This post is the sixth in my series of the 12 Days of Christmas DIYs for A Well Crafted Party. Check in each day for the next 12 Days for new DIY posts. There will be LOTS of free printables to boot! (Check out yesterday’s post: “DIY Branch Holiday Card Display“)

Chocolate Peppermint Cocktail

Anyone else a little obsessed with the chocolate-peppermint combo during the holiday season? No, just me? Well, I’ll take two of these then…

Last week I was wondering around the Clackamas Town Center (aka The Mall) and ran across the most amazing thing in the whole world. There is a East Side Distilling storefront IN THE MALL. Can I tell you how much better holiday shopping is after tasting some Burnside Bourbon? SO much better. One of my discoveries while there was a delicious Holiday Peppermint Bark Liqueur. Chocolate. Peppermint. Liqueur.

As soon as I bought it I thought of re-doing a nice chocolate martini to make this tasty rendition. But, first… my DIY for today!

DIY Peppermint Cocktail Rimmer

I love a good rimmer. Bud um dum.

This candycane sugar rimmer is super easy to make. You can rim your martini glasses or hot cocoa mugs by simply dipping the glass into chocolate sauce and then dipping it into the sugar. If you don’t want the glass to have the chocolate on the rim (it does look a little messy) then you can dip it into simple syrup and then into the rimming sugar.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 Candy Canes

Directions (with a food processor):

1. Put all into a food processor and process until similar sized grains.
2. Put onto a plate for rimming!

Directions (without food processor):

1. Put candy canes and sugar into a ziplock bag. Double bag it. Hit with a hammer or meat mallet until all of the candy canes are broken into small bits. Mix well.
2. Put onto a plate for rimming!

Note: I used organic candy canes and they stuck together quite a lot… it still worked wonderfully, but need to be broken up with a fork if you store it at all. Store in an airtight container or baggy.

Chocolate Peppermint Martini

Ingredients:

• 1 oz of Holiday Peppermint Bark Liqueur by Eastside Distilling
• 1 3/4 oz of Vodka
• 2 oz of Half & Half
• Dark Chocolate Syrup
• Shaker with ice
• Peppermint Cocktail Rimmer

Directions:

1. Take your martini glass and rim with chocolate syrup and peppermint cocktail rimmer.
2. Swirl chocolate syrup around the inside of your glass.
3. In a shaker pour the Peppermint Bark Liqueur, Vodka, and Half & Half over ice. Shake well.
4. Strain into the martini glass.

You can garnish with a little candy cane and enjoy!

This post was not sponsored. I really did find this stuff in a MALL. And, I will be going back… soon!