Who are your top picks to take home the little guy at the Academy Awards? Trust us, you won't care after you taste these cocktails inspired by three of our favorites. It doesn't matter if they take home the Oscar… these recipes are accolade enough.
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Brave's will-o'-the-wisp shooter recipe
Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, Brave is the story of a headstrong young princess, voiced by Kelly Macdonald, who learns to balance her personal needs with the needs of her family and her kingdom — with a little help from the blue-glowing will o' the wisps who guide her on her journey. Much like the princess herself, these fun shooters look beautiful and pack a powerful punch.
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Ingredients:
- 2 ounces vanilla vodka
- Blue cotton candy
Directions:
- Fill a rocks glass with a heaping serving of cotton candy.
- Fill a separate small glass with vanilla vodka.
- Serve each guest one of each glass, instructing them to pour the vodka over the cotton candy, which will instantly dissolve to create a sweet cocktail with a vodka punch.
Watch a scene from Brave, featuring will o' the wisps
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KINKY's Silver Lining recipe
Starring Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook racked up a whopping nine nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor in a Leading Role. In fact, it's the first film since Reds in 1981 to pick up all four acting category noms. This quirky little love story needed a very special cocktail, so we reached out to our friends at KINKY Liqueur, who provided this fun shot especially for SheKnows.
Photo and recipe courtesy of KINKY Liqueur
Yields 1
Ingredients:
- 1 ounce KINKY Liqueur
- 1/2 ounce Calende 100% Agave Silver Tequila
Directions:
- Mix ingredients in a shot glass and serve.
Watch the trailer for Silver Linings Playbook
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Moneypenny martini recipe
The James Bond flicks are known for sexy, powerful gals who are as elegant as they are bada**. Not only has the most recent installment made Moneypenny a modern woman with her very own license to kill, Skyfall is nominated for six Academy Awards… one for SheKnows' favorite sultry songstress who got an Oscars nod with fellow songwriter Paul Epworth in the Best Original Song category. Celebrate strong, beautiful women with this strong, yet elegant martini.
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Ingredients:
- Chocolate syrup
- Gold cupcake sprinkles
- Ice
- 2 ounces Skyy Vodka
- 1 ounce Godiva Chocolate Liqueur
- 1 ounce half-and-half
- 3/4 once orange Grand Marnier liqueur
Directions:
- Drizzle the chocolate syrup in a pretty pattern on the inside of a martini glass and place it in the freezer for about half an hour to set the design.
- Place the gold sprinkles on a small platter in a circular pattern around the same size as the martini glass' rim. Using your index finger and thumb, rim the martini glass with just a bit of water . Spin the martini glass upside-down in the sprinkles to rim the glass. Place the glass back in the freezer to keep the chocolate from melting.
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, the vodka, the chocolate liqueur, the half-and-half and the orange liqueur. Shake to combine.
- Strain the mixture into the chilled martini glass.
Listen to Adele sing Skyfall
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