White Chocolate Cookie Cocktails

You look like you could use a drink. Or maybe I could use a drink… no, I definitely could. Over the weekend it rained pretty much non-stop, I avoided studying for the GRE like the plague, took the GRE on Monday, and have been nursing Mr. Birdy and fur-baby Callie back to health since they both simultaneously got a stomach bug… which one just has sympathy pains? It’s hard to tell, but they’ve leaned on each other for support. A pretty drink-worthy past few days if you ask me. Please ask me.

In an attempt to get out of my typical cocktail rut, I’ve been buying all sorts of new liquors experimenting with what we have.  It is so. much. fun. It’s a whole new world to me!

We got this stellar basket of goodies from some friends over Christmas… all sorts of yummy teas, hot chocolates, crackers, candies, and cookies. My favorite, hands down, were the white chocolate oatmeal cookies. Somehow crispy and chewy at the same time, these things were way addictive. And since they were like.. the size of a quarter, they were super guilt-free. They couldn’t have been that bad, I mean… how much fat can you really get into something that tiny?

Don’t answer that.

So the other day I went to polish off the rest of these little cookie gems and had an idea. A really good idea. One of those.. I-know-this-is-going-to-be-epic-before-I-even-make-it ideas that come around every once in a while. A white chocolate cookie cocktail.

Many years ago, on an old episode of Cookworks (which I think only airs on Food Network Canada now), I witnessed an Oatmeal Cookie cocktail be created. It had me at hello… or whatever the food tv equivalent would be. I ran out, bought all the ingredients, and fell in love. I proceeded to profess my love for the drink to anyone who would listen, “you don’t understand… it’s a cocktail.. that tastes like a cookie!….. a cookie in cocktail form!!” What can I say? It doesn’t take much to impress me. Whatevs… one sip and anyone else is convinced, too!

So this recipe is a twist on that recipe and in my humble opinion, even better (but of course). It goes down a little smoother and you can have a few more than a couple sips before nearly being down for the count. Just a few.

White Chocolate Cookie Cocktails
{inspired by The Oatmeal Cookie Drink on Cookworks}

makes 2 cocktails or 4 generous shooters

1 shot of Irish Cream Liquer (I used Bailey’s)
1 shot of Butterscotch Schnapps (I used Hiram Walker)
1 shot of Jagermeister
1 shot of White Chocolate Liquer (I used Godiva)
1/2 shot of Cinnamon Schnapps  (I used Hiram Walker)
1 shot of half and half
a few oatmeal, oatmeal raisin, or some sort of spice cookie
milk or vanilla icing, for rimming your glasses

In a small food processor, pulse your cookies until you have fine crumbs

Rim your glasses in a little bit of milk or icing and then dip in the cookie crumbs.

Add all of the liquids to a cocktail shaker with a few ice cubs, shake vigorously to combine.

Pour over ice if making cocktails or shotglasses for shooters.

Oh, and try not to make this kind of massive mess while making/photographing them, it’s not fun to clean up after you’ve “taste-tested” a few.. you know, to make sure they work as cocktails AND shooters…