St. Patrick's Day Cocktails - Updated for 2025

 

Ready or not, St. Patrick's Day is only 4 days away!

Yes, that's right!

But what does that mean?

Well, it means that you better get your cocktails in order.  STAT!

Over the years, I have made and created some pretty amazing cocktails, shooters, and more.  One of my favorite kinds of cocktails to make is a Holiday Cocktail!

They are so much fun to make!  I get to use different ingredients, colors, and decorations in my cocktails and photos, and I think it makes them taste better just knowing that they are a holiday cocktail.

For this round-up, I am going to share with you my St. Patrick's Day cocktails...now I only have a couple green cocktails in there, but if you REALLY wanted to have a green cocktail, I have a crap ton of other green "non St. Patrick's Day" cocktails on my blog that you can choose from.

Do you have traditions that your family does for St. Patrick's Day?  Now that our kids are grown, I no longer dump green food dye into the milk the night before for the kids to find in the morning....so besides eating corned beef, either putting a couple drops of green food coloring into our beers or making a yummy St. Patrick's Day cocktail....we really don't do much anymore.

OK, so onto the reason you are all here......My Collection of St. Patrick's Day Cocktails!

I wanted to start off with my Irish Delight, as the amazing people at Rent.com featured MY COCKTAIL, Irish Delight, in their 8 St. Patrick's Day Party Ideas Post!  It's been a while since I've posted and done much with my blog, so when I was contacted by them and told that they want to feature MY cocktail, I was excited!  Kinda ignited the small fire that was semi lit under my butt about jumping back onto the cocktail train!  

Also, a friend of mine has been sending me Instagram reels from a local guy who reviews and tries different recipes that people send him....and that's ALWAYS been something that I've wanted to do (among other ideas I have racing through my head)!  Him sending all of those reels was the initial fire being re-lit...you know.....under my butt (as I mentioned in the paragraph above, lol).

Anyways, I have a good variety of different kinds of cocktails and shooters for you to try on Monday, and here they are!

Irish Delight

Baby Guinness

Creamy Irish Balls

Irish Car Bomb

Creamy Nutty Paddy

Green Eyes

Irish Coffee

Leprechaun's Dream

Irish Coffee Balls

Nutty Irishman

Irish Cookie

Irish Headlock

There you have it, 12 St. Patrick's Day Cocktails that you can serve....or consume yourself (I'm not judging) on Monday!

I hope you all have a great day (or weekend) celebrating!  Stay tuned....b/c that fire is lit!  There will be more things coming in the future!  IF you're not following me on Instagram, please do!  I post more on there and would LOVE to connect with you!  You can go there now and follow me and see what I've been posting: Follow A Year Of Cocktails On Instagram

If you have any shots or cocktails that you would like me to try, message me on Instagram!  Maybe I'll feature your cocktail!

If you're on Facebook, you can follow me there as well at: Follow A Year Of Cocktails On Facebook


Until Next Time!

Independent Hemorrhage

One day until The 4th of July.

The year is more then half over and we are in my favorite season of the year!

With that in mind I wanted to give you another fun patriotic cocktail.  The Independent Hemorrhage is such a unique fun shot to have with friends on the 4th.

Tell me THAT doesn't look cool!

These are always fun shots to make when you can get the colors to drip through the Baileys into the peach schnapps.

This shot is easy to make too!

Pour in the peach schnapps.

Layer the Baileys on top.

Drip some grenadine.

Then some blueberry schnapps.

Until you get the look you want.

That's it.

Simple right?

Author: Jen Penas

Independent Hemorrhage

ingredients:

• 1 ounce peach schnapps
• 1/2 ounce Baileys
• a few drops of grenadine
• a few drops of blueberry schnapps

instructions:

1. Pour peach schnapps into shot glass.
2. Layer Baileys on top of peach schnapps.
3. With a straw drip grenadine on top of Baileys in the same spot.
4. With a straw drip blueberry schnapps  on top of Baileys in the same spot, but in a different area from the grenadine.

