121 Cocktail Recipes

These flavorful recipes will put the leftovers to good use. This recipe takes a little extra work since it has three separate components, but it’s always a show-stopper. It’s a boozy combination of custard and meringue topped with a whispy candy garnish. When you fill the cake with spices, pecans, citrus zest, a stick of butter, and rum, you’ve created something that may win over fruit cake haters. Our rum fruit cake uses less-processed dried fruits like cranberries, apricots, cherries, figs, and prunes. Just keep in mind that, while the rum baked in the cake may have dissipated a bit, the rum in the glaze is full strength.

Instant Pot RumChata Cheesecake

This boozy variation uses Baileys liqueur to add Irish flair to the Latin classic. Start your happy hour right with this Baileys tres leches cake! The cake’s lightness complements the rum’s oaky sweetness, making for a delicious treat. But sometimes, I want something boozy and sweet that’s also fruity, creamy, or maybe even chocolatey.

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I find this recipe pretty appealing because many people find that steak ends up dry or tasteless when they cook it at home. You could actually use the burger patties from this recipe with any combination of burger buns and other burger ingredients. I love this recipe as a way to make burgers a little bit more interesting. This burger recipe comes from lifeasastrawberry.com and it focuses on using a heavy stout or lager to help create a smoky flavor. You can find all of the details you would need for this recipe at gratineeblog.com. To me, this recipe is a good reminder that you really don’t need to buy jars of bottled pasta sauce from the grocery store.

Bacardi Rum Cake

The images for beer can chicken do always look a little silly, but there is a really good reason for the approach. We’re talking about alcohol and cooking, so I really did have to mention beer can chicken at least once. The recipe comes from artandthekitchen.com, so you can find all of the ingredients and directions over there.

This particular recipe is pretty cool because beer is actually an ingredient in the tortillas and also in the chicken. This time, the recipe comes from thebeeroness.com and as you might imagine, that is a great site to check out if you’re interested in including beer in recipes. Using beer in cooking is certainly a common approach, so here’s another recipe that does just that.

Sweet Mivi made jack and coke cupcakes with a gummi coke bottle topping that made us giggle. If you’re looking for a holiday treat, check out these cinnamon eggnog bourbon cupcakes from The Java Cupcake Blog! For an extra satisfying bite with a boost of chocolate, check out these cupcakes from CupcakePedia. Here are some classic margarita cupcakes complete with a green-hue and beautiful garnish. Live Love Pasta has another champagne cupcake recipe that we’re left swooning for.

Dinner parties, wine nights with the girls or a celebration of any kind (for adults, of course) can be amped up a bit with some of these moist and delicious mini-cakes. Prep for the weekend with a batch of these boozy baked bites. If you loved our list of boozy smoothies, please share it on Pinterest!

The chocolate and coconut combo is a classic, but this recipe takes it to another level. This chocolate and coconut cake is rich and moist with a sweetness that’s just right. Made with coconut rum and freshly grated coconut, it’s buttery, fluffy, and oh-so-boozy. One bite of this cake will transport you to a breezy beach in the Caribbean. But trust me, this Kentucky bourbon butter cake is what you need in your life!

• These 60 boozy recipes range from sweet to savory and feature every kind of booze there is!
• Creamy crab soup reaches a different comfort level when you add Old Bay seasoning, beer, and bacon.
• Fruetcake made these Irish cream cupcakes that you’re really going to love.

This recipe, from theblondcook.com, is powerful in that regard because the glaze here contains rum and pineapple, which is sure to make an amazing holiday dish. Actually, this entire recipe is easy to pull off and involves relatively little prep work or effort. This recipe comes from thenoshery.com and it really is worth trying out. This particular recipe is from notquitenigella.com and it’s a fairly simple introduction into the world of vodka and pasta. This recipe is another example of how powerful vodka can be in a cream-based sauce.

Boozy Desserts For Lovers Of All Things Alcoholic And Sweet

Gin and tonic drizzle cake is the perfect refreshing treat on a warm spring day. Its refreshing notes come from the mint-lime combo that really shines in this recipe. The pound cake is soaked in a rum syrup for a wonderfully sweet and tangy taste.

Chocolate Pecan Pie

This Baileys Irish cream cake is just what you need for a brunch dessert. Plus, the cake’s deep brown color and white frosting create a simple but striking presentation. Topped with a Baileys-infused cream cheese icing, it has a nice kick of booze. Sophisticated, rich, and sweet, this champagne and strawberries cake is the perfect treat for a special day. The airy sponge cake soaked in creamy, sweet milk makes an indulgent dessert that’s light but decadent.

Swai fish with caper and white wine sauce

• Now, this recipe is a bit different because it’s fairly uncommon to see chicken done in beer batter, but there is no reason why not.
• When you’re serving appetizers for a crowd, why not choose one that’s both social and boozy to get the event off to a good start?
• So, as you can imagine, I was pretty taken by the photo in general and the recipe itself is even better than the photo.
• Our recipe calls for a pound each of Swiss and gouda cheese, so it serves a crowd.

Over at the Domestic Gothess you’ll find this awesome recipe for an espresso martini cupcake. The Java Cupcake made some raspberry mojito cupcakes that would be perfect for a summer day with the gals. Katiecakes made some unique and gorgeous violet cupcakes for all of us to get intrigued a bit by. Check out these frangelico cupcakes from Little Box Brownie. Chocolate espresso cupcakes are rounded off with some Kahlua cream cheese frosting!

Kiwi and Peach has all the details on the bourbon infused creations. Tracey’s Culinary Adventures took a chocolatey, dessert drink and made it even more dessert worthy by making it into a cupcake. You can find the recipe by visiting This Silly Girl’s Kitchen. Beth Cakes made a whiskey sour cupcake that everyone at the party will dive into – even the men! But the spark to the madness comes in the form of its boozy honey buttercream frosting.

The beer of choice is either Guinness or any stout beer, which would just add to the rich taste of the meat. I have always loved the combination of red wine and meat, Booze-inspired recipes and this recipe is a great way of taking advantage of those flavors. The recipe uses a few key flavors to complement the flavor of the shrimp.

A zesty sponge cake with a cream cheese filling, boozy syrup, and fruity topping? When I think of boozy desserts, “cake” isn’t the first thing that comes to my mind. It has layers of moist chocolate cake with rum-infused cherry filing for a drunken twist.

If you’ve got a serious sweet tooth, you’ll want to try this Amaretto cheesecake asap. Between the rum-based cream liqueur, a splash of cinnamon, and velvety filling, this RumChata cheesecake is a showstopper. Here’s another crazy delicious alcoholic cheesecake that’ll make you swoon. This boozy confection features a chocolate cookie crust and a rich, decadent ganache too. It’s generously slathered with a Kahlua glaze that cranks up the boozy goodness to 11! Boozy and chocolatey, this Kahlua cake is an excellent party dessert to share with friends.