Toffee Apple Moonshine based cocktail recipes

As a cocktail base our Toffee Apple Moonshine is perfect for both summertime and the autumnal season. Made with out signature sweet potato spirit, it's a smooth and sweet spirit layered with tastes of crisp apple and buttery toffee. 

Fun fact: The toffee apple has been a classic sweet treat since the early 1900s, where it originated in the United States. They are said to have been created by William W. Kolb in Newark in his sweet shop window in 1908.

The following 4 easy to make toffee apple moonshine cocktails are guaranteed to turn heads and attract attention just like the first ever toffee apples did back in 1908! 

Toffee Apple Sour

Ingredients:

• 50ml Toffee Apple Moonshine
• 25ml Lemon Juice
• 15ml Sugar Syrup
• OPTIONAL: egg white
• Garnish with an apple slice and nutmeg

Method:

1. Add all of your ingredients into a shaker. (dry shake your mix now if you are using the egg white).
2. Then add ice into your shaker and shake hard until the mix is well chilled.
3. Fine strain your mix into a rocks or coupe glass.
4. Garnish with an apple slice and a sprinkle of nutmeg.

Caramel Apple Martini

Ingredients:

• 40ml Toffee Apple Moonshine
• 20ml Vodka (you can use vanilla vodka for this too, the flavours work well together!)
• 15ml butterscotch schnapps (this can be optional, it is included for more of a caramel flavour, but is optional)
• Garnish with a caramel drizzle rim and an apple slice

Method:

1. Rim your chilled martini glass with caramel syrup & drizzle a little bit extra into your glass. This is done by putting the caramel drizzle onto a plate and dipping your glass upside down into the drizzle so the rim is coated in drizzle.
2. Next put the moonshine, vodka and schnapps into a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake until the mix is chilled.
3. Strain your mix into your prepared martini glass.
4. Garnish with an apple slice.

Orchard Spritz

Ingredients:

• 40ml Toffee Apple Moonshine
• 75ml Prosecco
• 25ml Soda Water
• Garnish with an apple slice and a sprig of mint

Method:

1. Fill a large wine glass with ice.
2. Add your toffee apple moonshine into the glass.
3. Next top the drink with your prosecco and the splash of soda water & stir the mix slightly.
4. Garnish with a fresh apple slice and a sprig of mint.

Nightingale

Ingredients:

• 50ml Toffee Apple Moonshine
• 85ml Pomegranate Juice
• 85ml Apple Juice
• 10ml Elderflower Cordial
• Garnish with a lime wedge

Method:

1. Add the moonshine and elderflower cordial into a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake the mix until combined and chilled.
3. Pour the mix into a highball glass filled with ice.
4. Then top the mix with your apple and pomegranate juices.
5. Garnish with a lime wedge.

 

There you have it, sweetness, warmth and a little bit of nostalgia all wrapped up into 4 tasty cocktails. From seasonal serves to all year round, toffee apple moonshine is a versatile moonshine liqueur to be enjoyed by all!

Another fun fact: apples are one of the world's oldest cultivated fruits!

Shop our Toffee Apple Moonshine range here to grab your own bottle and start mixing up nostalgic cocktails that will wow your guests! (or just for yourself, we won't judge!)