Created using The Recipes Generator

I truly hope you all have a fun and safe 4th of July!  


Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Captain Morgan's Jack-O Blast Recipes

(I was not paid for this review, all opinions are solely my own)

Captain Morgan rum isn't just regular rum.  

They have spiced rum (which I'm sure you've heard of), and flavored rums such as coconut, pineapple & grapefruit.  

They also have a line of cannon ball shaped bottles which include Jack-O Blast, Loconut and Cannon Blast.

I was sent a bottle of Jack-O Blast so that I could try a couple of their cocktails for myself.

Given the fact that it's been a year since I've tasted Jack-O'Blast, I decided to start off with their Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast Shot.

I do like Captain Morgan's spiced rum, and I do like a good pumpkin flavor.  

I must say, Captain Morgan blended these two flavors perfectly.  The pumpkin is not overwhelming, but it is definitely there.  This flavored spiced rum is a winner!  

Oh and did I mention that it smells good too!

OK, we are 1 for 1 so far!  Let's try another one.  Next I decided to try their Apple Jack-O.

This cocktail mixes the flavors of spiced pumpkin rum and apple cider.  

Apple cider to me always mellows out a cocktail.

That being said, the pumpkin and apple flavors work well together.  

This is a cocktail that you can sip on and enjoy.  It's cold and refreshing.  

That makes us 2 for 2.  

Great job Captain Morgans!

Here are the ingredients for the Apple Jack-O.

I am really enjoying the flavor of Captain Morgan's Jack-O'Blast.  I think I might even try it with coke........later on tonight.

Here are Captain Morgan's recipes for their two yummy cocktails!

Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast Shot

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast Shot

ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast

instructions:

1. Pour Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast into a shot glass and enjoy!

Created using The Recipes Generator

Apple Jack-O

Author: The Cocktail Lady

Apple Jack-O

ingredients:

• 1.5 ounces Captain Morgan Jack-O'Blast
• 4 ounces chilled apple cider

instructions:

1. Combine all ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice.  Stir and enjoy!

Created using The Recipes Generator

There you have it.  Two recipes for Captain Morgan's Jack-O'Blast.  Buy a bottle and enjoy!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We are hosting this year and are having one of the smallest crowds we've ever had.  Enjoy your long weekend!

Blood Sample

There is only 6 more days until Halloween.  

Not sure how that happened, but apparently it did.  

My girls are set costume-wise...........and actually have been for a month or so now.  

Nothing bloody or gory.  They are actually going to be Mal from Disney's Descendants and Abbey Bominable from Monster High.  

Our oldest only dresses up on Halloween night when him and his friends scare trick or treaters in front of the house.  

It's actually kind of cool, because him and a good friend of his set up this Haunted Garage/Driveway/Front Yard deal.  It's got fog, body parts, black lights and more.  

The two of them, along with some other recruits dress up as all of the scary guys in different movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, Texas Chain Saw Massacre (yes they have an actual chainsaw.....minus the chain), etc. and just walk around.......follow people.......scare the crap out of the older kids.....like I said, it's fun!  

Our youngest son (who's 12 and almost as tall as me, gasp) still has no clue of what to be, so we're working on that!

I have seen others do shooters with plastic syringes before and have always wanted to do it too.  I logged onto Amazon and ordered these plastic syringes to make my shots in.  

I didn't realize that they came with little caps to cover the end if needed.  I didn't need them because the shot stayed inside just fine.

I just bought a bottle of the POM pomegranate juice at the store.  I just love that they come in these smaller bottles because whenever I buy the bigger ones I always end up having to dump some because they don't get used.  

Yes, I am an expiration date queen, just ask my husband......folks.......friends........kids.........yea they all know.

I created an easy to make, especially in a large batch cocktail that looks like blood in a syringe and tastes delicious!

How fun are these to pass out at a Halloween party?  Bummer it's on a Monday this year.  You could make them all up ahead of time, stick them in the fridge and pass them out when needed.......which at our parties is all the time!

