MYO Cordials
Make Your Own Cordials are perfect to serve at a holiday party or to give as a hostess gift.
I used small glass bottles from The Container Store with latched closures to preserve the fresh taste of the homemade cordials. The bottles also allow you to instantly identify the contents of the bottle and the quantity remaining.
To make these homemade cordials you would use a 50:50 ratio for the liquors and then add your favorite fruits, spices and candies to flavor the mixture. Once the mixture has been made, let the cordials sit for two weeks so the flavors infuse.
To save yourself two weeks of waiting, mix the cordials in air tight containers and place them into the dishwasher. The heat from the water will infuse the ingredients at rapid speed and will be ready for use the following day.
Here are my favorite make your own cordial recipes that were featured on The Better Show.
Limoncello
- Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
- Sliced Lemon Peels
- Sugar
- Triple Sec
- Ketel Citroen Vodka
Spiced Cherry
- Frozen Cherries
- Cinnamon Sticks
- Vanilla Beans
- Triple Sec
- Vanilla Vodka
Orange Cranberry
- Frozen Cranberries
- Fresh Kumquats
- Cinnamon Sticks
- Triple Sec
- Ketel Oranje Vodka
Caramel
- Carambar Caramels
- Vanilla Vodka
Candy Cane
- Peppermint Sticks
- Vodka
Be creative when making your own cordials, use ingredients that compliment each other. Fruits, spices and candies also give the homemade cordials a beautiful look when they are displayed.
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Halloween Downloadables
While planning setting up the bar and buffet table at your next Halloween Party, incorporate these creative and fun Bottle Labels and Tombstone Tent Cards. These create an interesting theme to capture your guests attention, allowing them to concoct their own Mad Scientist Cocktail and pick through the graveyard of yummy food!
I used these RADIOACTIVE RUNOFF and PLUTONIUM ELIXIR labels for The Mad Scientist Bar segment which was featured on Better TV. I removed the manufacturer’s labels from liquors, mixers, and wine and added these fun, toxic labels to the bottles.
You can also add them to jars and canisters of garnishes. Print these images on 8.5″x11″ label paper, cut them out and adhere them to the bottles.
I used these Tombstone Tent Cards during another Halloween segment on Better TV. These cute tent cards can be printed at home on card stock paper using your home printer and are easy to cut out and assemble.The Tombstone Tent Cards are a great way to label the food and drinks on the bar or buffet table at your party.
All you have to do is print, cut, fold, and label!
Click here to download the Bottle Labels and Tombstone Tent Cards!
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