Cocktails are in order.

From time to time, especially on weekends my husband Teddy likes to make cocktails – lovely mixed drinks for adults.

Vampire Coffee

The Irish Cream is a splurge – leave it out if you are concerned with extra sugar (as many Vampires are)

• 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger Irish cream liqueur (try the hazelnut flavored)
• 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger Irish whiskey
• 1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger Blood
• 1 cup hot brewed coffee
• 1 tablespoon whipped cream (we prefer unsweetened)
• 1 dash ground nutmeg

Note: if you are not a Vampire leave out the blood.

Mix together in large mug. Serve hot. One serving.

Vampire Hot Tropics

• 1 fluid ounce dark rum
• 1 fluid ounce coffee flavored liqueur
• 8 fluid ounces hot coffee
• 1/2 fluid ounce blood
• ½ fluid ounce half/half
• 1 maraschino cherry

Note: If you aren’t a Vampire leave out the blood.

Mix together in large mug. Serve hot. One serving.

Hot Teddy

• 2 fluid ounces boiling water
• 1 1/2 fluid ounces whiskey
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 slice lemon
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• A teaspoon of honey to taste

Mix all together in mug. Serve hot. One serving.

Vampire City Cocktail

• 1 fluid ounce sweet vermouth
• 3 fluid ounces bourbon whiskey
• 2 fluid ounces blood
• 2 dashes bitters
• 2 maraschino cherries

Note: Leave out the blood if you aren’t a Vampire.

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the sweet vermouth and whiskey and splash on 2 dashes of bitters. Shake while counting to 30. Pour into 2 cocktail glasses, garnish each with a cherry and serve immediately

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: I’ve consumed alcohol for my entire adult life. Now, as a parent, I consume less of it but what I do consume is better and a lot more fun.

If you’re going to drink…of course (I have to add this because I claim to be a parenting blogger) tell your kids about alcohol. In fact I have a 16 year old Vampire child who is grounded for life (or at least until February) for not being responsible and under aged drinking. It happened once and will not happen again (not to mention the headache that lasted for 2 days).  If it happens again he will be grounded until he is 30.

When my kids turn 21 I will take them out wine tasting and teach them the difference between drinking to enjoy the experience and drinking simply to get drunk. They don’t call it being shit faced for nothing –  a crude but true analogy.