"Cottonheaded Ninnymuggins" is next in the advent calendar. As a huge fan of ELF, I wanted to come up with a themed cocktail. I based it on the four elf food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup. While I knew it would be nearly impossible to make a "good drink" based on these four things, the resulting cocktail was better than I expected. I used crème de cacao for candy, crème de menthe for candy canes, a simple syrup made from candy corns for candy corns, and blue agave syrup for syrup. The ice spheres mimicked the snowballs from the fight and I added the ELF hat garnish to finish it off.
For the drink:
-1/4 oz crème de cacao (Tempus Fugit)
-1/8 oz crème de menthe (De Kuyper)
-1/4 oz candy corn syrup
-1/4 oz blue agave simple syrup
-3/4 oz orange juice
-Seltzer
Garnish:
Lime peel
Lemon peel
Glassware:
Tom Collins Glass
Combine all the cocktail ingredients except tseltzer in a shaker, and shake for ten seconds. Pour through a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer into your glass. Top with seltzer. Garnish