GINGERBREAD MAN MARTINI

GINGERBREAD MAN MARTINI
Kettle One Vodka
Kahlua
Goldschlager
Baileys


I’m finding it hard to find a martini I don’t like. Tonight, it was a GINGERBREAD MAN Martini at a near-by wings joint, Harry Buffalo. I was intrigued by the combination of ingredients, especially the Goldschlager. Goldschlager is a swiss cinnamon schnapps with hundreds of real gold flakes swirling around each bottle. I remember how popular it was when it came out in the 1990s. I thought the gold was gimmicky, but the liquor was good. Mixing it with vodka, Kahlua and Baileys didn’t sound to me like something that would create a flavor equal to my favorite holiday-time gingerbread man cookies, so, I had to taste it for myself.

Well my friends, run, run as fast as you can and get yourself a GINGERBREAD MAN Martini. Because, man, was it good. Somehow the ingredients — which the bartender put into a shaker filled with ice, shook and strained into a martini glass — do make a cocktail that tastes like a gingerbread cookie, but even better. Thankfully, the martini was missing that overpowering ginger, sweet taste that the cookies sometimes have. But the martini would have been even better with a gingerbread rim and a whipped cream topping. Either way, I’d sure like to sip this cocktail with a cookie someday. The GINGERBREAD MAN Martini would make a great holiday cookie companion,n and was a damn good Monday night drink too.

Drink Up^

Cocktail Connie