Autumn Cocktails/Mocktails to Spice up Cold Nights

These festive drinks are the perfect way to have fun in the safety of indoors as we head into the cold and rainy Newcastle Autumn! This selection of Autumn drinks are the perfect opportunity to celebrate the changing season. Bond with your housemates as you make the most of these festive cocktail recipes!

What better way to enter the new season than with apple cider, spicing this up by adding rum? For this easy recipe, all you need is:

• 4 cups apple cider
• 1 cup dark rum
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 sliced orange
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Relax and enjoy with blankets, fairy lights and enjoy a Harry Potter film for the perfect Autumn experience!

Don’t fancy that? How about a classic caramel apple martini!

For this, you need:

• 2oz caramel vodka
• 1oz butterscotch schnapps
• 1oz apple cider
• Caramel sauce – put it on the rim of your glass!
• Brown sugar – mix with the caramel sauce
• Ice

And the drink is ready to enjoy!

Fancy a mocktail instead? Follow this easy recipe for ginger cup punch!

• 4 mint sprigs
• ½ sliced cucumber
• 2cm piece of ginger (peeled and sliced)
• 1 orange, sliced
• Ice
• 500ml lemonade
• 1 Bramley apple
• 1 sliced lemon
• 100g caster sugar
• 4 cloves
• ½ cinnamon stick
• 25ml sherry vinegar

Cook these ingredients in a saucepan with 50ml of water on a medium heat, waiting until the apple has softened – remove from the heat, stir in vinegar, before sieving the mixture. Simply pour this into a jug, adding mint, cucumber, ginger, orange slices and ice, before adding in the lemonade and enjoying your cocktail!

Autumn is the perfect season to stay in, get comfy and try these delicious recipes. This is the perfect way to embrace the new weather, enjoying cocktails and mocktails to make your evenings the perfect mix of homely and exciting!