Name: pumpkin patch cOcktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings
Ingredients: 1 tbsp apple cider concentrate stirred into 1/3 cup of water (or 1/3 cup of apple cider); 3 tbsp pumpkin butter; 2 oz brandy (replace with more cider for a mocktail); ½ oz orange liquor (or orange juice for a mocktail); ginger beer for topping; 1 tbsp turbinado sugar; 1 tbsp granulated sugar; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; 1 pinch cayenne pepper; 1 apple, sliced thin; cinnamon sticks

AuthorHeather WallaceCategorycOcktailsDifficultyBeginner

Forget pumpkin pie, this may be the best way to have pumpkins yet!

A bit of pumpkin butter and some cider mixed in with brandy and orange liquor...the hardest thing about making this drink is trying to limit how many you consume...it's so dang tasty you might need someone to cut you off!
This is my take on Half Baked Harvest's Haunted Pumpkin Patch Margarita and I'm in love with it!
I used an apple cider concentrate mixed with water but you can use any apple cider and it would be equally as tasty.

Alternatively, you could make this a mocktail by replacing the brandy with more apple cider and the orange liquor with orange juice.

One last suggestion, with any leftover apple slices I recommend dipping them in the sugar rim that is remaining and having a snack...yummy!

Yields1 Serving

Prep Time10 mins

For the Cocktail...

1 tbsp apple cider concentrate stirred into 1/3 cup of water (or 1/3 cup of apple cider)

3 tbsp pumpkin butter

2 oz brandy (replace with more cider for a mocktail)

½ oz orange liquor (or orange juice for a mocktail)

ginger beer for topping

For the Sugar Rim...

1 tbsp turbinado sugar

1 tbsp granulated sugar

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1 pinch cayenne pepper

Garnish...

1 apple, sliced thin

cinnamon sticks

Gather Ingredients...

Rim...

On a small plate mix 1 tablespoon of turbinado sugar, 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

Wet the rim of a glass with apple cider and dip it into the sugar mixture to coat. Set aside

Shake...

In a cocktail shaker, combine 3 tablespoons of pumpkin butter, 1 tablespoon of apple cider concentrate stirred into 1/3 cup of water (or 1/3 cup of apple cider), 2 ounces of brandy, 1/2 ounce of orange liquor, and ice.

Shake to chill for 30 seconds.

Garnish and Serve...

Strain the drink into your sugar-rimmed glass.

Top off the drink with ginger beer.

Garnish with cinnamon sticks, and apple slices dipped into the remaining sugar mixture.

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