You should also note that the picture images show only our serving suggestions of how to prepare your food - all table accessories and additional items and/or ingredients pictured with the product you are purchasing are not included. We also occasionally spruced it up with sparkling wine- Babycham in those days – and occasionally a dash of brandy to give it even more of a kick! Same basic concept-families and friends get together and eat and enjoy (or not) each other’s company, but none of the months and months of bombardment you get from Christmas. I remember having these as a child at Christmas time; it wasn’t served in a martini though and no sign of an umbrella ;), it was the 70s, it was served in a half pint tumbler.

Warninks is the UK’s number one Advocaat, a traditional liqueur from Holland it is best known as the key ingredient in the famous Christmas tipple – the Snowball Cocktail (advocaat, fresh lime and lemonade). So if you fancy a truly festive nostalgic Christmas cocktail why not give my recipe for an Advocaat Snowball cocktail ago!This post is part of Create the Holidays– a series of festive recipes, crafts, printables, and more on The Purple Pumpkin Blog! Half cocktail-with-a-kick, half boozy-pudding, this indulgent treat is ideal for festive parties and cosy winter nights. Often it's something warm - hot chocolate or mulled wine, for example - but if you prefer a cold drink, a snowball is the answer! It originates from a Dutch word and is short for advocatenborrelwhich translates as‘drink that lubricates the throat of a lawyer’ or ‘lawyer’s drink’– it’s deliciously creamy and really rather nice on its own.

It's a creamy winter drink made with Advocaat, and it will get you feeling festive from the inside out. Once cool add to a jug with lots of ice, 50ml of lemon juice and 200ml of soda water, stir well and garnish with a clove studded slice of orange or a cinnamon stick. Remove from the fridge, roll out pastry to 3mm thick and use a round cutter (about 8½cm) to cut out 12 bases and place them into muffin trays. Well, I have another solution that will guarantee you immediately feel warm and merry (in more ways than one) - a snowball cocktail! If your butter does split, try beating in some more sugar and it should come back to a smooth and creamy consistency.

And if you're a real fan of a Snowball drink then we have taken inspiration from the seasonal cocktail and turned it into a dessert fit for the festive season. That’s what makes Warninks Adcocaat so special, it’s inextricably linked to one of the greatest family celebrations of the year.

I love a Snowball, it’s what my dad always made for my mum at Christmas time - but for more of a kick I make mine with. Warninks Global Ambassador says: “Warninks and Snowballs have been an essential part of the festive season for years, and we think our pimped-up serving suggestions will create new Christmas traditions across the UK. RE-USE OF ANY OF LUXURIOUS MAGAZINES’ EDITORIAL CONTENT AND GRAPHICS FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. According to the 1882 edition of the Dictionary of the Dutch Language, advocatenborrel was “so named as a good lubricant for the throat, and thus considered especially useful for a lawyer, who must speak in public.I've been a vegetarian for over 25 years, and unlike most of my other childhood pursuits, I actually stuck with it! Elevate a Snowball to a Posh Snowball by adding cloudy lemonade, then up the wow-factor by topping with a rolled scoop of vanilla ice cream to create a real ‘snowball’ effect. I think I’ve inadvertently created some slightly different memories and traditions for my own family, there are some things that just don’t change from year to year and having ‘done’ the whole Father Christmas thing as a parent for what will be the twenty-third year they seem to have stuck.

Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, so it floats on the cocktail, serve with a small spoon and if you like, garnish with a sprig of holly.

The butter will split if the alcohol is added too quickly, so it’s best to add the brandy and advocaat one teaspoon at a time. They peaked in popularity in the sixties and seventies, and they were one of the most popular drinks at the time. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Advocaat Hot Chocolate – The classic Christmas festive drink, the snowball, but transformed into a hot chocolate cocoa drink. My rendition of the advocaat snowball takes the base recipe and makes one simple change: the lemonade is replaced with fiery ginger beer.