Get in the holiday spirit with toasty holiday drink recipes from local hotels, resorts, and bars in the Greater Phoenix area. These fall-forward cocktails will inspire you for the cozy days ahead as you sip on drinks with specialties such as eggnog-infused spirits or a toasted marshmallow topping. Whatever your preferences are—tequila, whiskey, vodka, rum, or non-alcoholic—there's something here for everyone. 

Add a spirited taste of Phoenix to your holiday lineup with the official city cocktail: "The Phoenix." Created by a local mixologist, this drink blends creativity and flavor for a sip that’s unmistakably Phoenix. Discover "The Phoenix" and how to make it your signature holiday drink here.

Hotels & Resorts

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Hotel & Resort Cocktails

Smoked Old Fashioned from Arizona Biltmore

Smoked Old Fashioned Holiday Cocktail at Arizona Biltmore 

Stir all ingredients and strain on the rocks. Garnish with chocolate dipped cherry. Infused with an Aromatic Smoke.

2 oz Maker’s Mark Bourbon 

3 dashes Angostura Bitters 

.25 oz Simple Syrup 

Chocolate Dipped Cherry  

 

Partridge in a Pear Tree from Arizona Biltmore

Partridge in a Pear Tree Holiday Cocktail at Arizona Biltmore 

Mix all ingredients in a mixing tin with 1 scoop of ice and strain into gold glitter rimmed coupe glass. Garnish with dried pear.

2 oz Stoli Vanilla Vodka 

.75 oz Pear Liqueur 

.75 oz Elderflower Liqueur 

.5 oz Lime Juice 

.5 oz Tres Agave 

Dried Pear with Gold Glitter – Garnish 

 

Dirty Snowman from Arizona Biltmore

Dirty Snowman Holiday Cocktail at Arizona Biltmore 

Pour all ingredients in glass mug and top with hot chocolate. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles. 

1 oz Kahlua 

1 oz Rum Chata 

1 oz Baileys 

.75 oz White Crème de Cacao 

 

Toast the Trails at Cress on Oak Creek at L'Auberge de Sedona

Toast the Trails Holiday Cocktail at Cress on Oak Creek at L'Auberge de Sedona 

Mix all ingredients in a mixing tin with 1 scoop of ice and strain into coupe glass. Garnish with lemon verbena and sage.  

1.5 oz Gin

.5 oz Herb infused syrup  

3 oz Pomegranate juice  

Top with sparkling water 

 

Celebrate your winter adventure with Toast the Trails, our seasonal cocktail at Cress on Oak Creek. This refreshing blend of gin, pomegranate juice, fresh lemon, and a hint of sage is the perfect way to unwind after a morning or afternoon hike. Explore Sedona’s scenic trails under the warm sun, then snuggle up by the firepit and savor a drink that captures the spirit of the season—crafted to toast the trails and the memories made along the way. 

 

Candy Cane Crush at Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort

Candy Cane Crush Holiday Cocktail at Grand Hyatt Scottsdale 

Mix all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a candy cane. 

1.5 oz Belvedere vodka 

1.5 oz Rumple Minze 

.5 oz Simple Syrup 

.5 oz Heavy Cream 

Candy Cane Dust Rim 

 

12 Days of Holiday Cocktails at Mountain Shadows Resort 

One Spiced Pear Old Fashioned at Hearth '61 at Mountain Shadows Resort

Stir all ingredients in mixing tin and strain on the rocks. 

1.5 oz bourbon 

.5 oz spiced pear 

.25 oz simple syrup 

2 dashes angostura bitters 

 

Six Blood Orange Grey Goose Cosmo at Hearth '61 at Mountain Shadows Resort

Mix all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice and strain into martini glass. Garnish with lemon twist. 

1.5 oz Grey Goose 

.5 oz Aperol 

.25 oz Cointreau 

.5 oz lime juice 

.25 oz simple syrup 

.5 oz blood orange juice 

 

Seven Swans-A-Swimming at Hearth '61 at Mountain Shadows Resort

Mix all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice and strain into peppermint rimmed martini glass. 

1 oz peppermint 

1 oz vanilla vodka 

1 oz Bacardi rum 

Maroni with a crushed peppermint rim 

 

Twelve Drums-A-Drumming Manhattan at Hearth '61 at Mountain Shadows Resort

Pour ingredients into a rocks glass with a large ice cube. 

2 oz rye 

1 oz Six Grapes Graham’s Port 

 

Cherry Berry Christmas! at Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix North Happy Valley

Cherry Berry Christmas Holiday Cocktail at Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix North Happy Valley 

Shake all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice and strain into a martini glass with blueberry holiday sprinkles and garnished with decadent chocolate covered acai blueberries.  

