milk into a mug or glass.
2. Stir in Hershey’s syrup until combined.
3. Spoon marshmallow creme on top of the cocktail. Wait for a couple of minutes and the cream will settle forming a smooth topping.
4. Insert the graham cracker and chocolate bar piece into the crème topping and serve.

Santa’s Hat

Ingredients:

• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 Teaspoon water
• 1/4 Cup sweetened, flaked coconut
• 3 oz. red cranberry juice
• 1 oz. Malibu Rum
• 1/2 oz. grenadine
• 1 candy cane

Steps:

1. Mix together powdered sugar and water until smooth.
2. Fold a paper towel into a 4-inch square and lay it on a saucer.
3. Spread the powdered sugar mixture on top of the towel on the saucer.
4. Spread coconut in a shallow layer on another saucer.
5. Dip the rim of a Martini glass in the sugar mixture on the towel until the rim is coated.
6. Then, dip the sugared rim into the coconut. Use a spoon to pack the coconut on to the sugar coating so it stays on the rim.
7. Add the cranberry juice, Malibu rum and grenadine into a cocktail shaker with ice.
8. Shake and strain into a prepared Martini glass and serve.
9. Garnish with a candy cane. Break off the top hook of the candy cane if desired.