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Cool and Refreshing Polar Bear Martini
You’re probably familiar with the Polar Bear Shot – a classic bar shot tossed back by pretty much everyone at some point in a dive bar in their 20’s. It’s refreshing, minty and Christmassy too! This week we decided to elevate the classic bar shot and make it into a full blown grown up cocktail – the Polar Bear Martini.
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![Polar Bear Martini cocktails, rimmed with blue sugar and decorated with ornament shaped glass markers on a white background by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Polar-Bear-Martini-Completed-Seven-1024x712.jpg)
A beautiful blue sugar rim is essential when creating a fancy martini like this one – especially for the holidays. The trick to making the sugar stay on the glass is to use a sticky liquid – like lemon juice – to really get full coverage and staying power.
What you’ll need:
- Blue decorating sugar
- Lemon juice
- Vodka
- Ice
- Peppermint schnapps
- Crème de cacao
- Cocktail shaker
- Jigger
- Sponge
Let’s make a Polar Bear Martini!
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Pour the blue decorating sugar onto a plate and then some lemon juice into a pinch bowl.
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Dip a small sponge into the lemon juice and then use it to liberally cover the rim of the glass.
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Turn the glass lined with lemon juice over onto the plate of sugar and then spin a few times until the rim is fully covered.
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Add some ice and then 1oz of vodka to the cocktail shaker.
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Next, add 1/2oz of Crème De Cacao to the shaker,
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and then 1/2oz of peppermint schnapps.
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Secure the lid tightly and shake to mix.
![Polar Bear Martini cocktail, rimmed with blue sugar, sitting beside a cocktail shaker on a white background by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Polar-Bear-Martini-Step-Nine-768x1024.jpg)
Pour the Polar Bear Martini (minus the ice) into a martini glass and then serve!
![Polar Bear Martini cocktail, rimmed with blue sugar and decorated with an ornament shaped glass marker on a white background by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Polar-Bear-Martini-Completed-Six-845x1024.jpg)
![Polar Bear Martini cocktails, rimmed with blue sugar on a white background, surrounded by gold and brown mini ornaments by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Polar-Bear-Martini-Completed-One-1024x804.jpg)
![Polar Bear Martini cocktails, rimmed with blue sugar on a white background by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Polar-Bear-Martini-Completed-Two-713x1024.jpg)
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Polar Bear Martini
Equipment
- Cocktail shaker
- Plate
- Pinch bowl
- Martini glass
- Small sponge
Ingredients
- 1 ounce Vodka
- 1/2 ounce Crème de Cacao
- 1/2 ounce Peppermint schnapps
- Ice
- Blue decorating sugar
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
Instructions
- Pour the decorating sugar onto a flat plate.
- Use a small sponge dipped into lemon juice from pinch bowl to liberally cover the rim a martini glass.
- Once covered in lemon juice, turn the glass upside down onto the plate of sugar and spin a few times until the glass rim is completely covered in sugar.
- Put some ice into the cocktail shaker.
- Pour in the vodka, crème de cacao and peppermint schnapps.
- Put the lid tightly on the shaker and shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
- Pour the finished cocktail into the prepared martini glasses and enjoy!
![Polar Bear Martini cocktails, rimmed with blue sugar on a white background beside a silver star decoration by Champagne and Sugarplums](https://www.champagneandsugarplums.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Polar-Bear-Martini-Completed-Five-1024x692.jpg)
If you are looking for more great holiday ideas, we recommend our Natural Peanut Butter Snowballs and our Santa Silhouette Craft with Free Templates.
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