Infused Cocktail Kits

Mason jars filled with spices and herbs.

Make your own Infused Cocktail Kits to give to family and friends. They can fill them up with their spirit of choice and create delicious infused alcohols to sip and mix into drinks.

Course Cocktail

Cuisine American

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 0

Infusion Time 7

Total Time 7 5

Servings ounces

Calories 91kcal

Ingredients

Infused Alcohol

1 infused cocktail kit in a 16-ounce jar
1 ¾ cup alcohol such as vodka, rum, whiskey, brandy, tequila or gin

Old-Fashioned Cocktail

10 dried cherries
3 dehydrated orange slices
3 cloves
3 sugar cubes optional
2 cinnamon sticks

Lavender Lemon

4 dehydrated lemon slices
1 tablespoon dried lavender
3 sugar cubes optional

Hot Toddy

8 dehydrated apple slices or 1 tablespoon diced dehydrated apple chips
5 dehydrated orange slices
3 pieces candied ginger root
3 sugar cubes optional
2 whole cloves
2 dehydrated lemon slices
1 cinnamon sticks

S’mores

1 graham cracker crushed
1 tablespoon cacao nibs
½ cup mini marshmallows

Vanilla Berry

10 dried cherries
10 dried strawberries
1 tablespoon dried blueberries
1 vanilla bean

Citrus & Herb

4 dehydrated orange slices
4 dehydrated lemon slices
4 dehydrated lime slices
2 sprigs dried rosemary

Mulling Spices

6 dehydrated orange slices
4 whole cloves
3 sugar cubes optional
2 dehydrated lemon slices
2 cinnamon sticks
1 star anise

Five Spice

6 pieces candied ginger root
3 whole cloves
3 black peppercorns
3 sugar cubes optional
2 cinnamon sticks
1 star anise

Hibiscus Lemon Ginger

10 dried hibiscus flowers
5 pieces candied ginger root
3 dehydrated lemon slices
3 sugar cubes optional

Apple Pie

15 dried apple slices or 3 tablespoons diced dehydrated apple chips
5 whole cloves
3 sugar cubes optional
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
1 dehydrated lemon slice

Cardamom Rose

12 cardamom pods
2 tablespoons dried rose petals
2 dehydrated lime slices

Rosemary Fig

12 dried figs
2 dehydrated orange slices
1 sprig dried rosemary
1 cinnamon stick

Instructions

First, prepare the jars. Add the ingredients to a jar. Seal with a lid until ready to use. Use within 1 month of preparing.
Before infusing, make sure your jars are empty, clean and completely dry.
Fill the jar to the top with the alcohol of your choice. You may need 1 ½ cups or a full 2 cups depending on the amount of ingredients are in the jar.
Seal the lid. Shake gently. Store in a dark, cool, dry place for about a week.
Every day, open the jar and give it a smell. When you can smell the ingredients well in addition to the strong fragrance of alcohol, it’s probably ready. Give it a small taste. Infuse for up to a month.
When it is ready, prepare a bowl with a fine-mesh strainer, colander or cheesecloth over top. Pour the contents of the jar into the strainer. Discard the solids.
Clean out the jar if there are any solids remaining. Pour the infused alcohol back into the jar.
Store in a cool, dry place and use within one year.

Notes

Nutrition will vary depending on ingredients and type of alcohol used.

The kits should be used within a month to ensure the freshness of the ingredients. Once alcohol is added, the kits can last up to a year. Alcohol is a preservative.

Tips & tricks

Make sure your jars are empty, clean and completely dry. You don’t want any moisture in these.
Give them a taste-test with a straw every day to make sure you don't over- or under-infuse it.
Use fresh spices for the strongest flavor. Spices can go bad, so always check the expiration date.
If you have extra ingredients, you can make your friends a refill pack to make another batch in their mason jar once they finish the first.

Nutrition

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