Elf Food Groups
Sweet, creamy, and full of holiday cheer, this Elf-inspired cocktail channels Buddy’s four main food groups—candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup—into a festive, sugar cookie–flavored treat with a playful crunch and a silky finish. (Recipe Below)
Elf Food Groups has all of the major foods in that category, according to Buddy. He explains to his step-mom played by Mary Steenburgen, ".. The four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup." The cocktail itself is a lighter version of a sugar cookie cocktail. Vodka, Hazelnut Liqueur, Bailey's Irish Cream, Half-and-Half, Vanilla, and Saline are all combined to make a buttery, sweet, vanilla scented cookie flavored drink. Garnished with a maple syrup and Christmas sprinkles rim, Christmas Candy Canes and Christmas Candy Corn to make a nice round Elf Food Groups cocktail that has a candy crunch and a silky texture. It will have you exclaiming "Son of a Nutcracker!" it's so good.
Elf Food Groups
1 oz (30mL) Vodka
.5 oz (15mL) Hazelnut Liqueur
1 oz (30mL) Baileys
1 oz (30mL) Half and Half
Barspoon White Vanilla
Dropper Saline
Candy Canes
Candy Corn
Syrup
Prepare coupe glass with a rim of maple syrup, Into a Boston Shaker, combine 1 oz of Vodka, .5 oz of Hazelnut Liqueur, 1 oz Baileys, 1 oz Half and half, Bar spoon Vanilla and Dropper of Saline. Add ice, cover and shake vigorously through Buddy's I found you Christmas gram. Double strain into the prepared coupe glass, adorn with candy canes and candy corn and Christmas sprinkles.
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Tito's Vodka
Country: United States
ABV: 80 proof/40%
Brand: Fifth Generation, Inc.
Spirits Type: Vodka
Taste: Clean, Sweet, Pepper
Price Category: $
This vodka is certified as gluten-free because it is made from yellow corn which is considered a modern production of vodka. While made from yellow corn, its clean flavor and color can be attributed to the fact that it is distilled six times and traditional vodka is distilled three to four times.
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Bailey's Irish Cream
Country: Ireland
ABV: 34 proof/17%
Brand: Diageo Company
Spirits Type: Liqueurs/Cordials/Schnapps
Taste: Cream, Caramel, Chocolate, Oaky vanilla
Price Category: $
Baileys is made by suspending cream, cocoa and sugar in Irish Cream using vegetable oil and an emulsifier. The flavor is sweet, lightly oaky, cherry and vanilla notes with a slight bite and bitterness from the cocoa all smoothed out by the cream.
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Frangelico Hazelnut Liqueur
Country: Italy
ABV: 40 proof/20%
Brand: Gruppo Campari
Spirits Type: Liqueurs/Cordials/Schnapps
Taste: Hazelnut, Herbal, Coffee
Price Category: $
The origin of Frangelico starts with monks of Piedmont, Italy who would harvest hazelnuts to roast, ferment, distill and sweeten for a deliciously sweet and nutty liqueur. That is why the bottle is in the shape of a monk's silhouette. Still nutty and sweet, Frangelico is made by redistilling alcohol with hazelnuts, coffee, cocoa and vanilla bringing a balance of flavor to the monk's original recipe.
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Half and Half
10.5% - 18% fat
Half and half is an equal parts mixture of cream and milk. Now, there are great non-dairy options in the market.
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Salt
Salt is a great flavor changer. It can balance sweetness and bitterness, smoothing out a cocktail. It can also enhance citrus flavor and acidity without the need for more acid. It is most commonly used in rimming cocktail glasses, but a sprinkle in the cocktail shaker can really impact a cocktail. Make it into a saline solution to enhance stirred cocktails.
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White Vanilla
White vanilla is chosen for its lack of color and overall smoother flavor. Pure Mexican vanilla is ideal to give the cocktail a strong vanilla flavor.
Elf, Spiked Syrup, and Holiday Chaos: Inside the Sweetest Meltdown in Christmas Movie History
Elf is what happens when pure childhood wonder collides headfirst with adult cynicism, with Will Ferrell turning Buddy into a sugar-fueled chaos agent loose in the cold machinery of New York City. Raised among elves but painfully aware he’s built less for toy-making and more for accidentally destroying department stores, Buddy leaves the North Pole in search of his biological father and instead stumbles into a crash course on love, family dysfunction, caffeine, and the devastating reality that not everything can be solved with maple syrup. The cocktails inspired by the film lean gloriously into Buddy’s childlike excess, beginning with “Elf Food Groups,” a dessert-in-a-glass riot of vodka, hazelnut liqueur, Irish cream, vanilla, candy garnishes, and syrup that tastes like Christmas morning after absolutely no parental supervision. Its companion, “World’s Best Crappy Cup of Coffee,” takes Buddy’s wide-eyed diner date with Jovie and spikes it with bourbon, coffee liqueur, maple syrup, and bitters, transforming an aggressively average cup of joe into something warm, reckless, and strangely heartfelt. Like the movie itself, the drinks work because beneath all the sugar highs, slapstick meltdowns, and screaming about Santa, Elf understands that the holidays are really about finding people willing to embrace your weirdness — preferably while holding a cocktail rimmed with candy canes.
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