Eggnog Cocktail
This recipe comes from one of my favorite blogs called Love in my Oven. I love it because Katherine is adorable, and has great passion for everything she does in the kitchen, and for life in general. I really am surprised she hasn’t opened a bakery yet, or maybe even a bar, considering her love of a good cocktail.
Katherine originally called this a vodka eggnog cocktail, but I’m calling it an eggnog cocktail just to emphasize the eggnog.
Two things make my cocktail different. I added a biscoff rim based on a bartender’s creation at 350 Main Brasserie in Park City, Utah. I’d had a fabulous lunch there in November and asked for a coffee drink afterwards, expecting something hot. (It had already snowed 10 inches there!) Instead, I got a really unique iced cocktail that involved vanilla vodka, Bailey’s, and Café Lolita. Stuff we’re all familiar with. But then, he crushed biscoff cookies, dipped the glass in honey, then in the crushed cookies, then added the remaining cookies to the cocktail! This was my drink:
Secondly, when at the store to purchase eggnog, there was none to be found. That’s when I discovered something called custard. It’s made with all of the main ingredients of eggnog, but has more of a vanilla flavor. So I figured I’d try it out. If you want the cocktail more like eggnog, add cinnamon and nutmeg, or use eggnog!
Eggnog Cocktail
Rim:
A circular drizzle of honey on a small plate
Biscoff cookies, crushed, pushed into a ring on a small plate
Cocktail:
1 ounce vodka, preferably vanilla vodka
1 ounce amaretto
3 ounces eggnog or custard
Ground cinnamon and/or nutmeg, optional
For a festive and tasty rim, first gently dip the cocktail glass in the honey. Let dry for a minute. Then dip the glass into the crushed cookies, making sure there are no empty spaces.
For the cocktail, add ice to a shaker with all of the ingredients, shake, strain mixture, and pour into the prepared glasses. Top with a little cinnamon and/or nutmeg, if desired.
I also liked the cocktail with some ice.
I’ve mentioned before that I’m no mixologist, which is probably why I stick with wine. But with Katherine’s recipe and these unique rimming ingredients, this cocktail will be a hit during the holidays.
Katherine’s recipe for peppermint chocolate cocktail also made a showing on my blog!
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Biscoff biscuits on the rim is a great idea! It’s like a dessert and a delicious cocktail all in one. Happy holidays to you Mimi!
Thank you. Yes, the cookie rim is quite a brilliant idea!
Is this very sweet? I love cocktails, but not sweet ones. And don’t often make them as wine is easier ….
I don’t find it sweet. I found it strong! Personally I added more eggnog/custard to mine!
Love the amaretto addition, very tasty
It’s a really nice combination!
Oooh, this looks so delicious! Love the biscoff rim idea!!
I really thought that was unique.
Looks good, and the drink you had with the Bailey’s sounds wonderful too!
Oh it was, Dorothy. I’ve already made a couple here!
I’ll be over next time. I have to admit, both my daughter and I love Bailey’s. I named my golden retriever Bailey because he is the exact color!
Sounds good! If you have rimmed the glass with biscuit crumbs I might commit the social gaffe by dipping a couple of biscuits in the cocktail……probably when no one was watching!! :))
I completely approve of dunking! And the bartender did add the rest of the cookie crumbs to my cocktail, which really made it good!
I agree with Mary above – just like I use to dip my Oreo cookies in milk :) Might have to make this…
I’m a dunker. Mostly biscotti. Which you kind of have to dunk!
Most definitely! Family would request my different biscotti to dip in their morning coffee. Chocolate chip cookies are good dipped in milk too!
this sounds so delicious mimi. so the custard is a liquid? different to regular custard? We buy it here in cartons too but it is very thick as it is a dessert topping.
Yes, it’s the same viscosity as eggnog. Not thick, but not as thin as creme anglaise. And pretty darn good!
I got them from Amazon! It’s incredible what you can get from them.
I was really excited when the bartender made me that drink. Really tasty and a nice textural addition.
Thanks, Angie. Katherine knows her cocktails!
Oh right, that’s true! Fortunately I don’t mind commercial eggnog.
A little on the strong side, but a perfect festive drink!
Woah – that Biscoff rim is a game-changer, Mimi! I absolutely love Biscoff cookies, and we always keep a sleeve in the pantry…but I’ve never used them to rim a glass. That has to happen ASAP! Plus, it’s the holidays, and this eggnog cocktail sounds fantastic!
Well, isn’t that Biscoff rim the bees knees? I love that idea. And I just bought some really bougie eggnog for Mark. I think I will get the vodka and have one of these Christmas Eve!
Oh wonderful! Yeah, bees knees indeed! Such a fabulous idea!
Nice one! Love the idea definitely will be serving this at our Christmas dinner. Yum!
Thanks Raymund. It’s very festive!
I see Amaretto there. I love that stuff. I find myself swigging the bottle at Christmas. Which is why Lynne only allows me to buy it at Christmas! Ha ha! Lovely eggnog cocktail with a biscoff rim. I love that!
Amaretto is good, and it really adds something to this cocktail!
I know what you mean, which is why it’s good spiked!
This sounds really great, Mimi! I love eggnog, but … well, as much as I want to like rum, I don’t really like it. In certain contexts I love it, but it has to be just right … and eggnog is not one of them. So, since people usually booze up their eggnog with rum, I’m not a fan, even though i could drink a gallon of it without rum, easily. I don’t know why it never occured to me that people might take eggnog in a different direction, like this. I’ll have to figure out where to find biscoff cookies, because I seem to only find them on airplanes!
I usually add courvoisier to eggnog. No idea why. I don’t really like a lot of tough liquors. I can tell you, that if I found biscoff at my little middle-of-nowhere grocery store, they’re probably at yours. I just looked in the fancier cookies section!