Vegan Peppermint Martini
Shake things up at your festive party with this elf-approved vegan peppermint martini cocktail
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This refreshing festive cocktail is bright, sweet, and minty – it’s a candy cane in a glass!
Serve your vegan peppermint martini in a cocktail glass with a candy cane garnish for an elf-tastic cocktail that’s filled with Christmas cheer. It’s sure to ‘sleigh’ at any festive party.
What is a martini?
A traditional martini is a simple but effective mix of gin and vermouth, served cold with an olive garnish.
However, the term ‘martini’ has come to refer to a variety of different drinks, and many different cocktails now carry this label.
Along with more traditional variants, like the sweet, dry, or vodka martini, appletini and espresso martini cocktails are popular and well-known martini variants.
Are candy canes vegan?
Fortunately, most standard candy canes are vegan-friendly but there are a few animal ingredients to look out for.
Red food colouring can contain carmine, a colouring agent derived from beetles. This is growing increasingly rare, so most candy canes will be insect free.
It is unlikely that candy canes would contain gelatine, but it is worth checking the ingredients just in case.
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1
Rating:
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1
Ingredients
Method
Ingredients
(Servings: 1)
- 60 60 ml vodka
- 30 30 ml peppermint schnapps
- splash of grenadine
- peppermint crunch (you can crush up a vegan candy cane in a ziploc bag
Method
- Place your peppermint crunch on a plate bigger than the rim of your martini glass.
- Wet the rim of your glass and set it down in the peppermint to coat the rim.
- In a martini shaker add ice, vodka, schnapps, and grenadine and shake.
- Pour in your martini glass.
Max out the mint by serving your cocktail with these Peppermint Whoopie Pies
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