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Clementine Cosmo Punch and Cocktail

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Are you ready for the New Year because I simply cannot believe that 2013 is almost over. We have been enjoying our holiday especially since I have had my husband at home for the whole time. I feel really blessed to have a spouse who gets lots of time off for the holidays and the summer.

Something that we have been taking advantage of doing together as a couple or as individuals is cooking, baking , and creating cocktails which we have not been able to do with our normal busy schedules. Even though we do not have any evening or night plans for our New Year’s Eve, we decided to keep it quiet before we get out of town for a bit with our own little drinks. 🙂


We have been enjoying lots of clementines from Cuties since mid December and all I can hear my toddler ask is “Orange?” At first, when she saw them, she grabbed one and started going for a bite saying ” I eat it!” I showed her how fun it is to open these tangerines but at the end I was the one opening them. I love seeing them during this season and they definitely remind me of my trip to Germany. We would visit different homes and visit families and one every table would be a big bowl of clementines.


I made sure I had some on my table when I entertained some ladies at the house earlier this month. You would think that we would have enough with these Cuties but in fact they are tasty fresh from the fridge. I have added some to our smoothies and to fruit salads in the morning but then I thought it was time to make something serious.



While I started juicing clementines, I had to stop my husband from chugging the fresh juice only to promise him a delicious cocktail and some more fresh juice in the morning. The juice was SO sweet and quite different from regular oranges that we almost preferred this citrus fruit. As I created my cocktail I ended up with TWO drink options. Did we drink the night away? Of course not, but then I realized that it would be nice to have two options for serious drinkers (couples) and party drinkers.



Say hello to Clementine Cosmo Punch and Clementine Cosmo Cocktail.

Make the punch for a party or if you are staying in with little ones in their beds then make the cocktail. Yum! 


Clementine Cosmo Punch and Cocktail

by Noelle Kelly
Prep Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients (2 to 20 servings)

    For Clementine Cosmo Punch

    • makes over a gallon of punch

    • 30 oz / 3 ¾ cups fresh clementine juice using Cuties Clementines
    • 20 oz / 2 ½ cups cranberry juice cocktail
    • 10 oz / 1 ¼ cups lime juice
    • 20 oz / 2 ½ cups triple sec
    • 40 oz / 5 cups vodka
    • 30 oz / 3 ¾ cups club soda

    For Clementine Cosmo Cocktail

    • makes two 6-ounce servings
    • 3 oz fresh clementine juice using Cuties Clementines
    • 2 oz cranberry juice cocktail
    • 1 oz lime juice
    • 2 oz triple sec
    • 4 oz vodka
    Instructions

    For Clementine Cosmo Punch

    Refrigerate juices and club soda the night before. Before the party starts, mix all the ingredients in a pitcher and add the club soda at the end.

    For Clementine Cosmo Cocktail

    Place all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Strain the cocktail into two glasses.
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    About Noelle

    I’m an opera singer, full-time mom, pharmacy technician, food and mom blogger, recipe developer, and wife to a super talented choral director living in the awesome outskirts of Philly.