Caramel Apple Sour
I'm back to making my favorite desserts into cocktails…
Together with my friends at empress1908gin, I've recreated a cocktail thats inspired by one of my favorite fair treats. If you've ever had a caramel apple at a fall fair, this cocktail is exactly that vibe in a glass — sweet caramel, crisp apple, a little salt, and just enough richness to make it feel like a proper fall or winter sipper. It's simple, balanced, and way easier to drink than an actual caramel apple.
ingredients:
1½ oz | 45 ml Empress 1908 Gin
½ oz | 15 ml Peanut Butter Whiskey
½ oz | 15 ml Apple Cider Syrup
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Lemon Juice
1 Pinch Sea Salt
Apple Fan + Cinnamon Garnish
Peanut + Caramel Rim
instructions:
Combine ingredients except garnish in a shaking tin. Pour/strain over crushed or pebble ice in a rocks glass rimmed with caramel and peanuts. Garnish with an apple fan and a flamed cinnamon stick.
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What if we made an apple pie with vanilla ice cream into a drink?
#ad21+ Today with my friends at @traegergrills, we’re going to find out what happens when you take a classic southern dessert and turn it into a tasty fall cocktail. It all starts with the smoked apple pie syrup. For this recipe, I used the Traeger Woodridge Elite since it has a built-in infrared side burner so I could make the syrup while smoking some juicy honeycrisp apples dusted with cinnamon sugar.
Of course we’re using apple wood pellets at 375 for about 45 minutes just to give them that kiss of smoke and concentrate their flavors a bit before adding it to our baking spices, brown sugar to make our syrup.
The topping is a non-negotiable, a salted maple, vanilla cold foam to really drive home that vanilla ice cream on top of an apple pie. That smokiness from the apple gives this recipe a one-of-a-kind, but familiar flavor profile and you’ll want to make over and over again. Just make sure to make enough of that syrup.
Cheers y’all!
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