Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz – Creme de Cacao
• 1 1/2 oz – Peppermint Schnapps
• 3/4 oz – Cream
• Peppermint candy cane

Preparation

Combine the cremde de cacao, peppermint schnapps and cream in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a cocktail glass. Serve with a candy cane.

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Ingredients

• 1 oz – Amaretto
• 2 oz – Ginger Beer
• 3-4 dashes of Angostura Bitters

Preparation

Fill an old fashioned glass with ice cubes. Pour the ingredients over ice, stir and serve.

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz – Disaronno Amaretto
• 1/2 oz – Cognac
• 1 oz cream

Preparation

Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top.

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Ingredients

• 2 1/2 oz – Scotch
• 1 1/2 oz – Amaretto

Preparation

Fill an old fashioned glass with ice cubes. Pour the scotch and amaretto over the ice.

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz – Amaretto
• Cranberry Juice
• Wedge of  lime

Preparation

Pour amaretto over ice in an old-fashioned glass. Top off with cranberry juice and garnish with with a lime wheel.

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We’re featuring five of the most delicious cocktails from the list featured on the Grand Marnier website. Á votre santé!

Grand Cosmopolitan
Grand Sidecar
Grand Romance
Grand Mojito
Grand Ginger

Grand Cosmopolitan

Ingredients

• 3/4 oz Grand Marnier
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 1/2 oz cranberry juice
• 1 dash lemon juice

Preparation
Add the Grand Marnier, vodka, cranberry juice and lemon to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice.

Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Grand Sidecar

Ingredients

• 1/2 oz Grand Marnier
• 1 3/4 oz cognac
• 3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

Preparation
Add the Grand Marnier, cognac and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice.

Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Grand Romance

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 oz Grand Marnier
• 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
• 2 1/2 oz cranberry juice
• 1 dash Angostura bitters
• 1 dash raspberry syrup*

Preparation
Add the Grand Marnier, cognac and lemon juice to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

*Raspberry Syrup Recipe
Ingredients

• 2 cups raspberries
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

Preparation
Add the berries, 2 tablespoons of sugar and 1 cup of water to a saucepan. Stir slowly ad you cook over medium heat for 4 minutes until berries begin to release their juices.

Add 1 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 tbsp of lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a boil, turn down to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Strain the mixture through a cheesecloth lined strainer.

Return the liquid to the saucepan, add 1 1/2 cups sugar. Stir the sugar until it dissolves, then bring the mixture to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the stove and let cool. The syrup can be refrigerator and stored for up to 3 weeks in a tightly sealed container.

Grand Mojito

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz Grand Marnier
• 4 oz club soda
• Half lime
• 7 mint leaves
• Crushed ice

Preparation
In a tall glass, add Grand Marnier and mint leaves. Add fresh lime juice from half a lime. Add ice cubes and top off with soda water.

Grand Ginger

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz Grand Marnier
• 4 oz ginger ale
• Wedge of lime
• Ice cubes

Preparation
Fill a tall glass with ice cubes, pour in the Grand Marnier. Fill the rest of the glass with ginger ale. Squeeze the lime wedge over the drink and then add the wedges to the glass.

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• 1 1/2 oz Baileys Caramel
• 1 1/2 oz crème de cacao
• 1/2 oz butterscotch schnapps
• Mini creme egg

Preparation
Combine all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well then strain into a chilled martini glass. Drop a chocolate mini creme egg into the drink.

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• 1/2 oz Bailey’s
• 1/2 oz butterscotch schnapps
• 1/2 oz creme de menthe

Ingredients
Layer in the creme de menthe, butterscotch schnapps and Bailey’s into a chilled shot glass.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day Madtini readers!

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Cheers, here’s to the weekend!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
• 1 1/2 oz Kahlua
• 1 1/2 oz Baileys
• Chocolate Syrup

Preparation
Drizzle chocolate syrup around the inside of a chilled cocktail glass. Return glass to the freezer. Combine the white chocolate liqueur, Kahlua and Baileys in a cocktail shaker with 2-3 ice cubes. Shake for 7-8 seconds. Strain into the chilled cocktail glass and serve to your chocolate loving friends.

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It Friday and it sure as heck feels like Patio weather to us here in Toronto today. The sun is shining and the temperature outside of our igloos has climbed to a balmy 9 degrees celsius.

We’re throwing caution to the warm breeze and stripping off our gloves, trapper hats and snow pants.  Yes, we’re trying to forget that the temperature is forecasted to drop to -6 C overnight with snow on the way for Sunday.

In the meantime, let’s drink to Friday with something simple, yet delicious: Kahlua and Coke over ice. Cheers!

Ingredients

• 2 parts Kahlua
• 3 parts Coke
• Splash of fresh lime juice

Preparation
Pour Kahlua into a tall cocktail glass. Add ice, then pour coke over the ice. Add a squeeze of lime.

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