Dark & Fluffy

Smirnoff Fluffed Marshmallow Vodka
Godiva Dark Chocolate Liquor
Bailey's Original         

Shake ingredients with ice in a 20-24 oz. cocktail shaker. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with half dipped chocolate marshmallow.

Holy Watermelon

DeKuypers Watermelon Pucker
Dole Sensation - Watermelon (carton juice)
Pinnacle or Stoli Citrus

Shake ingredients with ice in a 20-24 oz. cocktail shaker. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a lemon/lime twist.

Lime in the Coconut

Calico Jack Coconut Rum
Pinnacle Key Lime Whipped or
Smirnoff Lime Vodka
Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut
Simply Limeade or Newmans Limeade

Fill 24 oz shaker halfway with ice. Add all ingredients. Leave 1/4" for your shake -  vigorously - 20 seconds. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with a lime wheel & a large coconut flake float .

Bomb Pop-tini

UV Blue Raspberry Vodka
Pinnacle Citrus or Stoli Citrus
Pineapple juice
Grenadine

Fill 24 oz shaker halfway with ice. Add vodkas and juice. Leave 1/4" for your shake -  vigorously - 20 seconds. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Drizzle grenadine down the side of the glass so that it settles in the bottom.

Off the Clock

4 oz. Pinnacle Whipped

1 oz. DeKuyper® Razzmatazz

1 oz. Amaretto

6 oz. White Cranberry Juice

Shake all ingredients with ice in a 20-24 oz. cocktail shaker. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Add one splash of lime juice to each poured glass. Garnish with a lime twist.

Melon Berry Cosmo

4 oz. Pinnacle Blueberry

2 oz. Watermelon Pucker

6 oz. White Cranberry Juice

Lime juice

Fill a 20-24 oz. cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Pour vodka, pucker and juice over ice. Shake vigorously for 20-30 seconds. Pour into glasses. Garnish with mini-watermelon wedge and fresh blueberries. cktail shaker with ice. Pour vodka, pucker and juice over ice. Shake vigorously for 20-30 seconds. Pour into glasses. Garnish with a mini-watermelon wedge and fresh blueberries.

All Points Bulletin

Martini Mary was among the missing for several months but have no fear. I am back and with 2 new, deliciously fruity martini recipes that will make you wish you were on the beach! It's been a long cold winter in the test kitchen and my blogging skills have been put to the test. I have failed you all; miserably, and for that I apologize. My memory has been frozen by the arctic temperatures so if you  attended any of the test kitchens since August of 2013 and you have a favorite recipe, please remind me of it so that it can be posted! Spring is right around the corner so stay tuned and I promise to do a better job at getting these recipes posted timely!!

Jelly Donut

3 parts 360 Glazed Donut Vodka
2 parts Pinnacle Raspberry Vodka
1 part DeKuyper Razmatazz
Cran-raspberry juice

Shake all ingredients in a cocktail bullet filled half way with ice. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with an orange twist.

Marilyn Strawberry Cheesecake Martini

2 parts Three OlivesMarilyn Monroe™ Strawberry Vodka
2 parts Three Olives Cake Vodka
Cranberry juice 
Splash Baileys Coffee Creamer - Triple Sweet Cream

Shake ingredients with ice in a 20-24 oz. cocktail shaker. Pour into chilled martini glasses.

Tropical Watermelon

3 oz Pinnacle Tropical Fruit Vodka
3 oz Cactus Jack Coconut Rum
1.5 oz DeKuyper Watermelon Pucker
Dole Pine~Watermelon Juice or Dole Sensations Watermelon

Fill 24 oz shaker halfway with ice. Add vodka, rum and pucker. Top with juice, leaving 1/4" for your shake -  vigorously - 20 seconds. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Optional garnish - pineapple chunk for rim; sour watermelon candies for float.

Summertimetini

3 oz Pinnacle Tropical Fruit Vodka
3 oz Pinnacle Raspberry
1.5 oz Original Bartenders  "I'm Coconuts Over You" Rum
Pineapple Juice
Cranberry Juice

Fill 24 oz shaker halfway with ice. Add vodkas and rum. Add equal parts of pineapple and cranberry, leaving 1/4" to shake. Pour into chilled martini glasses. Garnish with frozen raspberries and flaked coconut. 

Whipped Peach Lemonade

This can be shaken as a martini or poured from the shaker (with the ice) as a refreshing summer cocktail:

5 oz. Pinnacle Whipped Vodka
2 oz. DeKuyper Peach  Schnapps
Tropicana Peach Lemonade

Fill a 20-24 oz cocktail shaker half way with ice. Pour liquors over ice. Add lemonade, leaving 1/4" of space to shake. Cover - shake - pour - enjoy!! 
Optional garnish: Lemon round for rim; stemless maraschino cherry for glass bottom.

Making up for lost time...

Ok y'all... A LOT has been going on here in New England and if you watch the news or are connected to any form of social media, you're well aware of all events that have taken place in the last several months. It has been a lot to keep up with, watch out for and sadly, by blog has fallen by the wayside. But have no fear, summer is here and the test kitchen is back in full force. I promise I will be posting LOTS of recipes that we've tested and determined to be tried and true. Starting with tonight!!!

Strawberry Cheesecake Martini

3 oz. Three Olives Whipped Cream Vodka
3 oz. Three Olives Cake Vodka
1.5 oz. Chambord
4 oz. Strawberry FUZE tea

Pineapple Bomb-Tini

1 part Three Olives® Cake Vodka
1 part Amaretto Di Saronno®
2 parts Pineapple Juice

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice. Shake vigorously for 20-30 seconds.

Pour into chilled martini glass. Bottoms up!! This one is dee-licious! 

Christmas Kiss

2 oz Pinnacle® Berry Vodka
1 oz DeKuyper® Razzmatazz® Raspberry Liqueur

1 oz Amaretto di Soronno
1 oz Cranberry Juice
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.

Creamy Butterscotch Martini

1 oz Vanilla Vodka of choice
1 oz Pinnacle® Whipped® Vodka
2 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
Splash of half & half
Shake with ice and strain into chilled martini glass.

Chocolate Peppermint-Tini

2.5 oz. Three Olives Cake Vodka
1 oz. Peppermint Schnapps
Hershey's Hot Fudge Ice Cream Topping

Rim a chilled martini glass with hot fudge topping. Pour vodka and schnapps into a shaker filled half way with ice and shake vigorously for 20-30 seconds. Strain into glass, garnish with a mini candy cane. 

Pumpkin Cider

2 parts Pinnacle Pumpkin Pie Vodka
2 part Apple Cider

Shake with ice, strain into a caramel swirled martini glass, and garnish with a cinnamon sugar rim. Oh boy!

Choco Raz Cake

2 parts Stoli Chocolat Razberi 

1 part Fresh Lemon Juice

1 part Hazelnut Liqueur

Fresh Raspberries.

SHAKE INGREDIENTS PLUS ICE IN A COCKTAIL SHAKER.

STRAIN INTO A MARTINI GLASS.

GARNISH WITH A RASPBERRY.