Why not try a Blood Sample?  You'll be glad you did!!

print recipe

Blood Sample

by October-25-2016

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 ounces vanilla vodka
• 2 1/2 ounces pomegranate juice

Instructions

In a shaker, add ice and both ingredients above. Shake and scoop out the ice in the strainer, or strain into a separate glass. Fill up the syringes and enjoy!

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here's to fun creative cocktails, especially for the holidays!

Apricot Balls

Apricot Balls

Happy Monday everyone!  

Today was a BEAUTIFUL day.  

The sun was out and it was super warm.  

The girls and I sat out on the front lawn and filled out their Valentine cards for their parties on Wednesday.  Wednesday also happens to be the 100th day of school and my first grader's class gets to dress up as 100 year olds!  

Too funny!  

What does a 100 year old dress like?  

Well if you read my Chocolate Whipped Cherry post you would see my "Newly turned" 100 year old grandma and I will be the first to say that she does not dress the way my daughters flier said 100 year olds dress.

The kids are (and have been) playing out in the backyard for a while now and I decided that the warm weather deserves a delicious cocktail to go along with it.......or maybe I just wanted one?  

Either way, a new cocktail is born!  

This shooter has the perfect ratios of Fireball Whisky to apricot nectar where you can still get the bite of the Fireball, but the apricot adds a nice surprise flavor to it.

I hope you all are having as good of a day as we are!  Days like today make me yearn for the spring weather.  I can't wait to be wearing my tank top, shorts and flip flops every day!

Here is a photo of the end results:

Here is a photo of the end results:

Here is my recipe for Apricot Balls:

• 3 ounces apricot nectar
• 1 1/2 ounces Fireball Whisky

In a shaker, add ice and both ingredients above.  Shake and strain into a couple shot glasses and enjoy with a friend.

Here's hoping that the rest of the week is as amazing as today!

Cheers!!

The Cocktail Lady

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Happy Friday everyone!!  

Can you believe that the week is over?  

My children are officially out of school and winter break has begun!  Let the holiday parties, family gatherings, sports practices, games, Tae Kwon Do testing, video game playing, late night movie watching, family time, sleeping in (a girl can dream right?) and New Years Eve parties begin!

The other weekend one of my best friends was up for a visit.......OK, so I just consulted with my kids and husband and apparently she was up for Halloween.........but I'll tell you, in my world that was last weekend.  THAT'S how quickly this year is flying by!!  

Back to my story, she was up and wanted us all to try this Cinnamon Toast Crunch shot she had tried recently.  To be completely honest.......I didn't try it and have no clue what her recipe was.  

I know it had Rum Chata and Fireball in it and that's all I know.  I remember she made a shaker or two full.......but I don't remember if she actually remembered the recipe she was given or just winged it.  

I also seem to remember a mess in my kitchen where she was pouring it.......not sure if the shaker wasn't closed tight, or if she missed a couple shot glasses when she was straining the shots out of the shaker.....none the less, that is what inspired me to make tonight's cocktail!

This little shooter is REALLY REALLY good!  

My neighbor was walking by as I was taking my final photos for this post, so I convinced her to come into the backyard and have a shot with me.  

We both thought it was de-lish!  

Although she has a bottle of Fireball at home, I believe in the not too distant future she will be purchasing a bottle of Rum Chata to go with that bottle of Fireball.

Here is a photo of the end result:

Here is a photo of the ingredients:

Here is my recipe for a Cinnamon Toast Crunch shot:

• 2 ounces Rum Chata
• 1 ounce Fireball
• cinnamon & sugar to rim the glasses (3 sugar : 1 cinnamon)

Rim two shot glasses with the cinnamon & sugar mixture.  In a shaker, add ice and all of the ingredients above.  Shake and strain into the shot glasses and enjoy!!

Here is to a fun filled weekend!  We will get to spend time with friends and family this weekend!  I'd love to hear what you all have planned for the weekend!

Cheers,

The Cocktail Lady