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Our Favorite Holiday Recipes

This season we’ve had the absolute pleasure of partnering with Sunset Magazine and contributing to their Best of the West subscription box! We’ve been fans of Sunset for as long as we can remember, so being included in their offerings is truly a full-circle moment. Sunset has always been the pinnacle of western style, curating the best recipes, design ideas, travel suggestions, and more since 1898. 

Enjoy these festive recipes below focusing on three of our favorite flavors for the holidays: Peppermint, Pomegranate, and White Ginger Simple Syrup!

Peppermint Simple Syrup

Peppermint Espresso Martini

Ingredients

  • 0.5 oz. Peppermint Simple Syrup
  • 2 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. espresso
  • 0.5 oz. coffee liqueur
  • Coffee beans (to garnish)
  • Ice

Directions

  • Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
  • Strain into a chilled martini glass.
  • Garnish with coffee beans.

Peppermint Drop

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Peppermint Simple Syrup
  • 3 oz. vodka
  • Juice of ½ a lemon
  • Ice

Directions

  • Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
  • Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Iced Peppermint Cold Brew Coffee

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz. Peppermint Simple Syrup
  • 8 oz. cold brew coffee
  • 1.5 oz. milk or cream
  • Ice

Directions

  • Add ice to a tall glass and pour in syrup.
  • Pour in cold brew coffee and mix in milk or cream.

Pomegranate Simple Syrup

Sparkler Royale

Ingredients

  • 0.5 oz. Pomegranate Simple Syrup
  • 5 oz. sparkling wine or champagne

Directions

  • Pour syrup into a sugared champagne flute.
  • Add sparkling wine or champagne.

Pomegranate Martini

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Pomegranate Simple Syrup
  • 3 oz. vodka
  • Dash of Cointreau
  • Maraschino cherry (to garnish)
  • Ice

Directions

  • Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
  • Strain into a chilled martini glass.
  • Garnish with a cherry.

Pomegranate Paloma

Ingredients

  • 0.5 oz. Pomegranate Simple Syrup
  • 3 oz. sparkling grapefruit juice
  • 2 oz. tequila
  • 0.5 oz. lime juice
  • Lime wheel
  • Ice

Directions

  • Add all ingredients but the grapefruit juice into a shaker with ice and shake.
  • Strain into a tall glass with ice. Top with sparkling grapefruit juice.
  • Garnish with a lime wheel.

White Ginger Simple Syrup

Gingerbread Latte

Ingredients

  • 3 oz. White Ginger Simple Syrup
  • 1 shot of espresso
  • 8 oz. milk

Directions

  • Prep your espresso shot.
  • Pour syrup and milk into milk frother or into a cup to froth with a frothing wand. 
  • Pour espresso into a mug, then top with frothed milk.

Spicy Ginger Sangria Pitcher

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. Sonoma Syrup Co. White Ginger Simple Syrup
  • 1 bottle red wine of your choice
  • 2 persimmons or fall apples, sliced
  • 0.5 cup mission figs, sliced
  • 1 orange, sliced
  • Sparkling water
  • Ice

Directions

  • To a large pitcher, add syrup, wine, and fruit.
  • Put the pitcher in the fridge for up to a day.
  • To serve, fill tall glasses with ice and fill about ⅔ of the glass with sangria.
  • Top with sparkling water and garnish with any leftover fruit slices.

Mulled & Gingered Cider

Ingredients

  • 4 oz. White Ginger Simple Syrup
  • 8 cups apple cider
  • 1 orange, thinly sliced
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg
  • Cinnamon sticks (to garnish)

Directions

  • Add all ingredients to a large pot.
  • Set on the stove and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Serve in punch cups and garnish with a cinnamon stick.