Name: Polar Bear Martini
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 ounce Vodka; 1/2 ounce Crème de Cacao; 1/2 ounce Peppermint schnapps; Ice; Blue decorating sugar; 1 tbsp Lemon juice

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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

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!

Pour the blue decorating sugar onto a plate and then some lemon juice into a pinch bowl.

Dip a small sponge into the lemon juice and then use it to liberally cover the rim of the glass.

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.

Add some ice and then 1oz of vodka to the cocktail shaker.

Next, add 1/2oz of Crème De Cacao to the shaker,

and then 1/2oz of peppermint schnapps.

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

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

Polar Bear Martini cocktails, rimmed with blue sugar on a white background, surrounded by gold and brown mini ornaments by Champagne and Sugarplums

Polar Bear Martini cocktails, rimmed with blue sugar on a white background by Champagne and Sugarplums

Polar Bear Martini

We've reinvented the classis shot – refreshing, minty and oh so Christmassy – into a grown up, classy cocktail.

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 0 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine American, Canadian

Servings 1 Cocktail

Calories 120 kcal

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!

Keyword Christmas, cocktail, martini, minty, vodka

Polar Bear Martini cocktails, rimmed with blue sugar on a white background beside a silver star decoration by Champagne and Sugarplums

If you are looking for more great holiday ideas, we recommend our Natural Peanut Butter Snowballs and our Santa Silhouette Craft with Free Templates.