Peppermint Martini Recipe

ByAlicia UpdatedMarch 24, 2025

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My husband has the honor of having his birthday on Christmas Eve. He not a fat, as I’m sure other Christmas-time babies aren’t.

Last year we made this cocktail as a specialty drink to honor the occasion and to have something festive other than the usual wine and beer.

Making a martini is super easy — it’s just a matter of pouring a few ounces of each ingredient and giving it a big stir.

For this concoction we used vanilla vodka, peppermint schnapps and creme de cacao. And, some peppermint candies.

Go ahead and get your aggression out: unwrap the candies, then smash those candies into smithereens. This is good to do after you’ve been wrapping presents all day long.

Next time I’ll do mine a little finer. These are to rim your glasses. Just dip the rim of your glass into water, then dip into the crushed peppermints. You can also run a wedge of lemon on the rim before the big dip.

This seems pretty obvious, but do this step before you pour the martini! Drop a whole candy into the bottom of the glass for an extra touch — and extra pepperminty-ness!

Then just mix the alcohol with some ice and strain into your glass.

Merry Christmas!

Peppermint Martini

Ingredients

▢ 1-1/2 ounces vanilla-flavored vodka
▢ 1-1/2 ounces creme de cacoa
▢ 3/4 ounce peppermint schnapps
▢ ice
▢ handful of peppermint candies and one solid candy per drink

Instructions

Crush peppermint candies into a fine sand texture and put on place.
handful of peppermint candies
Dip lip of martini glass in water or line with a lemon, then dip rim of glass into the crushed candies.
Put one solid candy in bottom of glass.
3/4 ounce peppermint schnapps
Set glasses aside.
Put liquid ingredients in martini mixer with several ice cubes and shake.
1-1/2 ounces vanilla-flavored vodka, 1-1/2 ounces creme de cacoa, ice
Strain into martini glass.