1.5 oz Smirnoff Cherry Vodka 

1 oz Apple Juice 

1 oz Grenadine 

Float Martinelli's Sparkling Cider 

Shaken. Not Stirred. 

 

Poinsettia Cocktail at Litchfield's at The Wigwam

Poinsettia Holiday Cocktail at Litchfield's at The Wigwam 

Shake ingredients with ice and edible glitter, strain into flute, top with sparkling wine or prosecco, garnish with rosemary and fresh cranberries. 

5 oz Cointreau 

2 oz cranberry juice 

Sparkling wine or Prosecco 

 

Winter Margarita at Litchfield's at The Wigwam

Winter Margarita Holiday Cocktail at Litchfield's at The Wigwam 

Shake ingredients with ice. Strain over fresh ice in sugar-rimmed glass, top with club soda, garnish with lime wheel and optional rosemary and fresh cranberries. 

2 oz Tres Generaciones Plata Tequila, 

1 oz Cointreau 

2 oz Coconut Real 

.5 oz Lime juice 

Club soda 

 

Unwrapped at Melinda's Alley at Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel

Unwrapped Holiday Cocktail at Melinda's Alley at Renaissance Phoenix Downtown 

Batch it all up in a crock pot on "low". Serve in a warmed mug, and cheers "To Old Friends and New"! 

2 oz Diplimatico Familia Rum (infused with Apple and Mulling Spices) 

.5oz Smith & Cross Jamaican Pot Still Rum 

.5 oz St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur 

.25 oz Averna Amaro 

.5 oz 3:1 Mesquite Honey Syrup 

4 dashes Bitter Truth "Jerry Thomas" Bitters 

 

Miss Mistletoe at J&G Steakhouse at The Phoenician

Miss Mistletoe Holiday Cocktail at J&G Steakhouse at The Phoenician 

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Pour ginger beer into a highball glass and add double strained cocktail. Fill generously with ice and garnish with a fresh sprig of rosemary and brandied cherry. 

1.5 oz Tito’s Vodka 

.75 oz Cherry Heering liqueur 

.75 oz Pimm’s Liquor 

.5 oz Rosemary Syrup 

.5 oz Lime juice, freshly squeezed 

2 dashes Angostura bitters 

1.5 oz Ginger Beer 

 

Fall From the Tree at Mowry & Cotton at The Phoenician

Fall From the Tree at Mowry & Cotton at The Phoenician 

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously, strain into a coup glass and top with sparkling apple cider. Garnish with sliced apple and sprinkle with edible gold glitter dust. 

1.5 oz Laird’s Applejack whiskey 

.5 oz cinnamon syrup 

.75 oz lemon juice, freshly squeezed 

1 dash Angostura bitters 

1 oz sparkling apple cider 

Garnish: apple slice & Gold Luster dust 

 

Rosemary Ginger Fizz at The Phoenician Tavern at The Phoenician

Rosemary Ginger Fizz at The Phoenician Tavern at The Phoenician 

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and double strain into a tulip glass, top with ginger beer and garnish with a fresh sprig of rosemary & lemon twist. 

2 oz Drumshanbo Gin 

.75 oz Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur 

.5 oz Rosemary simple syrup 

.25 oz Lemon juice, freshly squeezed 

1.5 oz Ginger Beer 

 

Gingerbread Manhattan at The Phoenician Tavern at The Phoenician

Gingerbread Manhattan at The Phoenician Tavern at The Phoenician 

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously, strain into a coup glass, garnish with cinnamon stick. 

2 oz Whistlepig Piggyback Rye 

1 oz Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth 

1 oz Gingerbread syrup 

 

Holiday Cocktails at Hotel Adeline 

Feliz Navidad at Selfmade at Hotel Adeline

Stir all ingredients and strain into a double rocks glass with a large cube. 

1.5 oz Buffalo Trace 

.5 oz Ancho Reyes liqueur 

.5 oz Holiday Spiced syrup 

Dash Orange bitters 

 

Raisin' a Toast to You! at Selfmade at Hotel Adeline

Shake all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice pour into Coupe glass with Salted Caramel rim.

1.5 oz Meyers Dark rum 

.5 oz Baileys 

1 oz Raisin simple syrup 

.5 oz Half & half 

 

O Tennenbaum! at Selfmade at Hotel Adeline

Shake all ingredients (except the Prosecco) in a mixing tin with ice and strain into a champagne glass. Top with Prosecco and garnish with Rosemary sprig. 

