Easy Appletini Recipe - Sour Apple Martini (2024)

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What's an appletini made of? ›

What's in an appletini? There's many ways to shake up an appletini, like using fancy, imported French apple brandy (Calvados) and hand-pressed apple juice. But there's a much easier, way, and this is it! This recipe calls for vodka, simple syrup, lemon juice, and an American bar mainstay—apple schnapps.

Appletinis are among the most popular fruit martinis in the modern bar. Recipes most often use vodka but are quite diverse depending on different approaches. The fruit flavor may come from an apple liqueur or brandy, while some recipes use apple cider or juice instead.

The principal ingredients of the appletini, as it came to be known, are vodka and Sour Apple Pucker, a radiant, possibly radioactive green schnapps that gives the drink its signature hue and melted Jolly Rancher taste.

DeKuyper® Pucker® Sour Apple Schnapps Liqueur

This liqueur puts the sour apple in the world famous Sour Appletini.

The Appletini tastes like a bright and sour apple candy poured into an ice-cold co*cktail glass. How much you lean into that candy aspect is entirely up to you, but if you follow our recipe you'll end up with a light, breezy and sophisticated co*cktail that tastes kinda like biting into a big green apple.

The Dry Martini co*cktail

Classically a self-preferred balance of Luxury Gin and Dry Vermouth. We've used a 6:1 ratio. The more Vermouth you use, the 'wetter' the Martini gets. Garnish choice makes a huge difference, lemon zest gives a citrus dryness and an olive's brine giving a savoury twist.

The strength of an Appletini co*cktail can vary depending on the recipe used and the amount of alcohol added. However, most Appletinis are relatively strong and can contain around 20-30% alcohol by volume.

Sour Apple Puckerita - Combine 3/4 parts Sauza® Tequila, 1/2 part DeKuyper® Pucker® Sour Apple Schnapps, 1/2 part Sour Mix and 1 dash of Lime juice. Can be served over ice or frozen. Garnish with a lime and salt on the rim. Cheers!

What is a Jolly Rancher shot made of? ›

The Jolly Rancher is a great way to dress up the popular Cape Cod (or vodka cranberry). It is, quite simply, a mix of apple vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice. The three ingredients come together for a refreshing mixed drink with a sweet, fruity taste that's similar to the candy.

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An apple martini (appletini for short) is a co*cktail containing vodka and one or more of apple juice, apple cider, apple liqueur, or apple brandy.

In the summer of 1997, Los Angeles bartender Adam Karsten invented a sweet-tart apple drink for a now-shuttered West Hollywood martini bar called Lola's.

Like the Berentzen it is relatively low in proof logging in at 21% alcohol.

What Is Peppermint Schnapps Made From? Typically, peppermint schnapps is made using neutral grain alcohol. That's blended with an extract of peppermint leaves (or some other mint flavoring ingredient, including spearmint) and sweetened with sugar.

It was invented in Germany in the 1970s. The original was made by Berentzen. Apfelkorn is considered a schnapps and is very sweet with a strong, sweet "apple juice" flavor.

Apple cider (also called sweet cider, soft cider, or simply cider) is the name used in the United States and Canada for an unfiltered, unsweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made from apples.