Las Vegas Weekly

Let the holiday cocktails begin!

Your favorite shopping outlets are already gearing up for the holidays. So why not do the same with your cocktails? Sure, the Caramel Apple-tini isn’t a new innovation, but it’s been a fave for years, and it’s a good start to drinking your way through the holidays, just like grandma did.

Over at Texas de Brazil, they’re adding that caramel-y concoction and more to their holiday cocktail menu for you to try when you’ve had enough shopping around Town Square. Some items that piqued our interest? A Pumpkin Pie Martini, the Turkey-tini, the Poinsettia, Candy Cane Martini and Mistletoe Delights. While you’ll have to swing by the Brazilian-style steakhouse to sample those unusual beverages for yourself, they shared the recipe for the Carmel Apple-tini, so you can attempt to impress guests at your next get-together.

Caramel Apple-Tini

Ingredients

1 oz Bailey's Caramel Cream

1/2 oz Van Gogh Appel Vodka

1 teaspoon caramel

1 apple slice

Method:

Line the interior of a martini glass with thin swirls of caramel syrup. In a separate mixing glass, add Bailey's, Appel Vodka and ice cubes. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass. Garnish with the slice of apple.