Sparkly Cider-Pumpkin Mocktails
Ingredients
2 tbsp.
superfine sugar
1 ½ tsp.
pumpkin pie spice, divided
- pinch
cayenne pepper (optional)
1
lemon wedge
½ cup
Kowalski's Minnesota Grown Apple Cider
¼ cup
pumpkin purée
1 tbsp.
Kowalski's Cinnamon or Bourbon Maple Syrup
2 tsp.
freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ tsp.
Kowalski's Organic Madagascar Vanilla Extract or Paste
- ice
- nonalcoholic sparkling wine (such as Nozeco brand), cold, to taste
- fresh Minnesota Grown apple slices, for garnish (optional)
Directions
- Pour sugar onto a flat rimmed dish; whisk in 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice and cayenne.
- Moisten the rims of 2 martini or coupe glasses with the lemon wedge; dip rims in spiced sugar. Set glasses aside.
- Add cider, pumpkin purée, syrup, lemon juice, vanilla and remaining pumpkin pie spice to a cocktail shaker.
- Add ice to fill the shaker ⅔ full; shake until mixture is very cold (about 30 sec.).
- Strain mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into the prepared glasses, filling evenly.
- Top each glass evenly with wine; stir gently.
- Garnish mocktails with fresh apple slices, if desired.
