They are in stores through the holiday season! Go forth. The other night when we had them sitting out on our counter in all their festive glory with White Christmas playing in the background, Bjork said: it’s almost like you don’t need to decorate for Christmas. It uses classic Absolut vodka which conveniently is showing up this season in these way-too-fun silver and electric blue Electrick bottles that add to the party experience.We also liked a minty simple syrup in these. Don’t like cinnamon? I’m going to choose to overlook the fact that you’re a Christmas grinch and tell you that it’s NBD – just switch out the flavor of the syrup for something more your style. I mean, you don’t have to make it dessert if you don’t want it so sweet, but as written, it’s sweet and delicious and drinkable. This year at our party, you may or may not find me with a shaker in hand and these fun little ice cube guys in the other, making these little sweet and creamy fancy sippers for my friends to honor it being the first year for our Christmas party in the studio. So I guess we are more THAT kind of party people. And in my vision, we are all standing around fancy appetizer tables, drinks in one hand and holiday cookies in the other, girls touching up our lipstick between sips, and everyone laughing polite and properly, like good party-going fancies.Īnd then when I think of it IN REAL LIFE, I remember that while there were a few adorable dresses that made appearances last year, for the most part, we are all there with just a few main goals which include eating, giving and receiving the best possible white elephant gift, and laughing until our faces hurt. When I think of it, I imagine myself and all my friends in cocktail dresses and heels, or suits and ties, or whatever it is the fancy people in movies wear to parties? I don’t know. Yassss – we are bringing the party to the new studio. We’ve hosted the party in some pretty small spaces (first in our 1,000-square foot condo and now in our second even more mighty 900-square foot house) but this year we are getting spacious, adultish, and posh meets hipster with our location choice. Like, we’re sending you away if you don’t have some kind of shady-looking present in your hands when you show up at the door. The reason for Cinnamon White Russians this weekend: it’s been at least five years in the making now that we’ve hosted an annual Christmas party for our friends, and today is our big party day! It started as a reunion of friends from high school (Bjork and I are that half-sweet, half-annoying couple who went to high school together and share basically all of our friends because of it) but it has kind of morphed into a one-big-happy-family party where we invite people from any and all friendship groups with just one long-standing rule: Preferably shared with friends, at a Christmas party, around a tree and a collection of white elephant gifts that will make you laugh until you cry. Tis the season for creamy-sweet Cinnamon White Russians! □ The introduction to this recipe was updated on Septemto include more information about the dish.This post was created in partnership with Absolut. Wanna put a fall spin on it? Try our Pumpkin Spice White Russians next! But, if you have tried this recipe make sure to let us know how it came out in the comments below. Whether you've seen the movie or not though we can gurantee you're going to love this drink. However the drinks popularity skyrocketed in the 90's when it was featured in the Coen brothers film, The Big Lebowski, as the titular Dude's drink of choice. The White Russian is a twist on the Black Russian (it becomes white with added cream) and seems to have been invented some time in the 1960's. And thirdly, well it basically tastes like a chocolate coffee milkshake but it gets you drunk. What could be better than that?! The perfect cocktail to cap off a perfect evening. Firstly, it is a cocktail made with things you like have in your bar and fridge. A classic White Russian cocktail is a drink that every bartender needs in their tool belt.
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