1 oz Corazon Blanco 

1 oz Rosemary Syrup 

.25 oz Lime 

.25 oz Coconut Real  

3 oz Prosecco 

 

Mexcal Hot Chocolate at The Ritz Carlton, Dove Mountain

1.5 oz Del Maguey Mezcal 

1 oz Crème de cacao 

1 oz Mozart Chocolate Cream 

1 hot chocolate bomb 

1.8 oz Steamed milk 

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Restaurant Cocktails

Angry Strawberry Margarita at Aunt Chilada's Tempe

Angry Strawberry Margarita Holiday Cocktail at Aunt Chilada's Tempe 

Shake all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice and strain into salt rimmed rocks glass. Garnish with a lime.  

1.5 oz 21 Seeds Cucumber Jalapeno Tequila 

.75 oz Triple Sec 

.75 oz Lime Juice  

.75 oz   Liquid Alchemist Strawberry 

.25 oz   Agave Nectar  

 

Frosty Hopper at Hash Kitchen

Frosty Hopper Holiday Cocktail at Hash Kitchen 

Ground up the mint Oreos in a food processor. Rim the glass with chocolate fudge as well as drizzle inside the glass. Dip the rim in the ground mint Oreos. In a cocktail shaker, add vodka, crème de menthe, cream, dark chocolate. Add ice and shake for 15 seconds. Dump liquid and ice into pre rimmed glass. Garnish with 1 Oreo and 1 mini candy cane 

1 oz Vodka 

.75 oz Crème de menthe 

1 oz Dark chocolate liqueur 

1 oz Heavy cream 

 

HOHOHO at The Mexicano

HOHOHO Holiday Cocktail at The Mexicano 

Fill mixing tin with ice, add lime juice, agave, fireball and Blanco tequila and shake well. Rim margarita glass with crushed candy cane, use agave to help it stick to rim. Fill glass with fresh ice. Stain mixing tin contents into fresh iced margarita glass. Finish with a pinch more of crushed candy cane on top of margarita. 

.75 oz Blanco tequila  

.75 oz Fire ball 

.75 oz Coconut 

1 oz Lime juice 

.5 oz agave 

Crushed candy cane and 1 whole candy cane  

 

XMAS Punch at The Mexicano

XMAS Punch at The Mexicano 

Fill mixing tin with ice, add orange juice, lime juice, agave and "Real" Black cherry syrup, and wine, shake well. Fill wine glass with fresh ice, strain contents of tin into glass leaving room for the Cava float and the 1oz shooter fireball ornament. Garnish with dehydrated orange and cinnamon stick, serve fireball shooter on side, (optional but highly recommend because of how cool it looks) add edible gold glitter into fireball ornament shooter, shake well before adding. 

.5 oz Orange juice  

.75 oz Lime juice 

.5 oz Agave 

.75 oz Black cherry puree  

4 oz Red wine  

Float cava 

1 oz shooter fire ball ornament   

Garnish: dehydrated orange & cinnamon stick  

 

Toasted Marshmallow Espressotini at The Montauk

Toasted Marshmallow Espressotini at The Montauk 

Shake all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice pour into Coupe glass. Garnish with a toasted marshmallow 

1.5 oz Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka  

.5 oz Baileys S'mores 

.75 oz Cold Brew 

Toasted Marshmallow 

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Non-Alcoholic Beverages

Phoestivus from Iconic Cocktail 

Iconic Cocktail Company - Holiday Winter Drink Recipe 

Combine all in a tall glass with ice and stir to combine. 

6 oz Sparkling Water 

1 oz Iconic Cranberry Thyme 

.5 oz Lemon Juice 

 

 

Jolly Holly from Iconic Cocktail 

Iconic Cocktail Company - Holiday Winter Drink Recipe 

Combine all in a shaker with ice and shake to combine. Strain over fresh ice in a short glass and garnish with sugar-coated cranberries. 

2 oz Green Tea  

1 oz Iconic Cranberry Thyme  

.5 oz Iconic Lime Leaf Tonic  

.5 oz lime juice 

 

Mistletoe Shrub from Iconic Cocktail 

Iconic Cocktail Company - Holiday Winter Drink Recipe 

Combine all in a glass with ice and stir gently to combine. Garnish with a sprig of thyme. 

2 oz Iconic Cranberry Thyme  

.25 oz Apple Cider Vinegar  

2 oz sparkling water 

 

Grinchmas Mimosa Mocktail from Visit Phoenix

Grinchmas Mimosa Holiday Cocktail from Visit Phoenix 

Pour orange juice and blue curaçao syrup in green or red sugar rimmed champagne flute. Stir to mix. Top with club soda or Sprite. Garnish with a candy cane.

3 oz Orange Juice

.5 oz Finest Call Blue Curacao Syrup

A splash of club soda or Sprite