RECIPE: Pumpkin-Pie Tini

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November 16, 2014 at 10:57 am · Filed under Cocktails & Spirits, Thanksgiving & Fall

Have a Pumpkin-Pie-Tini with your pumpkin pie. This recipe, from Sauza Tequila, is a dessert in of itself for those who want to pass on the pie and drink their dessert instead.

RECIPE #1: PUMPKIN PIE-TINI

Ingredients Per Drink

1½ parts blue/silver/blanco tequila

3 parts cream

½ part Torani or other pumpkin spice syrup (regular and sugar-free versions can be bought online)

1 part simple syrup

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Optional garnish: whipped cream and cinnamon

Ice cubes

Preparation

1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled Martini glass.

2. GARNISH and serve.

Try a Pumpkin Pie-Tini for Thanksgiving. Photo courtesy Sauza Tequila.

Another version of the Pumpkin Pie-Tini. Photo courtesy 1800 Tequila

Here’s another version of the Pumpkin Pie-tini, from 1800 Tequila, a less creamy option that uses milk instead of cream plus a touch of chocolate liqueur:

RECIPE #2: PUMPKIN PIE-TINI

Ingredients Per Drink

1-1/2 ounces silver/blue/blanco tequila

2 tablespoons pumpkin purée

1-1/2 ounces crème de cacao

1 ounce milk

Ice cubes

Rim: graham cracker crumbs and honey

Preparation

1. RIM a Martini glass using a small amount of honey, then roll in graham cracker crumbs.

2. SHAKE the milk and pumpkin purée over ice to combine. Add the remaining ingredients and shake well. Strain into the Martini glass.

More Pie-Tini recipes: Apple Pie-Tini and Cherry Pie-Tini.