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Cookies & Cocktails 2025
Holiday Party 2025-12-25
Cookie & Cocktail Pairings
Each cookie is paired with a cocktail (or choice of two).
1. Caramel Filled Pretzel Cookies
Paired with:
- Salted Caramel Chocolate Martini — Chocolate liqueur, salted caramel vodka
- Werther’s White Russian — Overproof rum, Kahlúa, coffee, butterscotch rim
2. Marshmallow Hot Cocoa Cookies
Paired with:
- Hot Cocoa + Rum
- Peppermint White Russian — Vodka, Kahlúa, peppermint schnapps, cream
3. Eggnog Cut-Out Cookies
Paired with:
- Eggnog + Spiced Rum
4. Red Velvet Peppermint Bark Cookies
Paired with:
- Snowflake Peppermint Cocktail — Vanilla vodka, peppermint schnapps, cream
- Slippery Nipple Shot — Butterscotch schnapps, Irish cream
5. Italian Peach Cookies
Paired with:
- Peach Ginger Mojito — White rum, mint, lime, house-made peach ginger syrup
6. Brown Butter Sugar Cookies
Paired with:
- Brown Butter Old Fashioned — House-made brown butter fat-washed bourbon, brown sugar syrup, Angostura bitters
7. Cranberry Orange Oatmeal Cookies
Paired with:
- Spiced Cranberry Rosé Spritzer — Rosé, elderflower, cranberry, cardamom, ginger beer (batch prepared)
8. Bourbon Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Paired with:
- Baileys Chocolate Orange — Baileys Chocolate Liqueur, orange liqueur (no cinnamon)
9. Orange Shortbread Cookies
Paired with:
- Citrus Mulled Wine — Red wine, orange, cloves, star anise (served warm)
- The Kingston Club — Drambuie, pineapple, lime, Fernet, soda
10. Red Cherry Thumbprint Cookies
Paired with:
- Marasca Fizz — Cherry liqueur, maraschino cherries, Champagne
11. Salted Rosemary Shortbread
Paired with:
- Rosemary Gimlet — Gin, lime, house-made rosemary syrup