Spooky season cocktails: pumpkin martini

If you can’t get enough of pumpkin spice, you’ll want to add a little pumpkin to your cocktails.

ACoupleCooks.com highlights natural flavors in this pumpkin martini recipe:

• 2 ounces vodka

• ½ ounce heavy cream (or coconut milk if vegan)

• ½ to 1 ounce pure maple syrup

• 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin puree

• ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

• Crushed graham crackers, for the rim

Run the rim of a martini glass through the maple syrup first, then the graham crackers. Add the rest of the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice, shake and strain into the prepared martini glass.

Cheers!

– Marie Gabrielle Patasin, C2 Communications, The SWFL 100