Fudge muffins

1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup cocoa
2 large eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Vegetable cooking spray
Semisweet chocolate chips

Place butter and cocoa in a bowl; microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until butter melts. Set aside. combine eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in a medium mixing bowl. Add butter mixture, flour and cinnamon, stirring just until blended. Spray muffin pans lightly, spoon muffin batter into cups, filling each two-thirds full. Sprinkle each muffin with 6 to 8 chocolate chips. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until done. Remove from pans immediately.
For miniature muffins, sprinkle with 2 to 3 chocolate chips and bake at 350 for 13 to 15 minutes.

Pumpkin muffins

1 ½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup oil
2 eggs
1/3 cup water
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ cup flour
1 cup pumpkin

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix first 5 ingredients together. Then add spices, soda, flour and pumpkin. Grease mini muffin tins, and spoon muffin batter into cups, filling each two-thirds full. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. This will make 4 dozen mini muffins. They can be made ahead and frozen in baggies.

Classic Bloody Mary – 1 1/2 oz Vodka, 1/2 cup tomato juice, 2 tsp fresh lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce to taste, Tabasco sauce to taste, celery stick and lemon wedge for garnish. OR – substitute lime juice for lemon, add salt and pepper, add a teaspoon of horseradish and/or add olives

Bloody Maria – Substitute 1 1/2 oz tequila for vodka and lime for lemon in classic recipe above. Garnish with Jalapeno pepper.

Bloody Bull – 4 splashes Tabasco sauce, 1 tsp horseradish, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 splash Worcestershire sauce, 1 1/2 oz Vodka, 1 1/2 oz canned concentrated bouillon

Old Bay Bloody Mary - 1/2 cup tomato juice, 1/4 tsp Old Bay seasoning, 1/8 tsp lemon juice. Mix over ice, add your favorite vodka. You can also rim the glass with Old Bay.

Black Velvet - Equal parts Champagne and Guinness stout

Bellini - 6 oz Champagne, 1 oz Peach Schnapps

Champagne Cocktail - soak 1 sugar cube in angostura bitters, pour Champagne over it

Disarrono Mimosa -In flute, add 1 shot Disarrono Amaretto, 2 shots of orange juice, top with Champagne

Grand Champagne Martini Recipe - In flute, add 1 shot Grand Marnier, top with Champagne
Mimosa- 1 oz orange juice, 3 oz champagne (or use triple sec or Grand Marnier instead of orange juice)

Kier Royale - In flute, add 1/2 shot Chambord, fill with Champagne

Strawberry Champagne Cocktail - 3/4 shot strawberry daiquiri mix, 3/4 shot vodka, fill with Champagne

Poinsettia - Pour 1/2 oz triple sec and 3 oz cranberry juice into glass stir and top with champagne

Cranberry Christmas Punch - 2 cups vodka, 4 cups cranberry juice, 1 1/2 cup lime juice, 3 cups water, 3 TB sugar. Add a large block of ice to bowl. Serves 20

Holiday Punch - Combine a 750 ml bottle Southern Comfort, 6 oz lemon juice, 1 6 oz can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed, 1 6 oz can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed, 3 liters lemon-lime soda, 2 drops red food coloring. Float orange and lemon slices for garnish
Christmas Punch - mix 1 pint Vodka, 1 pint Bourbon, 2 pints cranberry juice, 16 oz frozen lemonade concentrate, 16 oz frozen orange juice concentrate- just before serving add 2 quarts ginger ale. Serves 12

Candy Cane Coffeetini

2 oz Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka
1 oz Peppermint Schnapps
1/2 oz Half and Half
1 swirl Grenadine

Pour ingredients into cocktail shaker and add crushed ice. Let stand for five seconds. Shake vigorously for five seconds. Strain into martini glass. Swirl grenadine into finished martini. Garnish with mini candy cane.

Christmas Martini

3 oz Tanqueray gin
1/2 oz dry vermouth
1 tsp peppermint schnapps

Pour the gin, dry vermouth and peppermint schnapps into a cocktail shaker half filled with cracked ice. Shake well, and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a candy cane.

Merry Christmas punch

1 bottle Stoli raspberry vodka
72 oz cranberry juice
1/2 bottle Stoli vodka
1 can Sprite soda

Pour all ingredients (chilled beforehand) into a large punch bowl, preferably on top of another similar container filled with ice. Allow to chill. Serve in punch cups or tall glasses.

Partridge in a Pear Tree

1 1/4 oz Grey Goose la Poire Vodka
1/2 oz DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps
1 1/2 oz grapefruit juice
1 1/2 oz 7 Up

Pour vodka, schnapps, and grapefruit juice in shaker glass and shake. Pour into cocktail glass and top with 7 Up.

Garnish with a lemon, cherry and a lime on a spear.

White Christmas Dream

1 oz vodka
1 oz amaretto
1 oz heavy cream
Nutmeg for garnish

Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg on top.