Sour apple martini mix, which is a nonalcoholic liquid mixer that's often bright green, can turn a bland vodka drink into something spectacular. You can make a number of drinks with the sweet and tart green apple mixer, and it mixes well with many spirits including whiskey, rum, and tequila.
Apple Martini
The apple martini, or appletini, is a twist on a standard martini that is a bit more fun and fruitier. It has a sweet-tart taste that's truly pucker-worthy.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Chill a martini glass.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the Cointreau, apple mixer, and vodka.
- Add the ice and shake.
- Strain into the chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an apple slice.
Apple Whisky Sour
This recipe calls for the Canadian whisky, apple-flavored Crown Royal. It's an apple-flavored twist on a popular whiskey drink, the traditional whiskey sour.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ¾ ounce green apple mixer
- ¾ ounce simple syrup
- 1½ ounces Crown Royal apple-flavored whisky
- Ice
- Apple slices for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice, apple mixer, simple syrup, and whisky.
- Add the ice and shake.
- Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
- Garnish with apple slices.
Ingredients
- 10 mint leaves
- ¼ ounce simple syrup
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ ounce green apple mixer
- 1½ ounces white rum
- Ice
- 4 ounces club soda
- Mint leaves for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the mint leaves with the simple syrup. Muddle.
- Add the lime juice, green apple mixer, and rum.
- Add ice and shake.
- Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Add the club soda and stir.
- Garnish with additional mint leaves.
Mexican Apple Cocktail
Green apple mixer is tasty with tequila as well. This recipe uses a cinnamon-flavored tequila, such as Jose Cuervo Cinge.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ¾ ounce simple syrup
- ¾ ounce sour apple mixer
- 1½ ounces cinnamon-flavored tequila
- Ice
- Apple slice for garnish
Instructions
- Chill a cocktail glass.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the lime juice, syrup, apple mixer, and tequila.
- Add ice and shake.
- Strain into the chilled cocktail glass.
- Garnish with the apple slice.
Green Apple Frozen Daiquiri
If you're a fan of the frozen daiquiri, then you may enjoy this sour apple variation.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- ½ ounce simple syrup
- 1 bar spoon green curaçao
- ¾ ounce sour apple mixer
- 2 ounces white rum
- 1 cup crushed ice
- Lime wheel for garnish
Instructions
- Chill a cocktail glass.
- In a blender, combine the lime juice, simple syrup, curaçao, apple mixer, and rum.
- Add the crushed ice and blend until smooth.
- Pour into the chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wheel.
Caramel Apple Martini
Sweet and sour, this is the perfect combination for people who like to drink their dessert.
Ingredients
- ¾ ounce green apple mixer
- ¾ ounce butterscotch schnapps
- ¾ ounce apple flavored vodka
- ¾ ounce caramel flavored vodka
- Ice
- Cherry for garnish
Instructions
- Chill a martini glass.
- In a cocktail shaker, combine the apple mixer, butterscotch schnapps, apple vodka, and caramel vodka.
- Add the ice and shake.
- Strain into the chilled glass. Garnish with the cherry.
Using Martini Mix
Unlike sour apple vodkas and rums, which can be expensive, sour apple mix is fairly cheap. Since it can be used in a number of different drinks, you don't have to worry about blending it unsatisfactorily with most types of liquor. Best of all, the possibilities with the mix are utterly endless. You'll be able to add a splash to cocktails to give them a little bit of zing, or use it as the base for an apple-flavored martini creation. The choices are yours entirely, and it can be a lot of fun figuring out your favorites.
